🧠🧐 David Bates 🧙‍♂️🗣

🧠🧐 David Bates 🧙‍♂️🗣

David Bates

Modern magician according to Arthur C. Clark 🧠 Head of Innovation for @ozmoapp 🧐 Still working on my Gandalf beard 🧙‍♂️ Speaker 🗣 Father to four.

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A Fellow “Generalist”

Nov 16, 2020 22 min read

A personal journey to becoming comfortable being a “jack of all trades” and then learning I was a master at something. A few days ago I watched Adam Savage’s reply to one of his patreon’s question: “Do you ever lament that you’re a generalist when i...

A Fellow “Generalist”

Getting Over Getting Laid Off

Feb 5, 2018 14 min read

Getting Over Getting Laid Off Several years ago I was laid off from a company that decided to outsource it’s Marcomm tasks. It turned out to be the best thing for my career as I was complacent and happy but it also had a hidden success story that I t...