Author Archives: Skip Walter

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About Skip Walter

Retired software executive, ardent book reader. Enjoying slow travel, learning to cook, and searching for fine wine growing. Grandfather, husband, father, brother. Recorder of Seattle sunrises. Voting blue.💙

Lifelet: Data Visualization to the Max

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Skip Walter

I attended the Institute for System Biology Future of Health Symposium 2019. If I use the scale of WUKID (Wisdom Understanding Knowledge Information and Data) I barely functioned somewhere between the data and information level.  I heard the words and I … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Banistas

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Skip Walter

I am spending a lot of time in the South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle.  One of the joys of visiting this area is encountering the banistas of Amazon. When I see the sign I know that free bananas are … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: Behold the tooth fairy

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Skip Walter

The circle of life continues.  One of our grand children lost her first front tooth.  However, she lost it on a visit to Canada.  A text storm ensued as my daughter wondered what she should do about the tooth fairy.  … Continue reading →

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Lifelet: What’s your aspiration?

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Skip Walter

Coach:  What is your aspiration? Skip: I thought that was pretty clear, I want to be able to walk normally again so I can hike in the mountains. Coach: That sounds more like a goal than an aspiration. Skip: No, … Continue reading →

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Business 101 for Designers

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Skip Walter

The following is an early draft of what will be a sequence of posts.  I am still struggling with how to bring business alive for individual contributors and managers who only have their one area of expertise in a company … Continue reading →

Posted in Content with Context, Design, Emails to a Young Entrepreneur, Entrepreneuring, Relationship Capital, Service Science, User Experience, Value Capture | 5 Comments

From Pages to Places: The Transformation of Presence

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Skip Walter

Synchronicity is a wonderful thing. “Watch legendary Disney animator Glen Keane draw in virtual reality” leaped from my morning email. I clicked on the web page and up came a short article that started with “Virtual reality is a potent … Continue reading →

Posted in Content with Context, Design, Flipped Perspective, Human Centered Design, Learning, User Experience, Value Capture | 2 Comments

On Questions

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Skip Walter

I live for good questions.  A couple of weeks ago, the Brain Pickings Weekly digest had this quote from Krista Tippett’s Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living: “A question is a powerful thing, a mighty use … Continue reading →

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Little Girls and Puddles

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Skip Walter

“Boots or tennis shoes,” I asked. “Boots, Grand dad.  I might find some puddles,” Alice replied. It didn’t take long to find that puddle. Silly me, we live in Seattle. My focus was on Alice tripping lightly through the puddle. … Continue reading →

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WWTD?

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Skip Walter

From my morning Facebook News Feed appeared this photo: It took my coffee deprived brain a few seconds to get the joke. I then got to wondering what would Trump do when confronted with this situation? Would he obey the … Continue reading →

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Keynote Address: Narrative Matters

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Skip Walter

Jim Dubinsky, Executive Director of the Association for Business Communication asked if I would present the Keynote Address at the Association’s 2015 meeting in Seattle, WA. I agreed forthwith. From the Association for Business Communication website: Join us in welcoming … Continue reading →

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