Engineering MBA

Improve your work as a developer with an introduction to strategic planning, situational leadership, and process management. No balance sheets or income statements here; join me to learn the MBA skills valuable to developers without the opportunity costs of lost wages or additional student loans.

Demystify the strategic frameworks your management team may use to make decisions and learn how you can use those same concepts in your daily work. Explore the synergy one developer achieved by going to business school (sorry, the synergy comment slipped out - old habit).

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1. Engineering MBA
   Be The Boss of Your Own Work
   @kevin_j_m
   Kevin Murphy
   

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2. @kevin_j_m
   RailsConf University
   

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3. @kevin_j_m
   Executive MBA
   

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4. @kevin_j_m
   Executive MBA Curriculum
   📚Finance
   
   
   📚Accounting
   
   
   📚Marketing
   
   
   📚Strategy
   
   
   📚Operations
   

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5. @kevin_j_m
   Executive MBA
   

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6. @kevin_j_m
   Executive MBA
   

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7. @kevin_j_m
   Accelerated MBA
   

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8. @kevin_j_m
   * Estim
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   ted time, f
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   ke degree
   30 minutes, 1 degree
   

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9. @kevin_j_m
   Accelerated Engineering MBA Curriculum
   📚Situational Leadership
   
   
   📚Competitive Advantage
   
   
   📚Process Management
   

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10. @kevin_j_m
    Kevin Murphy
    

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12. @kevin_j_m
    Course Structure
    👂Lecture
    
    
    📝Final Exam
    
    
    🧱Capstone Project
    

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13. @kevin_j_m
    ⏲
    3⃣0⃣
    

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14. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership
    

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15. @kevin_j_m
    Sprint Planning
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    

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16. @kevin_j_m
    Leader Role Team Role
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Directing
    Telling, Guiding
    Detailed supervision Task execution
    

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    Leader Role Team Role
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Coaching
    Selling, Expl
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    Get buy-in on “why” Provide input on process
    

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    Leader Role Team Role
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Supporting
    P
    a
    rticip
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    ting, Coll
    a
    bor
    a
    ting
    Facilitate discussion &
    encouragement
    Decision-making
    

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    Leader Role Team Role
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Delegating
    Empowering, Monitoring
    Overall vision Autonomy
    

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20. @kevin_j_m
    Final Exam
    
    
    📝
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    

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21. @kevin_j_m
    What is the best leadership
    style?
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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22. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    What is the best leadership style?
    👑Directing: detailed supervision
    
    
    👑Coaching: explain why
    
    
    👑Supporting: facilitate decision-making
    
    
    👑Delegating: focus on vision
    

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23. @kevin_j_m
    It depends
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24. @kevin_j_m
    Dr. P
    a
    ul Hersey
    a
    nd Ken Bl
    a
    nch
    a
    rd
    Choosing the right leadership style
    
    
    for the right people.
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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25. @kevin_j_m
    Task Behavior
    Relationship
    
    
    Behavior
    Low High
    High
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Directing
    Task Behavior
    Relationship
    
    
    Behavior
    Low High
    High
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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27. @kevin_j_m
    Coaching
    Directing
    Task Behavior
    Relationship
    
    
    Behavior
    Low High
    High
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    📝
    👂 🧱
    

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28. @kevin_j_m
    Supporting Coaching
    Directing
    Task Behavior
    Relationship
    
    
    Behavior
    Low High
    High
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    📝
    👂 🧱
    

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29. @kevin_j_m
    Supporting Coaching
    Delegating Directing
    Task Behavior
    Relationship
    
    
    Behavior
    Low High
    High
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    👂 🧱
    

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30. @kevin_j_m
    Capstone Applicability
    
    
    🧱
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    

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31. @kevin_j_m
    Sprint Planning
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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32. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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33. @kevin_j_m
    Directing
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34. @kevin_j_m
    Directing
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35. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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36. @kevin_j_m
    Coaching
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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37. @kevin_j_m
    Coaching
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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39. @kevin_j_m
    Supporting
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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40. @kevin_j_m
    Supporting
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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41. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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42. @kevin_j_m
    Delegating
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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43. @kevin_j_m
    Delegating
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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44. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership
    🎉
    

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45. @kevin_j_m
    Competitive Advantage
    

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46. @kevin_j_m
    Should we build this feature
    ourselves?
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    

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47. @kevin_j_m
    Blog
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48. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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49. @kevin_j_m
    Strategies
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    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Cost
    💲Operational ef
    fi
    ciency
    
    
    💲Proprietary technology
    
    
    💲Special access to materials
    Che
    a
    pest Option
    

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51. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Differentiation
    ❄ High quality
    
    
    ❄ Innovative products or services
    
    
    ❄ Faster delivery
    
    
    ❄ Better marketing
    Uniquely meet customer needs
    

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52. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Focus
    🔬Narrow target market segment
    
    
    🔬Cater to these speci
    fi
    c customers
    
    
    🔬Serve that segment speci
    fi
    cally
    T
    a
    ilored Niche
    

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53. @kevin_j_m
    Final Exam
    
    
    📝
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    

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54. @kevin_j_m
    Which strategy will bring
    long-term success?
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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55. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Which strategy will bring long-term success?
    💲Cost: cheapest
    
    
    ❄ Differentiation: unique
    
    
    🔬Focus: niche
    

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56. @kevin_j_m
    It depends
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57. @kevin_j_m
    Core Competency
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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58. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Core Competency
    🎯Provides access to various markets
    
    
    🎯Contributes to perceived customer bene
    fi
    t
    
    
    🎯Dif
    fi
    cult for competitors to imitate
    

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59. @kevin_j_m
    Capstone Applicability
    
    
    🧱
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    

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60. @kevin_j_m
    Should we build this feature
    ourselves?
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    📝
    👂 🧱
    

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61. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    HIPAA Comment Moderation System
    

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62. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    HIPAA Comment Moderation System
    👷👷👷👷
    

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63. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Email Delivery
    

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64. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Email Delivery
    💸
    

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65. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Comment Pagination
    

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66. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Comment Pagination
    🎁
    

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67. @kevin_j_m
    Competitive Advantage
    🎉
    

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68. @kevin_j_m
    Process Management
    

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69. @kevin_j_m
    Maximize Ef
    fi
    ciency
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    

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70. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    “A structured, measured set of activities
    designed to produce a speci
    fi
    c output”
    Process
    Dr. Thom
    a
    s D
    a
    venport
    

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71. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    “Enables an enterprise to align its business
    processes to its business strategy”
    Business Process Management
    Associ
    a
    tion of Business Process M
    a
    n
    a
    gement
    

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72. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Design
    📓
    

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73. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Model
    🎢
    

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74. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Execute
    ⚙
    

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75. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Monitor
    🔍
    

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76. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Optimize
    🔄
    

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77. @kevin_j_m
    Final Exam
    
    
    📝
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    

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78. @kevin_j_m
    What’s the optimal
    automation of our business
    process?
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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79. @kevin_j_m
    It depends
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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80. @kevin_j_m
    Dr. Mich
    a
    el H
    a
    mmer
    “Automating a mess yields
    
    
    an automated mess”
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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81. @kevin_j_m
    Business Process
    Reengineering
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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82. @kevin_j_m
    The Big Rewrite
    
    
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83. @kevin_j_m
    The Big Rewrite
    
    
    (of the process)
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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84. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Business Process Reengineering
    💥Recreate process from the ground-up
    
    
    💥Challenge old assumptions
    
    
    💥Organize around outcomes, not tasks
    
    
    💥Centralize with technology
    Don’t Autom
    a
    te, Obliter
    a
    te
    

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85. @kevin_j_m
    Capstone Applicability
    
    
    🧱
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
    

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86. @kevin_j_m
    Maximize Ef
    fi
    ciency
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    👂 🧱
    

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87. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Dev Workflow Optimization
    㱺 cat ~/.gitcon
    fi
    g
    
    
    [alias]
    
    
    aa = add --all
    
    
    b = branch
    
    
    can = commit --amend --no-edit
    
    
    co = checkout
    

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88. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Feature Delivery
    📄→💻
    

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89. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Business Process Reengineering
    Implement
    a
    tion
    

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90. @kevin_j_m
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Business Process Reengineering
    📈Cost savings
    
    
    📊Restructuring
    
    
    📉Layoffs
    Implement
    a
    tion
    

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91. @kevin_j_m
    Dr. Thomas Davenport
    “The rock that reengineering has foundered
    on is simple: people.”
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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92. @kevin_j_m
    Dr. Michael Hammer
    “I was re
    fl
    ecting my engineering
    background and was insuf
    fi
    ciently
    appreciative of the human dimension.”
    Situational Leadership Competitive Advantage Process Management
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    Value
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    Impact
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    Consequences
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96. @kevin_j_m
    Process Management
    🎉
    

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98. @kevin_j_m
    Commencement Ceremony
    

    🎓
    

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99. @kevin_j_m
    We’re not so different
    

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100. @kevin_j_m
     Naming Things Is Hard
     Resources
     module Concernable
     
     
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
     
     
     end
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101. @kevin_j_m
     Abstraction
     Class FrameworkReliantConcept < ApplicationRecord
     
     
     include Concernable
     
     
     end
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102. @kevin_j_m
     Thought Leadership
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103. @kevin_j_m
     kevinjmurphy.com/eng-mba
     

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104. @kevin_j_m
     Apply To Graduate
     kevinjmurphy.com/eng-mba
     

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105. @kevin_j_m
     kevinjmurphy.com/eng-mba
     

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