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Dan Ward

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Dan Ward

Dan Ward is the author of F.I.R.E.: How Fast, Inexpensive, Restrained and Elegant Methods Ignite Innovation (HarperBusiness, 2014) and The Simplicity Cycle: A Field Guide To Making Things Better Without Making Them Worse (HarperBusiness, 2015). Prior to launching Dan Ward Consulting, he served for more than 20 years as an acquisition officer in the US Air Force, where he specialized in leading high-speed, low-cost technology development programs and retired at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. For more information please visit thedanward.com and follow the author on Facebook and Twitter

Contributions to UXM

3 pieces
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Class of 2017

Eat the Menu

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Class of 2016

The Comic Guide to the Simplicity Cycle

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Class of 2015

The Simplicity Cycle: Soda, Swordsmen, and Road Maps