Book Club

  1. Fresh Eyes

    Twenty years ago I had to entertain countless questions about my music and my clothes because I’d traveled to a strange new land where there wer...
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  2. A Creative Balance

    The expression ‘all work and no play’ takes on a special significance during a pandemic. Our team ranges from midsole construction techniques in...
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  3. Good Times

    My son, Elijah, is an artist. I wanted him to want to see Kadir Nelson tonight at 7 World Trade tonight but he was busy doing something close to n...
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  4. Midlife Oasis

    I get bored easily. I always have. At one point in my early days as a footwear designer I wondered what else I was missing. I would ask veteran...
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  5. Three. Possible Five. Portfolio Rules.

    For years I crafted and recrafted my portfolio based on trial/error, advice from experts/peers and whatever I thought looked cool in the real worl...
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  6. Class Act

    About a year ago I started receiving phone calls from area codes I hadn’t heard from in years. I left Oregon in 2011 and Nike, Inc in 2013. I co...
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