Purpose-Driven CEO & Growth/Operational Executive | Experienced High-Tech Leader Driving Enterprise AI Adoption & Global Expansion | Leader of Leaders
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Jun 4
Growing up with a legend as your grandfather does something strange to you. The legend is just Grandpa. To me, mine wasn't the war record. He was the man who made the salad dressing.
ALT Colonel Russell P. "Red" Reeder Jr. sits at his desk in a white shirt, pen in hand over a sheet of paper, with a wall of books behind him and small toy infantry figures lined up on the desk in front of him. Black and white photo.
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Jun 14
Happy last week of school! Summer kickoff at the Lab starts June 19, when we're OPEN for the holiday! Plus, it's our birthday on June 20th: come celebrate 11 years of STEM exploration all weekend long. childsci.org/tickets
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Jun 13
KC and I watched our son graduate from @FlintHillSchool. Honored to be there as a Trustee, prouder as his dad. KC, thank you for being our family's foundation. Next stop on his journey: @JMU. Go Dukes! 💜💛
Watch the amazing keynote by alum Anjali Singh Code '02 at 1:33:54 on grit over paper: youtube.com/live/Kh9U9_temho…
ALT Russ Reeder as a board of trustees member for the Flint School at his son's graduation.
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Jun 8
Last week I sat on an alum panel at my alma mater, JMU, with a room of faculty trying to figure out what AI means for their students.
I left more optimistic about higher ed than I've been in years. And more worried.
ALT Back at JMU for the AI alumni panel. Ran into Nick Langridge walking in, and we caught up over lunch in D-Hall. JMU’s dining has come a long way since my day.
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Jun 8
Higher ed has the right mindset. It doesn't yet have the right clock speed.
And the people who can fix that fastest are the execs who came out of these schools. Go teach one class. Open one door.
Thanks to Yasmeen Shorish for moderating and to fellow JMU alums @timhartman and Keelyn Leonard.
Full piece: russreeder.substack.com/p/th…
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Jun 8
Knowledge got cheap. Everyone has it now.
The premium shifted to what the machine can't do: how you communicate, how you work with people, and owning the result rather than trusting a tool that's confidently wrong.
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Jun 8
When I read intern resumes, the skills line says "Word, Excel, ChatGPT," listed as proficiency.
That tells me nothing. I don't want the tools you've opened. I want to see what you BUILT.
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Jun 8
School runs on a slow clock. Four-year catalogs. Accreditation in years. Curriculum that turns over across a decade.
That was right when a skill lasted a career. A grad today will have 4-6 careers.
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Jun 8
The worry: I used to say it took six months to become an expert at something new.
Now it's six weeks.
That's the great equalizer. It's also the problem.
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Jun 8
The optimism: these professors weren't trying to keep AI out. They were asking sharper questions about it than most executives I talk to.
The mindset is there.
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Jun 8
This Anthropic lecture on Claude for Finance is the closest thing to a real quant research desk you'll find online.
1 hour. Massive value.
Bookmark it.
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Jun 4
Growing up with a legend as your grandfather does something strange to you. The legend is just Grandpa. To me, mine wasn't the war record. He was the man who made the salad dressing.
ALT Colonel Russell P. "Red" Reeder Jr. sits at his desk in a white shirt, pen in hand over a sheet of paper, with a wall of books behind him and small toy infantry figures lined up on the desk in front of him. Black and white photo.
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Jun 4
My grandfather turned what he lived into something the rest of us could learn from. He wrote it down. I've spent 30 years living the lessons and never writing them down. Starting now, I'm fixing that. New essay: russreeder.substack.com/p/if…
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Jun 4
People ask where my frameworks come from. VOOCS. HEAR. They assume a classroom or a consulting deck. No. I named patterns I kept seeing, and almost every one was a lesson that cost somebody else first. I just paid attention.
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Jun 4
How I separate the real autobiographies from the PR. Three tells: 1. Admits they were wrong about something specific. 2. Names the person they hurt. 3. Names the moment they almost quit. Miss all three? You're holding a press release.
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Jun 4
When someone tells you the truth about how they got where they are, you don't have to repeat their mistake. You skip the years it cost them. The catch: you have to actually listen. Most people don't.
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Jun 4
One night, his prosthetic leg off and resting beside him, he nodded at those books and gave me a rule. "Read autobiographies. If they tell the truth, you can learn something." The shortcut, handed to me in one breath.
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Jun 4
He was also Col. Russell P. "Red" Reeder Jr. West Point '26. Commanded the 12th Infantry Regiment at Utah Beach on D-Day. Five days in, an 88mm round took his leg. He wrote 35 books.
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May 26
I'm writing the book. The newsletter is where I'm building it in public.
Inaugural post is up:
russreeder.substack.com/p/wh…
If it lands, subscribe. Share with one operator you know.
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May 25
It's Memorial Day! In honor of the school holiday, we are OPEN for timed entries at 10am, 1pm, and 3:30pm. See you soon! childsci.org/tickets
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