How Ei is growing, shifting, and adapting in 2020
Victor Saad
Founder
I’m an author, educator, and community builder living in Chicago. In 2012, I designed my own Masters by completing 12 projects in 12 months. I called it The Leap Year Project and my experiences culminated with staging my graduation at a local TEDx and publishing a book of stories focused on the power of learning through risk. I later launched Experience Institute, an organization helping college students and career professionals learn and grow through short-term, real-world experiences. In 2015, I was inducted into Forbes 30 Under 30 in the field of education. And in 2017, I joined the team at Stanford’s School of Engineering as a Lecturer in Design, helping students reimagine their learning through experience.
Posts by Victor Saad
Maintaining Work Relationships
Hanging out with work friends is harder than ever. What’s the impact of losing the connection we once shared within the walls of our workplaces?
Over. Working.
Evolving hiring practices, the American (over)work culture, and the recent discussion on justice and open debate.
Interview with Seamus Yu Harte
A conversation about the windy road to Stanford.
Gaps, Leaps, and Brainstorming
Issue No. 8 of Work Different.
Work Different Issue No. 6
Design a better hiring process, lead an anti-racist organization, and practice effective altruism.
You Can Do This
How to respond to career change with creativity and community
Work Different Issue No. 5
Addressing tokenism, taking career leaps, and fostering a sense of belonging in the workplace.
Episode 2: What’s Worth Doing
Samir Wagle on Restarting a Career
Work Different Issue No. 4
Asking better questions, revisiting the fundamentals of retention, & paving a path to economic justice beyond Juneteenth.
34 Lessons from Being 34
Reflections on what I’ve learned (or re-learned) throughout the year
Work Different
A new weekly email focused on management and organizational leadership
Episode 1: What’s Worth Doing
Renetta McCann on Going Back to School at 52
The Future
Finding security, control, and approval from within
Writing, Puzzles, & This Friday
Finding your way when the way isn’t clear.
Getting Better at Getting Better
Finding your way when the way isn’t clear.
Now Shipping What’s Worth Doing!
We’ve begun shipping our newest product — a deck of cards for life’s big & small decisions.
New Ei – COVID Edition
Learning is how organizations navigate change.
How Are You?
In uncertain times, be generous with yourself, with those you love, and your wider community.
From 2012 to 2020 — A Look at Leaps
Why Leap Year 2020 is important to us and how we’re celebrating
10 Dinners. 10 Cities.
For Leap Day 2020, Ei and friends want to create space to slow down for meaningful conversations about risk and learning – 10 dinners in 10 cities all on February 29th.
Process
Thinking about the “how” more than the “what”
State of the Union 2020
Wins, challenges, and where we’re going next.
December Break
Why we slow down in the holiday rush and create space for reflection
