That Thing I Did For A Year

16: Paul Seufert - Creating VALUE at Sidewalk Toronto & ZS

Episode Summary

This week we got to talk to the golden-voiced Paul Seufert about his year at ZS Associates and Sidewalk Toronto, that tied together physics, consulting, and urban design! In this episode: choosing between physics and math, stats & finance; kaggle projects; fractional staffing and working on multiple projects at the same time; what it means to be a fast learner; getting really good at writing emails; the value of human intuition; urban design; learning that it's not all about the money; procrastination. Sidewalk Toronto fellows report - https://sidewalktoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SidewalksTOFellowsReport_Final_webcopy.pdf Paul's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/seufertpaul/ Gift of Education - https://giftofeducation.ca/ Music by Shawn Lee

Episode Notes

This week we got to talk to the golden-voiced Paul Seufert about his year at ZS Associates and Sidewalk Toronto, that tied together physics, consulting, and urban design!

In this episode: choosing between physics and math, stats & finance; kaggle projects; fractional staffing and working on multiple projects at the same time; what it means to be a fast learner; getting really good at writing emails; the value of human intuition; urban design; learning that it's not all about the money; procrastination.

Sidewalk Toronto fellows report - https://sidewalktoronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SidewalksTOFellowsReport_Final_webcopy.pdf

Paul's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/seufertpaul/

Gift of Education - https://giftofeducation.ca/

Music by Shawn Lee