#303: How to Do Crazy Good Turns -- Frank Blake
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
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🗓️ 15 March 2018
⏱️ 115 minutes
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Summary
Frank Blake (@frankblake) served as chairman and CEO of The Home Depot from January 2007 to May 2014, and then as chairman through January of 2015. He previously served as deputy secretary for the US Department of Energy. Prior to that, he served in a wide variety of executive roles at General Electric.
Frank's public sector experience includes having served as general counsel for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), deputy counsel to Vice President George H.W. Bush, and law clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
Frank serves on the board of directors for the Georgia Aquarium, Proctor & Gamble, Macy's, and is currently serving as board chairman of Delta and Grady Memorial Hospital. He holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a jurisprudence degree from Columbia University School of Law.
Frank also produces a short-form podcast called Crazy Good Turns, which tells inspiring stories about amazing people who do things for others. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss a book that inspired both of us, advice from Jack Welch, the art of customer service, "productive conflict," and much, much more. Enjoy!
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| 0:06.1 | Can I also your personal question? |
| 0:08.1 | Now I just see a notebook coming. |
| 0:10.1 | What if I did the algorithm? |
| 0:12.1 | I'm a cyber nanny organism living this show on metal impulse. |
| 0:16.1 | Me, Tim, Paris show. |
| 0:21.6 | This episode is brought to you by Sure, the company behind some of my favorite headphones, |
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| 0:59.5 | The ear pads use slow recovery foam which maximizes sound isolation. |
| 1:03.5 | So from at a co-working space or in a coffee shop, I more often than not will use these headphones. |
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