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Glen Cantrell

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Organizational strategy consultant, small-town civic volunteer, and author of Embracing the Local: Extension Cords and All.

Glen spent twenty years leading software development teams in companies large, small, and occasionally doomed before moving to a mountain town on California’s Highway 108 and becoming president of its chamber of commerce, an arrangement that made sense at the time. Nowadays he consults on organizational strategy and technology delivery for state and local government agencies.

Glen lives in Twain Harte with his husband, Michael, and their three dogs, at least one of whom has eaten part of the manuscript.

If you see him in the produce section at Twain Harte Market buying Brussels sprouts, say hi.

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“Knowledge transfers, memory does not.”
Glen Cantrell

“Visible without being powerful, blamed without being in charge.”
Glen Cantrell, Embracing the Local: Extension Cords and All

“Then somebody hugged me. Which is how they get you.”
Glen Cantrell, Embracing the Local: Extension Cords and All

“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.”
Frank Herbert, Dune

“Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.”
David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day

“Mes amis, gardez vos vieux amis. Mes amis, craignez l’atteinte de la richesse. Que mon exemple vous instruise. La pauvreté a ses franchises ; l’opulence a sa gêne.

My friends, keep your old friends. My friends, beware the temptations of wealth. Let my example teach you. Poverty has its freedoms; opulence has its constraints.”
Denis Diderot, Regrets sur ma Vieille Robe de Chambre

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