Ignorance is not Bliss
A few years ago I was at a conference and heard a speaker speaker say: "It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know…
Use Everything
This morning I had an egg sandwich for breakfast. It wasn't any egg sandwich though. You see, I'm visiting my parents in the town I grew up in, in the…
Thanks Dad
In 2012, I was invited to give a TEDx Talk at Wake Forest University's Wait Chapel. With over 1000 people expected for their inaugural TEDxWakeForestU event, the idea of speaking…
20 years in a day
Things on DiMeo-dot-info have been quiet lately as I've recently made a significant career pivot from teaching biomedical (BME) senior design at NC State to Innovation and Design coach at Trig. If you are…
Graduation Day
Today, students from the UNC and NC State Biomedical Engineering class of 2018 will cross the stage and receive their diplomas after 4 (or 5 or more) years of very…
Past/Present/Future Celebrations
In lieu of a blog post this week, I'll encourage you rather to attend one or both of the upcoming events to celebrate the past 20 years in Biomedical Engineering,…
Pragmatic Yoga
Last week I was having dinner with a few old business partners and discussing some of the things we are up to these days. They included design thinking, nondualism, and…
What is Innovation? Part 2
In this two part blog series, I'm exploring the definition of "innovation" in an effort to bring clarity to a word that has been overused and genericized. In Part 1, innovation…
What is Innovation? Part 1
For the past twelve years, my academic scholarship has been primarily focused on teaching a process of innovation. This is an area of great interest and philosophical debate. As a…
Where do you go in Downtown Raleigh?
I guess it started when I moved from the burbs to Cameron Village in 2014. What seemed like a confusing journey to find parking turned into a walk or bicycle…