How to be an 'Uncommon Thinker'
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GeekWire\'s reporters have spent the past month profiling a group of six \\u201cUncommon Thinkers\\u201d: Seattle-area inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive change in the world.
\\nThis editorial series, presented in partnership with Greater Seattle Partners, was based on the deliberations of a panel of outside judges who chose the Uncommon Thinkers from nominations submitted by GeekWire readers.\\xa0
\\nWorking on these profiles helped us identify the commonalities among our honorees, including their inspirations, mindsets, and approaches. On this week\'s GeekWire Podcast, we talk with four of our Uncommon Thinkers in interviews recorded backstage at the GeekWire Gala, where we honored them this week.
\\nRead the six \\u201cUncommon Thinkers\\u201d profiles here:
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- UW prof and entrepreneur\\xa0Shwetak Patel\\xa0has a rare \\u2018creative brilliance\\u2019 \\n
- Elizabeth Hansen\\xa0uses her job as an anesthesiologist to cut carbon emissions \\n
- Boundless CEO\\xa0Xiao Wang\\xa0on his quest to fix the immigration process \\n
- For USAFacts\\u2019\\xa0Poppy MacDonald, \\u2018facts are paramount\\u2019 for democracy \\n
- Blake Resnick\\xa0finds a larger purpose in tech, making drones for public safety \\n
- MagniX CTO\\xa0Riona Armesmith\\xa0geeks out over electric aviation \\n
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