Joshua Klein (born 1974 in Seattle, Washington)[1] is a technologist who uses systems thinking to create alternative methods of succeeding in divergent fields.
[4] Currently, Klein works advising senior executives on technology strategy and is acting CEO of www.indigometrics.com, a culture measurement and management analytics company.
The show is about the history of human innovation, tracing the connections between the world's greatest inventions in art, science, medicine, finance and more, from ancient times up to the present day.
The authenticity of his thesis and claims made during a December 2008 interview with a New York Times[23] reporter (and, by implication, his TED talk) were called into question by the publication of a correction by the paper April 2009.
This theme is elaborated on in his speeches to explain how he was able to achieve exploits such as publishing a book by giving it away for free, training crows to fetch coins, and reworking the employee/employer relationship.