Dale A Dauten Dale Dauten writes two newspaper columns, both nationally syndicated by King Features: The Corporate Curmudgeon and Kate and Dale Talk Jobs (with employment expert, Kate Wendleton). His work appears weekly in over a hundred newspapers, incuding The Denver Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Arizona Republic, and Houston Chronicle. In addition, Dale has authored five books. Dale's background as a manager with two major corporations, an executive with two consulting companies, and head of his own nationally-known marketing research firm, has allowed him the opportunity to work with leading organizations, including McDonalds, Procter & Gamble and 3M. As founder of The Innovators' Lab, he has also done innovation work with Georgia-Pacific, United Auto Group, General Dynamics, Caterpillar and NASA. Dale lives in Tempe, Arizona with his wife and three children. Read More Read Less