I'm a writerpodcastermedia producerUX expertcareer coach,writer, podcaster, media producer, UX expert, and career coach, and I help people create great stuff.

Twenty-five years and counting at the intersection of music, technology, and pop culture. Now coaching artists, founders, and mid-career operators through their next move.

Joe Taylor Jr.
Currently
as a writer
Drafting a follow-up piece to my Right to Repair essay.

What did my clients and colleagues write about me lately on LinkedIn?


“If I’ve thought about doing it, Joe has done it. And if I want to know what it’s like or all about, I know (no matter the subject) Joe will have the answer and it will be charmingly entertaining.” — Lilly A. (from Apple)


“Joe can operate in a chaotic environment, he understands exactly who needs what, when they need it, and (most importantly) he knows how to get there.” — John Y. (from client projects)

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    • Marginally Better S01E24: The Wrong Metric

      The number on your dashboard isn’t what your customers are grading you on. The ER study that found waiting-room minutes don’t predict satisfaction, the paralyzed Ritz-Carlton executive who rebuilt how one of America’s largest health systems talks to patients, and why flights are officially more on time even though they take longer.

      Marginally Better S01E24: The Wrong Metric

    • Marginally Better S01E23: The Capacity Catastrophe

      What happens when demand finally arrives and your business can’t hold it: the IRS lowering its own phone-service goals after fixing them once, the retailers who win December with homework in September, and the one-woman pudding shop whose viral moment sent its owner to urgent care — until she closed at the peak of the…

      Marginally Better S01E23: The Capacity Catastrophe

    • Help us mount BarCamp Philly 2026

      When Lori and I moved back to Philly from North Carolina in 2009, I knew almost nobody in the local tech scene. I’d spent years building a career somewhere else, and my professional network here amounted to a handful of people who remembered me from my radio days. Somebody suggested I check out an event…

      Help us mount BarCamp Philly 2026