Patton Deischer: Why do people call you Little Adolf?

November 10, 2020

Fondly referred to as "Little Adolf," our 21-year-old Chief of Staff talks about what it means to be focused on the future and not get stuck in the moment. Patton was one of the earliest employees at Turner who has been on a rampage to move the business forward since day one. He, Keaton and Thomas talk about the reason why we keep scraping old practices and starting new ones in order to drive results.

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