Steve Jobs

Albert Einstein’s “sense of separateness”

November 8, 2017

In Quirky, Melissa A. Schilling focuses on eight “breakthrough innovators”: Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Jamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs. While doing so, she draws upon an abundance of recent research. However different…

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How valuable is brainstorming?

November 3, 2017

In Quirky, Melissa A. Schilling focuses on eight “breakthrough innovators”: Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Jamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs. While doing so, she draws upon an abundance of recent research. However different…

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The Secret Lives of Leonardo da Vinci

October 15, 2017

Here is a brief excerpt from a book review by Claudia Roth Pierpont for The New Yorker. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Illustration by Tamara Shopsin; engraving from Hulton Archive…

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Silicon Valley legend Bill Campbell has died — here is some of his best leadership advice

August 28, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an especially interesting article by Richard Feloni for Business Insider in which he discusses one of the most influential as well as highly respected people in modern technology. Steve Jobs revered him. In fact, Campbell…

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Here’s wisdom that can guide you through the remainder of your life

July 24, 2017

Knowledge is what we learn. Wisdom is what we learn from mistakes….from ours as well as from others’. On June 12, 2005, Steve Jobs delivered the commencement address at Stanford University. Since then, the YouTube video has been viewed more…

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The Four Lenses of Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

July 8, 2017

The Four Lenses of Innovation: A Power Tool for Creative Thinking Rowan Gibson John Wiley & Sons (2o15) How to establish a culture within which everyone’s abilities are free to enrich high-impact innovation throughout the enterprise First of all, I…

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6 Ways to Look More Confident During a Presentation

June 21, 2017

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Kasia Wezowski for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…

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Built for Growth: A book review by Bob Morris

June 10, 2017

Built for Growth: How Builder Personality Shapes Your Business, Your Team, and Your Ability to Win Chris Kuenne and John Danner Harvard Business Review Press (June 2017) If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go…

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The Four Lenses of Innovation: A book review by Bob Morris

May 29, 2017

The Four Lenses of Innovation: A Power Tool for Creative Thinking Rowan Gibson John Wiley & Sons (2o15) How to establish a culture within which everyone’s abilities are free to enrich high-impact innovation throughout the enterprise First of all, I…

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Radical Candor: A book review by Bob Morris

March 22, 2017

Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity Kim Scott St. Martin’s Press (March 2017) How strategic candor can help to “defy the quintessential pull of organizational mediocrity” For the title of my review, I selected a phrase…

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