[This would be at the outset more of an invite to co-create … and as such a kind of ad to build anticipation]
In 2005, Steve Jobs spoke to the graduating class at Stanford University, and told three main stories about his life and work. (Click here to view the 2005 Stanford Address.) His talk has inspired many. But were there hidden messages in it? Was there deeper wisdom...
Do you think Steve Jobs was a one-off, ‘lone genius.’ It’s tempting to believe that, and according to most tributes to him, he fit that so-called model. Surely only a lone genius could changing four different industries, as Jobs did, in one...
You don’t have to look far today to find career advice promoting the idea that you should ‘just follow your passion and the success will follow.’ Those who give the advice typically quote Steve Jobs’ keynote address to 23,000 Stanford graduates in 2005, when he...
This has probably happened to you: you’re at work, maybe in a meeting, and you have what you think is a brilliant idea. You think it so good you share it with your colleagues. “Well, hmmm … but it’ll It’ll never work,” one colleague says. “You...
Just beneath his Ph.D. credentials, his long experience as a corporate turnaround consultant, and his current work as Executive VP of innovation firm Inno360, Matthew Heim carries a fiery passion for radically reinventing capitalism. I interviewed Matthew this past...
Everyone knows the three things that matter in real estate: location, location, location. Steven Johnson, who wrote the bestseller Where Good Ideas Come From, explains in this TED talk how the three things that really matter for generating great ideas are these:...
Guy Kawasaki, former ‘chief evangelist’ at Apple, recently gave a colorful talk at TEDxBerkeley called The Art of Innovation. Occasionally, Guy uses such colorful metaphors, particularly in the titles, that a humble translation may help. So here are few...
So Why Doesn’t the Private Sector Appreciate This? The next time you use your smartphone, think of this: every feature that makes it ‘smart’ was initially created by the government. It’s true: taxpayers funded the research and development. The internet, GPS, the...
“Real artists ship.” — Steve Jobs According to the folklore at Apple, this was a favourite saying meaning you have to have the guts to actually deliver when it’s time to deliver. In one instance in particular, Steve Jobs used the mantra to call the bluff...
