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A tale of Steve Jobs’ two visits to Stanford, and of “connecting the dots”
May 30, 2014Though I do not recall the exact date in 1983, I remember distinctly a day when Steve Jobs came...
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Steve Jobs was truly about connecting things
May 22, 2014The past two posts, and perhaps the next few, take their inspiration from the (relatively) new movie “Jobs”, which...
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Steve Jobs and the lessons of his early life experience
May 15, 2014In my coaching and teaching, I often speak of the general public’s misconception that people who emerge as world...
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A cable, a motherboard and a fence
May 8, 2014You may be wondering what this title is all about. What can these three items possibly have in common,...
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Steve Jobs and the “holy wars”
April 10, 2014When I read a recent headline in the Financial Times that proclaimed “Steve Jobs promised a ‘holy war’ on Google” it made...
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More on “hiring slowly and firing quickly”
May 31, 2013With me, it seems to happen frequently that when I start writing on a theme, related articles cross...
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Reflecting on the power of mythic stories and legends
March 8, 2013An early iPhone call: This week, I read a story in Fast Company about the first public phone call...
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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken” – Oscar Wilde
December 26, 2012I love this quote from Oscar Wilde, who in my opinion said some of the funniest things of all...
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Reflections from Latin America, on leaders born and made
August 30, 2012The past few weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind, touring South America with little time to rest...
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Lewis and Clark, a historical example of stories of purpose
August 22, 2012Last night, while watching images of Mars on television, I began thinking about the concept of exploration in general....