As I write this, Nelson Mandela is in frail health but still with us. No, let me correct that, Nelson Mandela will always be with us. Rather than try to summarise the achievements of this stellar leader, here are some key links for you. I’ll then share...
Agatha Christie, British author [Wikipedia] We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness — either enforced or voluntary. The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such...
When did Noah build the ark? Before the rains started. Then again (and I am not trying to become theological here), he had a stern and specific wake-up call that told him to start building the ark. What has this to do with anything tied to you and your firm? Well, if...
When I spotlighted Joi Ito of MIT’s Media Lab, it was because I felt he was having a positive influence. Hmmm. Influence — an interesting word, no? It’s used in a lot of ways and often affiliated with the word power. For example: (1) A couple of...
Unless you live in Seattle, you probably are not familiar with The Stranger, a weekly newspaper in the state of Washington. I just found out about it as I was doing some fresh research on my prior blog on geniuses. I was surprised that the paper was founded by Tim...
