Bell Labs showed how sustained innovation could occur when people with a variety of talents were brought together, preferably in … More
Tag: Book Notes
What was Xerox PARC?
From Isaacson’s excellent The Innovators. In 1970 the Xerox Corporation followed in the footsteps of the Bell System by launching … More
Malcolm Gladwell tells the Story of Jobs seeing the computer with mouse and graphical windows at Xerox PARC and ”copying” it for the Macintosh
Malcolm Gladwell tells the story and draws some conclusions about the Creative Process in his brilliant Article for the New … More
Xerox PARC had created a computer with a mouse and windows and bitmap screen before Apple or Microsoft, in fact Steve Jobs saw it and copied it for the Macintosh. So how did they completely fail to lead personal computers?
“The computer will never be as important to society as the copier.” Walter Isaacson tells the story in the Innovators … More
What motivates people to collaborate for free on projects like Linux
Quote from The Innovators by Walter Isaacson. A fantastic history of the computer and internet. The hacker corps that grew … More
3 Dimensions of a an Organisation that wants to develop its people as a competitive advantage (DDO)
From Kegan’s excellent An Everyone Culture describing the practices of 3 organisations with a deliberately developmental culture.
3 stages of human mental development
From Kegan’s excellent An Everyone Culture describing the practices of 3 organisations with a deliberately developmental culture.
5 Step Process for Success by Ray Dalio
From Ray Dalio’s excellent Principles. There are five things that you have to do to get what you want out … More
Ray Dalio’s Principles for Success: Video series
Ray Dalio’s book Principles was voted by the Amazon editor’s as the best book of 2017 as well as by … More