Lessons from Steve Jobs: The 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
In 2005 Steve Jobs gave the commencement address at Stanford University and in he told just three stories. It is one of the most insiprational speeches I have ever heard, and it comes from a guy who has changed the way the entire world operates. What is fascinating is not that he made mistakes (like […]
Literature, Moral Leadership and Harvard Business School
Following up on my last post on literature, leadership and billionaires, I found a relevant interview in the latest Working Knowledge from HBS. The interview is with Sarah Jane Gilbert, a faculty member at Harvard Business School, who recently developed a new course on moral leadership. What’s so interesting about this course is that it […]
What Billionaire Business Titans are Reading and Why Poets Make Better Leaders
Page one of Today’s Wall Street Journal has a fascinating story about Phil Knight, the founder and now chairman, of Nike, Inc. And what’s so interesting about Mr. Knight has little to do with how he built the industry titan Nike, or about his time as CEO. Last spring, the billionaire businessman nonchalantly sat in […]