Walter Isaacson (2011) Steve Jobs

The Second-Order Effects of Steve Jobs

M uch has been written about Steve Jobs’ amazing leadership at Apple and how he transformed the company into one of the world’s most recognizable and profitable brands after his return from NeXT. But if you look closer, it’s easy to find examples of how Jobs-inspired Apple and NeXT products were platforms for many of the amazing innovations we take for granted today. Between 1987 and 1997, we e...

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What We Can Learn from Steve Jobs

The real leadership lessons of Steve Jobs.

The author, whose biography of Steve Jobs was an instant best seller after the Apple CEO's death in October 2011, sets out here to correct what he perceives as an undue fixation by many commentators on the rough edges of Jobs's personality. That personality was integral to his way of doing business, Isaacson writes, but the real lessons from Steve Jobs come from what he actually accomplished. H...

Walter Scott : Sheriff and Outlaw The Ninth International Conference on Walter Scott Laramie , Wyoming , 2011

Alexander, J. H. The Shirra in the Dock: The Magnum Case In the Magnum, Scott openly confesses to mistakes, defends himself against actual or potential charges, exhibits discomfort on occasion, and is in various ways economical with the truth. The first part of the paper will look at his evident unease with the Magnum as a bookmaking project containing a fair amount of 'buckram'. It will also c...