The late Steve Jobs seemed to fit the classic stereotype of the creative genius. A college dropout who invented the first personal computer in his garage. The man who stood up to IBM’s boring corporate PC (with the famous 1984 Superbowl commercial). The man who was kicked out of Apple, which promptly started to fail,… Read More Collaboration at Apple
I’ve recently been in touch with an Italian architecture firm called “Architects of Group Genius”…I was intrigued by their name, because my book’s title is Group Genius. If you visit their web site, you’ll see that they design spaces to foster maximum collaboration and innovation. As they say, “Innovation, Change, Learning and Collaboration, and the… Read More Architects of Group Genius
I’ve lost track of how many cover stories I’ve read about Steve Jobs’ mysterious illness and his leave of absence from Apple. The announcement came on Wednesday, and right after the stock markets opened on Thursday morning Apple shares were down 5.7 percent. Shares recovered Thursday afternoon, but as I write this (Friday Jan. 16th)… Read More Apple Without Steve Jobs
The big news this week is that my department has moved to a new building on our campus. If you have read my book GROUP GENIUS, you know that I have quite a bit to say about building architecture and office design (for example, see my post “The building that threw up on itself”). What… Read More The Architecture of Solitude
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