On a recent flight home from Silicon Valley, I was lost in thought about innovation-rich cultures. Too often we think heroic inventors like Steve Jobs or Thomas Edison solely drive big breakthroughs. We create myths about inventive leaders, turning them into icons. In Steven Johnson’s great book on innovation, How We Got to Now, he asks, “who discovered the light bulb?” Simple question, right? The answer is not so simple. The real back story is that Edison purchased 40 existing light bulb patents, and then he worked with a team of people, who “heroically discovered” the light bulb.
Are Empathetic CEOs Losing Empathy?
by Dennis Carey, Jane Stevenson, Margie Warrell and Kevin Cashman, published by Korn Ferry Institute One-third of workers think the corner office lacks a trait that was critical during the pandemic. But the so-called “empathy deficit” may be more complex than it...
