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'The Dovekeepers' is a compelling, beautifully written novel that combines history and fiction into a timeless story of survival and heroism.
We got rid of parallel ports, the serial bus, floppy drives, physical keyboards on phones - do you miss the physical keyboards on your phone?
In 1997, my father appointed me CEO but acted as player-coach, keeping busy on long-term clients such as KFC and international travel brands.
Don't hire a master to paint you a masterpiece and then assign a roomful of schoolboy artists to look over his shoulder and make suggestions.
I want the least number of decision makers. We want to empower people to get more things done and also give permission to question orthodoxy.
I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory, and I knew I had to do something remarkable.
A lot of people really like to answer questions, and they really enjoy sharing their knowledge. Especially people who have valuable knowledge.
One colossal advantage of being in extra innings is that you can tell it like it is, say what you think, and largely eschew political caution.
It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.
Processes break in two ways. They break because they don't have the right checks and balances and because they don't have the right execution.
We all have responsibility to stop violence and discrimination against women, whether it's in our businesses, in our homes, or on our streets.
It's always been about making the best Mac we know how. Among the many benefits are making it easy to use and affordable, with great features.
I like to have fulsome discussions on every topic. What happens if you lose this show? What would you do? We have to look at every hypothesis.
Modern, effective leadership means moving beyond the 'grand illusion' to engage the mass population and to align business with societal goals.
In the Internet world, especially in Silicon Valley, everyone is at the ready all the time, and turnaround is relatively short, if not instant.
That's exciting because to create new value in the robot space quickly, you need to stand on the shoulders of other technological developments.
I am involved in a lot of nonprofits. And when I reached the ripe old age of 60, I wanted to provide leadership to some I had been involved in.
I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.
You know, being an entrepreneur is super hard work, and if you're not passionate about what you're doing, you're probably not going to succeed.
Not everything needs changing. Some things need protecting. And that can be just as important, challenging and rewarding as changing the world.
20 years ago, I was pushed and mentored and given challenging assignments and then supported. That allowed me to have the career path I've had.
There's a little bit of pain in every transition, but we can't let that stop us from making it. If we did, we'd never make any progress at all.
If you don't have a real stake in the new, then just surviving on the old - even if it is about efficiency - I don't think is a long-term game.
In the end, robots do things that people can do. So there is a cost above which you can hire somebody to do it, and that bounds the opportunity.
We have to be concerned about the gun killing that people who are Americans, who are Irish, and who are English, who are all around the country.
I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.
A lot of [bureaucratic] rules were created a long time ago when there were different challenges, and they are now causing negative side effects.
My friends and family are amazed I've done so well. I was not a model student. No one expected that I'd build a Fortune 500 company at Symantec.
What the Snowden scenario proved is that the weakest link is not the technology, the weakest link is the individual; we shouldn't kid ourselves.
Success is mostly driven by how badly you want something and how well you partner with other great people. It has to do with how hungry you are.
CBS is proud to have been the home of David Letterman since 1993. He is truly one of the great talents of our time, and we hope things work out.
It is our responsibility as businesses to deliver ambitious solutions and technologies to bring us low-carbon, inclusive and sustainable growth.
You never want to think the best things are in the past. You want to get yourself to believe that the best things are going to be in the future.
Without a doubt, I wholeheartedly support programs at Microsoft and in the industry that bring more women into technology and close the pay gap.
When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
Every day you use dozens of products that have strong chemicals in them, but remember, the only difference between poison and medicine is dosage.
When we started EA in 1982, our goal was to make games as big a media as visual entertainment or movies. That was how big we dreamed at the time.
It was amazing feeling to be able to be involved in invention, but not just invention - the creating of a marketplace that had real value to add.
Unfortunately, tools that transfer risk can also increase systemic risk if major counterparties fail to manage their own risk exposures properly.
Design can be both a manifestation of a company's design ethic and an outward communication of a company's design ethic and drive for excellence.
I am not a politician. I am an engineer who has spent most of his career working in factories that manufacture the world's most advanced devices.
I think if you don't give people the tools and the expectations for success, and yet hold them to some value, then you're difficult to work with.
My grandmother raised me. She was a real no-nonsense but very funny lady. I drove tractors, made hay, milked cows, fed the chicken, fed the pigs.
Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.
We are exploring creative models to pursue innovation outside the confines of our normal process, taking calculated risks and learning from them.
I hate to see people frustrated or leave a company for an opportunity they could easily have had at their current company if they had only asked.
It's really remarkable when you think about what we don't like about government, we, the people created. So if we created it, we can also fix it.
I love knowing that if I was dropped off in Trafalgar Square, I could walk in any direction and see something amazing or eat something delicious.
The Web is functionally fantastic, but it's a tool. A terrific place to present information but not, at this stage, a tenably emotional location.
The stories about broadcast dying or it being overtaken by cable have stopped. Same goes for the stories about the Internet hurting our business.