What Jobs Knew That Most Leaders Still Miss. The final episode in a new six part series. The Rock Tumbler: How Different Minds Create Breakthrough Thinking.
With special guest Josh Harrison, of the Center for the Study of the Force Majeure and Leaf Island.
5 KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Steve Jobs: “Musicians, poets, artists, zoologists who happened to be computer scientists”—not despite diversity, because of it
- Rock Tumbler Theory: Sharp rocks + friction + grit = polished beauty
- Force majeure (knock-off effects of extraction) vs. counterforce (how we respond)
- “The harvest preserves the system” and “folk dance with rising waters”—frameworks for regenerative thinking
- Pattern across history: Homogeneity kills innovation, diversity creates breakthroughs
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