Dent Editorial Retreat to Sun Valley Idaho
We are excited to announce that in anticipation of our March conference, several of our board members -- along with a few selected Dent speakers (and other long-time friends) are headed off to Sun Valley
One Strategy, One P&L
How should a business be measured?For a long time, the answer has been “more.” Ever since Frederick W. Taylor did time studies of steelworkers with a stopwatch in 1900, the measurement of business activity – called “Greater Taylorism” by Walter Keichel
The Business Cards of Interesting People: Steve Jobs, Steve Martin, Lady Gaga
It's a diversion, to be sure, but I have always enjoyed the business cards of interesting people. Flavorwire has a neat collection of rare and interesting cards, including one from Abe Lincoln.
Steve Jobs Solved the Innovators Dilemma
In the lead up to today’s release of the Steve Jobs biography, there’s been an increasing stream of news surrounding its subject. As a business researcher, I was particularly interested in this recent article that referenced from his biography a list of Jobs’s favorite books.
Barry Schuler Talks About Steve Jobs and Denting The Universe
While we were at the Napa Valley Film Festival this past November, I had the opportunity to sit down the Barry Schuler, VC at Draper Fisher Jurvetson and former CEO of AOL, to talk about Steve Jobs and denting the universe.
Quit being so accommodating
I just read a fascinating article dug up by Mike Cane from a 1922 copy of The American Magazine, titled "Why I Quit Being So Accommodating."
As an accommodating person myself, I was immediately intrigued.
The Dent Podcast: Lee LeFever on Explanation
Lee LeFever is the founder of Common Craft and author of "The Art of Explanation," a book that dicsusses pretty much exactly what it says on the tin.
Steve Jobs: For Startups, Recruiting is "the most important job"
"I think it's the most important job. Assume you're by yourself in a startup and you want a partner. You'd take a lot of time finding the partner, right? He would be half of your company. "
Steve Jobs Agrees With Me: The World is Just People
Like any normal human with internet access these days, I occasionally go through the depths of YouTube looking for anything interesting. The other day I found a truly incredible video. The following clip of an interview with Steve Jobs where he enunciates a truth I've been realizing over the past few years
Managerial Mystique: Make Yourself Into a Visionary
I just finished reading a fascinating research paper co-authored by UCLA Associate Professor Maia Young, which begins to explore the reasons why some managers are considered charismatic and visionary, while others are not.