In thinking through the many ways that Steve Jobs inspired me and millions of others, one of my favorite Steve Jobs stories is something he shared during his famous Stanford commencement address back in 2005.

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And so, we're thinking Eli might be, in many ways, the same - a little quiet, unassuming, but actually very much in charge.

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In many ways the course a sociologically-grounded way of thinking about business, culture, and impact is not typically associated with MBAs, Khaire observes.

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There needs to be some of the attributes you mentioned in (3) and more, such as: reflection and pattern-seeking, embracing ambiguity, tolerance for risk taking, iterative and collaborative approaches, experimentation and learning (failing forward), seeing the familiar in new ways, asking provocative questions and uncovering insights as well as many modes of thinking and organizational behaviors.

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We took the plastic bottle that in so many ways symbolizes all that's wrong with Dumb Planet 1.0 ways of thinking and turned it into a platform of hope by showing that it can be an effective and useful resource.

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At a time when issues such as climate, energy, and poverty, just to name a few of the more obvious social concerns, are calling-out for new thinking, too many of our leading organizations are not mobilizing their best and brightest to tackle these challenges in new and different ways.

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