What do Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin and Jennifer Doudna all have in common? Celebrated journalist and author Walter Isaacson calls upon his years of research to explain how curiosity has always fueled creativity among history’s greatest innovators, and how each of those individuals shaped the world around them. On this episode Issacson d ... Show More
Feb 24
[Outliers] The Obsession That Built Nike | Phil Knight
Phil Knight is the founder of Nike, the brand that reshaped sports and became one of the most powerful companies in the world. What would you do if your bank, your supplier, and your government all turned against you at the same time? Phil Knight didn’t have to imagine it. He liv ... Show More
37m 55s
Feb 17
The $2 Trillion Mind | Nicolai Tangen
Nicolai Tangen is the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund. He is responsible for managing $2.1 trillion. That's roughly 1.7% of every listed company on earth. In this episode, we explore the intersection of massive wealth, high-spee ... Show More
1h 2m
Feb 3
The Psychology of Power | Michael Ovitz
Michael Ovitz co-founded CAA and helped reshape Hollywood, then took the same playbook into tech investing and advising founders. In this conversation, he breaks down the operating rules that kept CAA from losing clients, and the personal disciplines that kept him grounded when t ... Show More
1h 36m
Sep 2022
The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson Book Summary and Review | Free Audiobook
Show notes / PDF & Infographic / Free Audiobook / Imagine slicing open the blueprint of life and pasting in a new future. Jennifer Doudna did— with CRISPR. In this episode, we’ll decode Walter Isaacson’s The Code Breaker—rivalries, revelations, and the race to rewrite humanity. R ... Show More
21m 11s
Sep 2023
Ellen Langer: The Mother of Mindfulness
<p>In this episode of Remarkable People, join host Guy Kawasaki for a thought-provoking conversation with Ellen Langer, renowned as the "mother of mindfulness" and one of America's most influential psychologists. </p><p>Ellen's groundbreaking research on mindful learning, the min ... Show More
1 h