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Jason and Greg discuss the leadership lessons from Steve Jobs based on the HBR article by Walter Isaacson. They focus on simplicity and creating margin in their lives. They also discuss that simplifying may be MORE work at first and that diving into a niche may also help us simplify. Greg’s advice: for each new project you take on, you should give up two. Also the people that make complex things simple will have a great advantage.
Phil Simon explains what a platform really is and how building a platform can be advantageous to growing your business. Jason, Greg, and Phil discuss the big four platforms: Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon. Also, as we build our platforms, how much do we need to plan ahead? What are planks? Also, how important is being FIRST with a new concept or idea while building your platform? What will it take for Twitter to become a platform?
Mentioned in the THRIVEcast:
The Age of the Platform by Phil Simon
Steve Jobs, book by Walter Isaacson
The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs
Pioneering the New Firm Coaching Course
Geni Whitehouse
Yupana
QuickBooks
Jony Ive
Steve Wozniak
Greg LaFollette
Sharra Chan of Orange Door, Inc.
En Vogue
The New Small
Seth Godin
Hubspot
Pinterest
Larry Page
Produced by:
Shane McMullin of Ninth Hour Productions
About our guest: Phil Simon
Phil Simon is a sought-after speaker and recognized technology expert. He consults companies on how to optimize their use of technology has written five books:
- The Age of the Platform (Motion, 2011)
- The New Small (Motion, 2010)
- The Next Wave of Technologies (John Wiley & Sons, 2010)
- Why New Systems Fail (Cengage, 2010)
- Too Big to Ignore: The Business Case for Big Data (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
His contributions have been featured in and on Inc. Magazine, NBC, CNBC, The Huffington Post, The Globe and Mail, the American Express Open Forum, Fast Company, Technorati, ComputerWorld, ZDNet, abcnews.com, forbes.com, BusienssWeek, The New York Times, ReadWriteWeb, and many other sites. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and Cornell University.
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