And here’s another classic from Bo Zaunders — my favorite one of all time I think — that perfectly describes how large organizations destroy good advertising, and how committees destroy creativity: It’s a good companion piece to the Day 38 Leo: “I have learned that any fool can write a …more
Here’s today’s Leo: “It’s important in building our organizational machines not to exclude the dissenter, the ‘Outsider,’ the non-conformist.” — Leo Burnett Oh boy, does this ever resonate with me. I wonder if Leo Burnett would have enjoyed my need to constantly question conventional wisdom? I know it drives some …more
Microsoft Research originally published this article on March 18, 2014: Link Leslie Lamport first began dabbling in computers while he was still in high school. Nothing too unusual about that—until you consider that this was in the mid-1950s. Lamport was attending the Bronx High School of Science in New York, and …more
