Steve Jobs

‘Innovate or die,” said Peter Drucker, adapting Darwin’s maxim “Adapt or die”. It has become the rallying cry of the 21st century. When every country (...)

Ciotóg, claw hand, wrong hand – historically left-handedness was seen as a curse. The word “left” has long been associated with wrongness or devianc(...)

BLK BOX Fitness is a fitness equipment manufacturer based in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter. Established in 2012 by 30-year-old managing director Gregory B(...)

Failure, in most walks of life, can seem like such a final, irreversible misstep. In Silicon Valley it is just the beginning. Steve Jobs said of failu(...)

Tim Cook, Apple chief executive, has cashed in more than $120 million (€103 million) worth of stock options, thanks to the iPhone maker’s soaring shar(...)

Why is it that some people who become famous for their ability to innovate and invent can also sometimes become famous for other less savoury reasons?(...)

When disgruntled Fairchild Semiconductor engineers Robert Noyce (co-inventor of the integrated circuit) and Gordon Moore jumped ship to set up their o(...)

Man or machine? Efficient, unemotional and without any of the cognitive biases that bedevil human judgement, computers increasingly dominate today’s i(...)

One of the most difficult people I ever worked with was a very clever newspaper journalist with a stunning knack for getting scoops. We sat near each(...)

What have Michael Dell, Steve Jobs and Howard Shultz got in common? Among other things they are all boomerang hires. The left their employers and then(...)