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Italic locators refer to photographs. Chicago Bulls, 139-41
  Churchill, Winston, 19, 79, 127-28
A co-creation of opportunities, 89-90
Abbott Laboratories, 9-10 Collins, Jim, 9
activities, elimination of wasteful, 60-62 competition, learning from, 15-16
Allen, Paul, 2, 10-12, 11 costs-benefits analysis, 59, 62-63
See also Gates, Bill; Microsoft creativity
Altair, 11-12 creative journey, 43-44
See also Gates, Bill; Microsoft expertise and, 48-49
analysis goals and, 53
benefits-costs, 59, 62-63 incubation and, 54-56
benefits-resources, 60 limitation of, 46-47
thinking and, 120 opportunities for, 41-42, 54
Anderson, Judy, 46 organizations with, 47
assumptions, challenging, 43 paradox of, 45
AT&T, 138-39 patterns of, 25
  risk and expertise, 44-45
B thinking and, 120
Beethoven, 44, 55 culture, 80, 94-95
behaviors, creative, 41-47, 79-82 Cuolumella, 90
benefits-costs analysis, 59, 62-63 Curie, Marie, 13, 39-41, 40, 44, 50-51
benefits-resources analysis, 60 customers, 75-78
Bodek, Norman, 90  
BP, 128 D
brains, 29-31 Darwin, Charles, 74
See also minds da Vinci, Leonardo, 1-2, 8-9, 24-25, 42
Browne, John, 128 deep processing, 31-33
  design, 114-19
C Douglass, Frederick, 17-18
Casals, Pablo, 44 Drucker, Peter F., 27, 29, 49
change, influences of, 79-82, 91 Dunham, John, 15
Cheryl&Co, 58  
   
E F
Edison, Thomas, 127 FedEx, 45, 87-89, 136
co-creation and, 90 FedMart, 113
concepts and principles and, 24-25 focus, 27, 50-51
creative paradox and, 45 Ford, Henry, 75-76
expertise of, 27 Francesconi, Louise, 98
high-leverage points and, 125-27 Frankl, Viktor, 82
incubation and, 55 future, 47-49, 52
investors, influence of, 98  
mobilization of support by, 70 G
opportunities and, 50 Galileo, 42, 71-73, 72, 97
success of, 8, 21 Gardner, Howard, 41
zoom in, zoom out and, 117 Gates, Bill, 11
Einstein, Albert, 7-8, 8, 20-21, 55 on creative paradox, 45
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 129-33, 133, education of, 27
135-36 as expert insider, 21
employees, 78-82, 87-89 on investor ensurance, 136
See also investors key questions and, 10-12
expert insiders, 20-21, 26, 36, 122 on memory, 34
expertise mobilization of support by, 70
brains and, 29-31 opportunities and, 50-51, 120-22
combination of, 26 theories and, 2
creativity and, 48-49 on time management, 28-29
of Edison, Thomas, 27 See also Microsoft
examples for, setting, 100 General Motors, 116, 119
expert insiders and, 26, 36 goals, 53
focus and limitations, 27 great achievers
great achievers and, 17-18 brains of, 29-31
high-leverage, 23-27, 36, 64-65 definition of, 3
learning, 28 expertise and, 17-18
learning from, 28 learning of, 6, 13, 28, 66
obstacles and, 22 making of, 141-42
opportunity and, 19-20 mobilization of support, 64, 70, 74
preparation and, 54 on opposing viewpoints, 101
processes and, 26 opportunities and, 64
respect and, 73-74 organizations of, 47
risk leverage and, 44 preparation of, 29
self-evaluation, 37 questions of, 10
skepticism and, 42 success and, 2-3, 6, 8, 13, 137
visions of, 48-49 time management of, 28-29, 31
of Walton, Sam, 23, 27 See also specific great achievers
See also expert insiders; learning Grove, Andy, 100
   
H L
Hamilton, Alexander, 102-3 Law of Meaning, 89-90, 97-98, 108
Haongchang, Yan, 106-7 leaders. See great achievers
Harrison, John, 49-50 leadership
hierarchy of needs, 80-81 errors in, 75-77
Honda, 116 Michelangelo and, 142
  self-evaluation, 143
I learning
IBM, 10, 120-22 brains and, 29
Ibuku, Masaru, 47-48 from competition, 15-16
Identification Systems, 46 devotion to, 28
IDEO Corporation, 119 expertise and, 28
incubation of opportunities, 54-56 great achievers and, 6, 13, 28, 66
Intel, 100 Jenner, Bruce on, 28
Intuit Corporation, 78 opportunity-driven, 34-35
investors processes in, 28, 35-36
concerns of, 94 time and, 21-23, 28
conversion to, 82-83 See also expertise
Edison, Thomas on, 98 leverage
ensurance of, 136-37 high, 5-6, 23-27, 36, 58-60, 64-65
identification of, 75 plans, 133-34
influence on, 87-89, 95-98, 132-33 risk, 44
mobilization of, 108-9 Levitt, Theodore, 47
and opposing viewpoints, 101 life lottery, 1
self-evaluation of, 110 limitations, 45-47, 49-50
selling opportunity to, 93-94 Limited, The, 53
willingness of, 83-84 Lincoln, Abraham, 76, 98
See also employees Lister, Joseph, 93
  Lockheed Martin, 90
J  
Jackson, Phil, 139-41 M
Jefferson, Thomas, 24 Marx, Groucho, 30
Jenner, Bruce, 28 Maslow, Abraham, 80-81
Jobs, Steve, 98 Meaning, Law of, 89-90, 97-98, 108
  meaning, searching for, 98-100
K memories, 32-35
Kaufman, Edgar, 32 Michelangelo
Kekulé, Fredrich, 54 on breakthrough opportunities, 51-53
Kennedy, John F., 103-4 on creative journey, 44
Kimberly-Clark, 60-61  
King Gillette, 78  
Krueger, Cheryl, 57-59  
   
Michelangelo (continued) opportunities (continued)
David, 52, 74 self-evaluation, 14, 66-67, 134
making of a great leader, 142 skepticism and, 42
mobilization of support, 70 small vs. large, 62-63
on opportunities, 41-42 support of, 75-77
Microsoft visions of, 50, 77-78
Altair and, 11-12 Walton, Sam on, 15-16, 50-51
opportunities and, 120-22 opposers, 101-6
success of, 2  
See also Allen, Paul; Gates, Bill P
minds, 31-34 paradox of creativity, 45
See also brains paradox of differentiation, 96-97
Morita, Akio, 48-51 Pascucci, Vito, 19-20, 20
Motorola, 96 passion for purpose, 12
  Pasteur, Louis, 93, 136
N Penske Race Team, 43, 43
NASA, 90 perseverance, 44
needs, hierarchy of, 80-81 Picasso, Pablo, 17
negotiations, 101, 104-6 PING, 122-24
Newton, Isaac, 49, 97 plans, high-leverage, 133-34
  points, high-leverage
O definition of, 124-25
obstacles, 22 Edison, Thomas and, 125-27
Operation Overlord, 129-31 leverage of, 128-34
opportunities seizure of, 120-24
analysis of, 10 power insiders, 21, 122
breakthrough, 51-53 preparations for opportunities, 29-32, 54
creativity and, 41-42, 54 Price, Sol, 113, 115-18
Curie, Marie on, 39-41 Price Club, 117-18
Edison, Thomas on, 50 See also Price, Sol
expertise and, 19-20 processes, 26, 28, 35-36
focus and, 50-51 purpose, 12
Gates, Bill on, 50-51, 120-22  
great achievers and, 64 R
high-leverage, 5-6, 58-60, 64-65 Rahal, Bobby, 124-25
incubation of, 54-56 Raytheon, 98
investors, selling to, 93-94 recreation, 31-32
learning and, 34-35 resistance, 101-8
Michelangelo on, 41-42 respect, 71-74
preparation for, 29-32, 54 rules, 43
pursuit of, 5, 34-36  
search for, 64, 119 S
searching for meaning in, 98-100 Salk, Jonas, 42, 50-51
seizing, 120-24, 134 Sams, Jack, 120-22
   
Sanders, Harland, 9, 50 V
Schacter, Daniel, 33 values, 6
self-evaluation viewpoints, 78-79, 101-4
of expertise, 37 visions
of investors, 110 expertise, 48–49
of leadership skills, 143 of opportunities, 50, 77–78
of opportunities, 14, 66-67, 134 opposition of, 76–77
of support maximization, 85 self-evaluation, 56
of time, 67 of Sony Corporation, 47–49
of visions, 56  
Shockley, William, 138-39 W
Simonides, 32 Wal-Mart, 16, 46, 96, 139
skepticism, 42 Walton, Sam, 16
Smith, Darwin, 60-61 on coaching, 139
Smith, Fred, 45, 87-89, 136 on design ensurance, 46, 118
Solheim, John A., 123, 123 expertise of, 23, 27
Solheim, John K., 123, 123-24 learning and, 15–16
Solheim, Karsten, 122-23, 123 on opportunities, 50–51
Sony Corporation, 47-49 Wexner, Les, 53
stakeholders. See investors Winfrey, Oprah, 77-78
subconscious, 34, 54-56 Wright, Frank Lloyd, 32-33
successes, 1-3, 6-8, 13, 137  
support X
mobilization of support, 64, 70, 74 Xerox, 78
opportunities in, 75-77  
self-evaluation, 85 Z
  zoom in, zoom out, 117
T  
technologies, 26  
theories, 1-3, 79-82  
thinking, 119-120  
thinking, high-meaning, 131-33  
time  
Gates, Bill on management of, 28-29  
influence and, 26-27  
investment of, 63  
learning and, 21-23, 28  
management of, 28-29, 31  
self-evaluation, 67  
tools, 26  
trends, 49  
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