The demo had gone poorly, and Steve Jobs, as only he could do ... “Let’s all do better next time,” he said. And then, he went into what today is being called “founder mode,” rolling ...

Psychologist Adam Grant agrees: “The time Steve Jobs was putting things off and noodling on possibilities was time well spent in letting more divergent ideas come to the table.” On the ...

Steve Jobs, one of IDEO's first clients, became a close friend of Kelley's over the years. Jobs and Kelley both battled cancer at the same time (Jobs, pancreatic; Kelley, throat), which brought ...