Walter Isaacson
12 statements across 2 episodes · 7 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 27, 2018 by Robert Greene · said 3 times in 2 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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Jun 27, 2018 negative
Greene: Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs was rushed and shallow.
“You know, I like Walter Isaacson. I think he's a very fine biographer, but You know, even like the Steve jobs that he's rushed, he's got to write it because she just died. And like, I don't really feel like when I read that book, I understand the man, Steve jo…”
Oct 5, 2021 positive
Isaacson: Brutal intellectual honesty prevents teams from accumulating B players
“I know that being really brutal and intellectually honest is important. First of all, you motivate them, you drive them, you let them know where they're not performing and how they can, and you make sure that you don't have a team, as Steve Jobs said, that's f…”
Oct 5, 2021
Isaacson: Obsessive passion for details is a foundational key to creativity
“These type of people who realize that God is in the details, those are the people who make great advances, and I put Leonardo in that category. I put Ben Franklin, Steve Jobs in that category, Jennifer Doudna, as she's trying to understand the inner workings o…”
Oct 5, 2021 positive
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Oct 5, 2021 positive
Isaacson: Focusing on product over profit is what makes profits follow
“He said, if you make a real, if you really focus on making profit, you're going to cut corners. You're going to do things. You'll juice up your revenues. You'll cut your costs a little bit. You'll make a profit, but that way is a path to a disaster. He said, i…”
Oct 5, 2021 negative
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Oct 5, 2021 positive
Isaacson: Editing Writing on Paper Reveals Flaws Missed on Screen
“We know things look different on paper than they do on the screen, and when you see it on paper in the next morning, you're able to find those sentences or those phrases that don't quite track or that read kind of clunkily. You see where the whole thing is klu…”
Oct 5, 2021 negative
Isaacson: Avoiding brutal feedback was my key failing leading CNN and Time
“I was, I mean, I had many failings as a manager when I ran Time Magazine or CNN, and one of my failings is I wasn't as comfortable being brutally honest or telling people they sucked as perhaps a stronger manager would have been.”