“I love molecules,” explains Marcus.  “You apply a certain amount of heat and a certain amount of pressure and you know exactly what is going to happen.  At the start of my career I did great with molecules.  But now I work with people.  People are unpredictable.  You apply a certain amount of heat and a certain amount of pressure, and you never know what’s going to happen.”

Yesterday, we … continue reading

In Jim Collins‘ classic book Good to Great he identifies a group of average companies that make a quantum leap and become extraordinary.  

These eleven companies demonstrated spectacular results, beating the overall stock market by 6.9 times for a minimum of 15 years.  Walgreens, for example, had bumped along as a very average company, tracking the general market for forty years.  Then, in 1975, Walgreens started increasing in value.  … continue reading