Bob Davids’ talk at TEDx event in Paris (12min 51sec)
On February 25, 2012, Bob Davids gave an amazing talk at TEDxESCP event in Paris: “Management and Leadership”.
Bob Davids’ Tips on Leadership and Life (Forbes article by Isaac Getz)
We need smart people. Our universities are focused on producing just that. Those who come out on top are the smartest and hence succeed in business, law and politics.
It would be easier to agree with the above view if psychologists hadn’t already been challenging it for several decades. They found that analytical intelligence – the one taught in schools allowing you to find the right answer for a well-defined problem – doesn’t predict success in professional life. Success-measured, say, by your career or salary, while adjusting for age, correlates with intelligence at a mere 0.2…
Freedom is Not Anarchy (a chapter on Bob Davids in “Freedom, Inc.” book)
We are in the Bahamas—at least, Bob Davids is. Davids is the owner of Sea Smoke Cellars, a young 350-acre vineyard in the gorgeous Santa Ynez Valley of central California. But he spends eleven months of the year elsewhere, whether that’s in Reno, Nevada, Bali, or the Bahamas, fishing. His goal is nothing less than to produce “the best Pinot Noir humanly possible” from his vineyard. He says he scoured the world to find just the right spot for it, and having found it, he stays away from it as much as he can.
His quest to build a world-class winery began in earnest in December 1997, when Davids, founder and CEO of Radica Games—then the world’s third most-profitable toy maker—announced to the board he wished to resign so that he could make wine. The reactions were, well, mixed . . .
Freedom, Inc. (book)
Whether in troubled economic times or during years of prosperity, there is a proven way for companies to boost productivity, profits, and growth. Remarkably, it costs nothing––whether cost is measured in terms of monetary resources or time– –and is simply based on the belief that, if only people can be free to act in the best interests of their company, the results will be tremendous. Freedom, Inc. presents the evidence that this is not the Pollyannaish wish of a few dreamers, but a reality built by bottom-line-focused leaders. . . .
Sea Smoke Cellars
105-acres of the finest Estate-grown Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the heart of the Santa Rita Hills AVA, Santa Barbara County, California.
Art Center College of Design
For more than 80 years, the Art Center College of Design has achieved an international reputation for our rigorous, transdisciplinary curriculum, faculty of professionals, strong ties to industry and a commitment to socially responsible design. At Art Center, we prepare artists and designers to be make a positive impact in their chosen fields—as well as the world at large.
Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend (1920–1998) was an American business executive and author who is noted for transforming Avis into a rental car giant. He was born in Washington, D.C. in 1920. His parents moved to Great Neck, N.Y. where he spent his childhood. After high school, he was accepted to Princeton, graduating in 1942. After graduating college, he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Navy, serving for the remainder of World War II.