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Compounding collective!

By Bamboo In The Wind

Jeff Bezos took a lot of ideas from Sam Walton of Walmart.

Jobs and Bezos took many ideas from Akio Morita of Sony Corp.

Steve Jobs learned a great deal from his conversations with Edwin Land, who was Polaroid Founder. 

Jobs was even quoted as saying that Apple's journey was at the intersection of science and technology. The quote was Edwin Lands'!

Could we have predicted that Jobs, who learned from Land and Morito, would have gone to build fascinating technology and the most innovative phone devices we have ever seen?

Every person at the top of their game is always keen to absorb the vitals from their surroundings. They study people who came before them and try to learn the purest form of practice tips on building excellence. 

Jobs and Bezos were no different.

It is hard to know in advance what a philosophy, an invention, or an idea can influence. It is even harder to understand what a person affected by the influence will go on to create!

Books are authors' ideas. Some readers might find these books dull and apparent stories. But many others might feel inspired by these books. They go on to build their own ideas and embark on significant journeys.

The same is valid with groups. Some groups do very well collectively, and some don't. 

The assimilation of various ideas into powerful ideas is driven by something other than how clever people in the group are. It is primarily due to how well they absorb, communicate and collaborate with each other regularly.

And anything we do collectively and regularly has compounding benefits beyond our interest!

But like writers do - ideas start with one's own thoughts. So begin there!

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