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ing about her nail polish. Ray Kroc ate in McDonald's every chance he got. Great shopkeepers, keeping their priorities straight. Does anyone doubt Steve Jobs knows his customer? And what of Starbucks' Howard Schultz? He recently sent an open letter to top management saying they had to reestablish the sma

nce strong names. Google unseats Britannica. Ride-sharing firms vaporize taxi medallion economics. “Change or die,” the old computer 54 If it works: Hal Brands, The Promise and Pitfalls of Grand Strategy, (U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, August 2012); Jennifer Mitzen, “Illusion or Intentio

lso making a social decision, and this may be the more important of the two.”24 You might ask: What drew tens of millions of people to watch live as Steve Jobs unveiled some new Apple device in the last years of his life? Of course, partly it was the cool technology, the warmly charming charisma of the man.

rnational Politics, (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1979), 126 248 It establishes: For a discussion about why a grand strategy is of practical use see Hal Brands, “The Promise and Pitfalls of Grand Strategy,” Strategic Studies Institute, External Associates Monograph Program, 2012 173 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018405

n the world of technology. The directors of the foundation behind the then-new prize had been, from the start, slyly dropping big names - Bill Gates! Steve Jobs! They hoped such a laureate would cast a bit of glamour on the first year of their award for “Contributions to Man’s Present Condition.” But when our