This immediately attached itself (in my mind) to the piece in May's Fast Company, "Change or Die." I was so moved by that article on so many levels, personally and professionally. In fact, I've spent the past few weeks just trying to figure out what to say about it. Yes, stunned in to silence. The Earth must be off its axis.

It seems as though his recent cancer has given Jobs some grace, or perhaps even humility, in a way his previous setbacks never did. It makes him more human to me, which is much more appealing.

I had to sort through my feelings about Steve Jobs and Apple (where I worked for almost three years) and Stanford (I went to Berkeley...what can I say) before I could really listen to what was being said.

And yes, I should be more evolved than that. But everyone has their own biases and interpretations, based on their own experiences. I think it takes a great deal of grace and humility (those words again!) to not only peel them away to further examine an issue, but to admit the biases exist in the first place. Even if it is something as silly not wanting to think about speech given at the rival school.