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James Dyson, the British industrial designer, is best known for the innovative, high-performance appliances that bear the family name — cyclonic vacuum cleaners with powerful suction and fans that generate a breeze without blades.

But the silver-haired, 63-year-old billionaire has more than the Dyson products on his mind lately. Mr. Dyson is an adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron on how to accelerate Britain’s development of new technology and build up its manufacturing and export prowess.

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Very long, but very interesting. Maybe get comfy, curl up on a couch, and read it on your iPad, the way Steve Jobs would want! No sarcasm here, I’m a fan

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Renaissance men and women, who can juggle concerns ranging from the aesthetic to the social, are in short supply. And they’re needed now more than ever.

For the past few years, I’ve been trying to understand just what it is that prevents large organizations from doing great things. Clearly, one major part of the problem is their lack of empathy for the world around them. Without a gut sense for what keeps ordinary folks up at night, too many players within corporations, public institutions and nonprofits find themselves operating inside of a bubble. But, that’s just part of the problem.

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