Brief orientation to core concepts of my Stanford "Enlightened Innovation" class, opened up with research on the value of network effects.

1. Success by Design
10 Ways to Maximize the Sum of the Parts

3. 1. Stretch your zone
Staying comfortable is dangerous.

4. 2. Make questions your answer
“Learn more” = win more.

5. 3. Seek your opposites.
Learn from others’ experiences & opinions.

6. 4. Seek strength.
Build upon others who are better than you.

7. 5. Optimize for passion
“Care” + gumption = entrepreneurial rocket fuel.

8. 6. Collect the dots
More you collect, more you connect.

9. 7. Diversify your INtelligence
INtuition, INspiration, INtention.

10. 8. Make FUN-damental
Recognize & increase “bright spots.”

11. 9. Detach from outcomes.
Objectives, yes. Accountability, yes. Attachment: no.

12. 10. Begin again (again)
Cultivate an open mind. Repeat.