Comparison Of La Vida Robot And Steve Jobs

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In La Vida Robot and the excerpt from Steve Jobs the authors Davis and Isaacson both show how the team member’s and their different experiences help the team show what they can do and bring diversity to the project, it helps show the team new things. In La Vida Robot the story shows how the team leaders have different experiences which help contribute to the team. In Steve Jobs it also shows how Wozniak and Jobs both had some influence from their dad’s. This shows how both authors think that having those experiences will help lead to better teamwork, as said in La Vida Robot, “ROTC had trained Oscar well: he knew how to motivate people. He made sure that all of his team members were in the room and focused when he contacted experts to explain

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