The Disruptive Entrepreneur

Genius and tragedy often go hand in hand, no more so than in the life of the fashion designer Alexander McQueen. Rob talks through his love of a documentary about his life and ultimately his tragic death. Rob brings you nine observations from this documentary that have made him think, and want to learn more about best to be successful in business and life. Can learning from the life of a tortured genius help you in your life and business? KEY TAKEAWAYS He made people feel something. McQueen wanted to provoke emotion. The enemy for McQueen was apathy, it was in the middle. He wanted people to love his work or hate it as long as they felt something. Death is in the middle for business. I took a lot more risks when we started the business than we do now 13 years later. He had a very dark side to his nature. There are dark sides to everyone. Wrestling with boredom, guilt, envy and all these emotions that every human being does. Every human being has every human trait. We are all wrestling with the darker sides to