The Little Boy That Could (Or Why We Need to Make What We Do Brilliant Every Time)

Stephen was born in 1942 at a time of worldwide struggle. Europe was divided and broken, Asia was in turmoil and the United States had been dragged into a conflict it had tried to avoid.

In fact, Stephen was almost never born – a missile fell on a property just two homes away from his parents’ house.

So even before he was born Stephen was faced with adversity.

As a child, Stephen was known as a good student, but not brilliant. He chose safe subjects like math and science, and continued this t...