Career
He co-directs, with Professor James Clawson, the Leading Innovation: Thinking Creatively for Positive Change Seminar at the University of Virginia"s Darden Graduate School of Business. Gelb has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Philosophy from Clark University, and a master"s degree in Mind and Body Education from Goddard College. Gelb holds a fourth degree black belt in Aikido.
Gelb"s work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post and Training Magazine.
He has also appeared on Good Morning America, Cable News Network"s Business Unusual and on radio programs including live interviews with National Public Radio and the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service. "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci" Gelb"s How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day has been featured in: "7 Things Leonardo da Vinci Can Teach You About Creativity" from Incorporated Magazine "Investing Lessons From Da Vinci And Edison" from Forbes Magazine "Mere genius can"t begin to describe him" from Wausau Daily Herald "What you can learn from da Vinci" from Chicago Sun-Times "On the Same Page with Leonardo" from Saint Louis Post-Dispatch "Pointing Up the Lessons of Da Vinci" from The Philadelphia Inquirer (includes substantial biographical information), "Create like Leonardo innovate like Edison" from Investment Advisor "Da Vinci At Dinner" from The Washington Post "You, too, can be as smart as that other Leonardo: Brainy author tells how" from National Post "" Gelb"s: How to Think Like History"s Ten Most Revolutionary Minds has been reviewed in "Self-help from 10 geniuses" from United States of America Today.
"More Balls Than Hands".