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Dr. Mark Dean has a superpower. He wasn\u2019t born with it. He wasn\u2019t exposed to high levels of radiation. It\u2019s a power he learned from his father. And because of it, he was able to revolutionize the personal computer. \n\nDavid Bradley explains how in the 1980s, IBM had a reputation for building big, enterprise mainframes. No one believed IBM could make a competitive PC. But that\u2019s exactly what \u201cProject Chess\u201d was tasked with creating. Tony Hey describes the monumental shift in strategy it was for IBM to enter the PC market. Pete Martinez and Dennis Moeller recount their days working with Mark on the skunkworks project. And how IBM's strategy for creating a computer in under a year changed the personal computing industry forever\u2014opening it to innovators outside the walls of IBM. \n\nMark Dean holds 3 of the 9 patents for the IBM 5150\u2014the first IBM PC\u2014including the revolutionary ISA bus. He then went on to lead the team that created the first gigahertz microprocessor, and eventually taught at the University of Tennessee. Mwamba Bowa shares her most cherished lesson from the inventor\u2014how to cultivate that super power for herself.