You can learn a lot about someone depending on what's in their bag, or what they leave out.
A huge chunk of successful executives' lives is spent traveling, in meetings, and trying to keep track of a massive list of priorities, so they have refined what they carry and how they work into an art.
Richard Branson would be lost without his personal assistant, Helen. Asana co-founder Justin Rosenstein relies on pen and paper for big ideas and the satisfaction of physically ripping up discarded plans. And the Samsung vs. Apple battle rages all the way at the top, with devotees of both the Galaxy Note, iPad, and everything in between.