The works of Leonardo da Vinci were so transformative, they still hold influence more than 500 years after his death. His painting, Salvator Mundi , an iconic image of Jesus Christ giving a blessing, broke all records for any piece of art when it was sold at auction in November for more than 0 million. Walter Isaacson, former chairman of CNN as well as managing editor of Time magazine, has chronicled the life of the greatest figure of the Italian Renaissance in a book simply titled Leonardo da Vinci . Isaacson, a professor of history at Tulane University, visited the Knowledge at Wharton show  on Wharton Business Radio on SiriusXM channel 111  to explain what businesses can learn by embracing da Vinci’s kind of intense creativity and curiosity. (Listen to the podcast at the top of this page.) An edited transcript of the conversation follows. Knowledge at Wharton: What attracts you so much to da Vinci? Walter Isaacson: For me, it was the creativity. I’ve written about a lot of smart people.…