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“The trick to having good ideas is not to sit around in glorious isolation and try to think big thoughts. The trick is to get more parts on the table.”
― Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
― Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
“Leadership,” said Nimitz, “consists of picking good men and helping them do their best for you. The attributes of loyalty, discipline and devotion to duty on the part of subordinates must be matched by patience, tolerance and understanding on the part of superiors.”24”
― The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
― The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea
“Although our technical backgrounds were very different, we were both emotional about our work, perpetually optimistic, and gave our people unconditional support.”
― Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
― Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
“Apollo succeeded at critical moments like this because the bosses had no hesitation about assigning crucial tasks to one individual, trusting his judgment, and then getting out of his way.”
― Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
― Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
“Innovations usually begin life with an attempt to solve a specific problem, but once they get into circulation, they end up triggering other changes that would have been extremely difficult to predict.”
― How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
― How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
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