FAVI is a French company that casts components for customers like Fiat and VW, a very successful company. One of the reasons why they are successful is the attitude of their CEO Jean-Francois Zobrist. He has a simple categorisation of organisations. They are either “Comment” or “Pourquoi”. Comment (How) organisations tell their employees how to […]
When Apple Got It Wrong
Apple are widely regarded as the kings of innovation. Whatever they touch turns to gold: The iPhone The iPod iTunes The Apple Store The App Exchange The list goes on and on, the iPad may well be next. Which got me wondering, have Apple ever had a failure? Have you heard of: Apple TV, a […]
The Rear End of a Horse
There is an urban myth that the design of the rockets that propel the shuttle into space is constrained by the size of a horses bum. The logic goes something like this: 1. The rocket diameter was constrained by the width of the railway tunnels that the train that delivered the rocket passed through. 2. […]
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