Sunday, April 16, 2006

Thomas Edison CEO

Today a subordinate came to me saying that he has lost data for 6 years of a work he was handling.The back up people bungled and did not take back up of a folder in which the data was kept .Thomas edison is a man who lost all his lifes work in a fire .He is known to have said that it was a good thing , we have destroyed all our mistakes and now we can start afresh.He was a man who could do things he wanted to do without brooding on the mishaps inflicted on him.

"I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing." - Thomas Edison

He was a man who would get his ideas from paper to working model to the market.His legacy is still seen in the greatest company in america - General electric.

There is a lot we can learn from the greatest inventor of the century.He was one of the most outstanding ceo's of the 20 th century , a man we can all learn from

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