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James Dyson An Eye for Innovation
Despite his convention-defying appliances scooping him a cool £206 million in one year alone, James Dyson does not call himself a businessman. In his own terms, he is a designer and an engineer. This focus on what makes him successful keeps him producing innovative products that have changed the way we think of domestic appliances. While studying at the Royal College of Art, Dyson designed
the Sea Truck, built to land goods on beaches without ports. The Ballbarrow (a wheelbarrow with a ball for a wheel) and the Wheelboat (capable of travelling at 40 mph on both land and sea) followed. Big success eluded him. Then, inspired by paint shop equipment, he conceived the idea of the dual cyclone vacuum cleaner. A game-changing invention, it negated the need for disposable bags in cleaners. However, since the bag supply market was worth £100 million a year in the UK, industry players were not interested. Dyson manufactured his own vacuum cleaner himself, offering it for sale by catalogue in Japan in the late 1980s. It was a huge hit that fi nally broke into the UK and worldwide markets. Driven on by a mixture of vision and determination, it is no
wonder that his self-conception is as a designer and engineer. These are the well-spring of his genius.
He is driven on by a mixture of vision and determination. No wonder that his self-conception is as a designer and engineer. He focuses on what makes him successful and keeps him producing innovative products that have changed the way we think of domestic appliances. Bernardo Moya
Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.
Vince Lombardi An Eye for Innovation
Vince Lombardi is arguably the greatest American football coach of all time, and is on the short list of history’s greatest coaches, regardless of sport. His ability to teach, motivate and inspire players helped turn the Green Bay Packers into the most dominating NFL team in the 1960s. Lombardi was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1913. After graduating magna cum laude from Fordham in 1937, Lombardi attended law school in the evenings while working for a fi nance company during the day. Lombardi then decided to take a teaching and assistant football coaching position at a New Jersey high school. It was during this time that Lombardi identifi ed and developed
what became the hallmark of his great teams… simplicity and execution. He developed a reputation for being a tireless workaholic, a trait that helped Lombardi land a position as assistant coach in the NFL for the New York Giants. Lombardi helped the Giants to fi ve winning seasons. It was in his late 40s Lombardi accepted the head coaching
position and signed a fi ve-year contract with the Green Bay Packers in 1959. He held gruelling training camps and demanded absolute dedication and effort from his players. His hard-edged style turned the Packers into the most envied and successful franchise in the 1960s, leading them to fi ve NFL Championships.
Vince Lombardi's trademark assets were; Determination, hard work, extreme discipline and complete focus on winning. He became a national symbol of single-minded determination to win. Bernardo Moya
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.