Innovate in Secret: Apple’s Lesson on the Plan B
For five years, Apple compiled Mac OS X for Intel in secret. A plan B born from one engineer’s curiosity, and it saved the company’s laptops.
For five years, Apple compiled Mac OS X for Intel in secret. A plan B born from one engineer’s curiosity, and it saved the company’s laptops.
In 1965, Stephanie Kwolek refused to throw out a “failed” batch of chemistry. That cloudy beaker became Kevlar, five times stronger than steel. What her three-second decision teaches us about curiosity, serendipity and the survival of your anomalies at work.
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