of SURVIVAL was presented to KODAK and discarded by them because of their lack of
Corporate Vision; and many moons before that rejected by Encyclopaedia Britannica, following
a visit from the whole Executive Board to my business in the Old Barn in Tackley - IS testament
enough to the concept that GOOD DESIGN IDEAS never date if they are rooted in NATURE.
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ller and his good friend Gerard Piel (the founder of
Scientific American) did their best to get the word out. But it never
became “front page news” in their life times.
HOWEVER, it CAN BECOME front page news starting nOw !!!…
lieving it to be logical, natural, and desirable. Yet specialization has bred feelings of isolation, futility, and confusion, and has resulted in a disregard for big-picture thinking and responsibility. Bucky called himself a comprehensive anticipatory design scientist. Whether you look back at the great captains of ships at sea or at today’s modern CEOs, you will see that those who rise to the top to direct and manage others are those whose knowledge is comprehensive. They know a little bit about everything.
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Added by Michael Grove at 11:40 on December 17, 2017
esult,
accordingly wrote the following in his epic The Prince:
”There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of
success, nor more dangerous to handle than to initiate a new order
of things. For the reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old
order, and only luke-warm defenders in all those who would profit
by the new order. This quality of lukewarmness arises partly from
a fear of adversaries, who have the law on their side, and partly
from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in
anything new until they have had actual experience of it ”
... and no better tribute to that relationship was engendered when
Leonardo was dying in France at Le Clos Luce in the grounds of
Chateaux d'Amboise, living at the behest of the King, when he left
his vineyard in Italy to Niccolò in his will.
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