What businesses, governments, and leaders should learn from Bell Labs [Storytime Saturdays]
How one company built the modern world.
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What is common between the C programming language, Solar Cells, the Laser, and the legendary operating system UNIX?
All of these were invented by people in one group, Bell Labs. And within the span of roughly 10 years. Talk about a 10-year challenge.
And if you think I’m cherry-picking a few examples, feel free to look into the company yourself. You’ll find out that this company has laid the foundations of basically every big accomplishment that created the modern world. 9 Different Nobel Prizes have been awarded for work done at Bell Labs. Let that number sink in. This was a group of people that made the PayPal Mafia look like a group of Children.
So what was so special about the environment at Bell Labs? What was it that allowed the members to accomplish so many great things? In this email/article, we will be covering that.
Whether you’re a leader trying to build a more innovative company/group that will create the next big product/idea, a policy maker/government employee trying to understand how you can set up an environment of growth, or an employee trying to understand what makes certain companies/groups successful, this is not an article you want to miss.
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