#419 Kelly Johnson: Skunk Works

#421 Jony Ive

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#420 Steve Jobs In Exile

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#419 Kelly Johnson: Skunk Works

Kelly Johnson’s “14 Points” read like a SpaceX operations manual — 60 years before SpaceX was founded. Kelly Johnson created Skunk Works, which he defined as: “A concentration of a few good people solving problems far in advance—and at a fraction of the cost—of other groups by applying the simplest, most straightforward methods possible to develop and produce new projects. All it is really is the application of common sense to some pretty tough problems.” Kelly Johnson was a great engineer and system builder with genius for organizational design. His autobiography which he wrote when he was 75 years old is full of hard-earned wisdom from his 44 year career. This episode is what I learned from reading Kelly: More Than My Share of it All [https://amzn.to/4deEm74] by Kelly Johnson. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com [https://ramp.com] Axon by Applovin: https://axon.ai/founders [https://axon.ai/founders] Vanta: ⁠https://vanta.com/founders [https://vanta.com/founders]⁠

#418 Phil Knight: Founder of Nike

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#417 Arnold Schwarzenegger

What I learned from reading Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder [https://amzn.to/4tfMp9a] by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Made possible by: Ramp: https://ramp.com [%20https://ramp.com] Axon by Applovin: https://axon.ai/founders [https://axon.ai/founders] Vanta: https://vanta.com/founders [https://vanta.com/founders]