Comments on: Lessons in Planning and Leadership http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/12/28/lessons-in-planning-and-leadership/ Blogging about Tomorrow's world Today Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:40:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aiden Choles http://www.connectioneconomy.com/2005/12/28/lessons-in-planning-and-leadership/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 Aiden Choles Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:52:23 +0000 http://www.tmtd.biz/?p=706#comment-1405 Dava Sobel in <i>Longitude</i> describes the discovery of meausring longitude in the 18th century - a project that was richly incentivised by the British government. Having known for long how to measure latitude, the scientific community <i>knew</i> that the answer lay in observing the heavens.The solution cam unexpectedly from a furniture maker who made a clock that kept accurate time on shipbaord - time was the solution. Lesson, you needn't always look to the map (skies) for the answer. There is a similar story of a tribe who used neither maps, nor the stars to navigate their way on water. They somehow closed their eyes and sensed where they had to go. Again, you may not need a map... Dava Sobel in Longitude describes the discovery of meausring longitude in the 18th century – a project that was richly incentivised by the British government. Having known for long how to measure latitude, the scientific community knew that the answer lay in observing the heavens.The solution cam unexpectedly from a furniture maker who made a clock that kept accurate time on shipbaord – time was the solution. Lesson, you needn’t always look to the map (skies) for the answer.

There is a similar story of a tribe who used neither maps, nor the stars to navigate their way on water. They somehow closed their eyes and sensed where they had to go. Again, you may not need a map…

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