I was playing Marvel vs Capcom 2 today on the Dreamcast and was doing INCREDIBLY well. To give you an idea of my win ratio, it was 10 wins for every one loss. And these were decisive wins at that. But then I got to thinking what actually was allowing me to win like this because it’s not the norm.
I eventually just came to the conclusion that there was not too much of a skill difference between me and my opponent, I just had a better team than he did. My team complemented each other very well and was not lacking in any area. This game got me thinking about how important teamwork is in the real world.
There’s a famous story of a team of scholars that tried trying to prove Henry Ford was ignorant and requested a meeting with him to test his knowledge. Every question asked was highly technical and each time Ford didn’t answer the question; instead he called the relevant expert in his company to come and answer the question, which they did so correctly.
After a few questions one of the scholars told Ford that his inability to answer proved his ignorance. His response was relatively simple; he believed it was not his role to know all these things, it was his role to surround himself with intelligent people that all complemented each other – and that was the foundation for his team.
It was the foundation of teamwork that Ford used to build his business. He understood that you DO NOT have to know every bit of information about the operation. But it is important to have somebody there that does. Surrounding yourself with the best and the brightest is better than taking on that burden as your own. Just a lil food for thought.
A good team is always good but in the beginning someone better have the basics of building the car. Ford had the main idea and filled in the other people as it turned from just a Car company to a Empire.
I think even the intellectuals were trying to ask what he knew. I think the story shows Ford was better at frustrating intelligent people by showing them how ignorant they are to question the man who obviously is smart enough to know not to answer them.
Build a solid team and you can do near anything. Good drop!
I agree with both of what you said. The idea needs to be their first and foremost, but then you need to surround yourself with a team of individuals to bring it to fruition.