With the Olympics about to come to London, Bernardo Moya discusses the skills it takes to get ahead – and how to develop the ability to face problems with fresh eyes.
The video above is a great example of doing something other than what’s expected of you, and using your brains rather than following the conventions can really pay off. The background to the men’s 4 x 400m relay gold medal win at the Tokyo World Championships is that the USA were heavily tipped to win. And as Kis Akabussi in the film describes, Team GB had to do something different to win.
- Ford Motor Company, almost a century earlier, produced the first auto that didn’t require great wealth to purchase.
- Kodak, at about the same time, put a severe crimp in the portrait painting industry with its introduction of the first consumer-friendly camera.
- Polaroid later developed a camera that eliminated the stop at the photo processor for a finished picture.
- Philips found a way to capture images electronically on a videotape – dispensing with the need for photographic film or paper at all.
- Which rule can I break today?”
- What is your compiling unique vision?
- Are your own people or team committed to your vision?
- Do you have fierce conversations?
- Do your people know what to do?
- Have you got the right people?

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