Comments on: Unsung heros in the corporation (more essential than we think) http://cultureby.com/2009/08/unsung-heros-in-the-corporation-more-essential-than-we-think.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan http://cultureby.com/2009/08/unsung-heros-in-the-corporation-more-essential-than-we-think.html/comment-page-1#comment-594 Jonathan Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:21:47 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=63#comment-594 Gotcha. Since Motorola has failed to bring a similarly great product to market ever since, and couldn't talk its way out of a paper bag (let alone manage a real conversation with its customers), I get your point 100%. Thanks for the detail, Grant. Gotcha. Since Motorola has failed to bring a similarly great product to market ever since, and couldn’t talk its way out of a paper bag (let alone manage a real conversation with its customers), I get your point 100%. Thanks for the detail, Grant.

]]> By: Grant McCracken http://cultureby.com/2009/08/unsung-heros-in-the-corporation-more-essential-than-we-think.html/comment-page-1#comment-593 Grant McCracken Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:05:12 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=63#comment-593 Jonathan, thanks for the question, Frost was the guy who found the idea in a Chicago Motorola laboratory, brought together the best and the brighest at Motorola to work on it, then found a way to protect from the people at Motorola who like to engage in "death by committee," and then shepherded it to market, with all its genius intact (augmented, actually). Pretty impressive. Thanks again. Best, Grant Jonathan, thanks for the question, Frost was the guy who found the idea in a Chicago Motorola laboratory, brought together the best and the brighest at Motorola to work on it, then found a way to protect from the people at Motorola who like to engage in “death by committee,” and then shepherded it to market, with all its genius intact (augmented, actually). Pretty impressive. Thanks again. Best, Grant

]]> By: peter spear http://cultureby.com/2009/08/unsung-heros-in-the-corporation-more-essential-than-we-think.html/comment-page-1#comment-592 peter spear Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:06:07 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=63#comment-592 to grant: i agree with your ambivalence to according great man status to these stories. it does rub uncomfortably close to critiques that we might throw at, say, a peter arnell or others. that said, both the stories you say are pretty remarkable. to jonathan: you would choose well not to use the word relevant in your questioning if your goal (as i assume it is) is to highlight product performance benefits. i do not know the story, but at the very least, we can imagine frost a cheerleader for a definition of the word "relevant" that included the design that you celebrate? some other individual may not have been so comfortable in uncomfortable terrain as he, surely? to grant:
i agree with your ambivalence to according great man status to these stories. it does rub uncomfortably close to critiques that we might throw at, say, a peter arnell or others. that said, both the stories you say are pretty remarkable.

to jonathan:
you would choose well not to use the word relevant in your questioning if your goal (as i assume it is) is to highlight product performance benefits. i do not know the story, but at the very least, we can imagine frost a cheerleader for a definition of the word “relevant” that included the design that you celebrate? some other individual may not have been so comfortable in uncomfortable terrain as he, surely?

]]> By: Jonathan http://cultureby.com/2009/08/unsung-heros-in-the-corporation-more-essential-than-we-think.html/comment-page-1#comment-591 Jonathan Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:54:55 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=63#comment-591 I thought Motorola's Razr was a victory for smart, relevant industrial design. What role did Frost play in its development? I thought Motorola’s Razr was a victory for smart, relevant industrial design. What role did Frost play in its development?

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