Chapter 17. History Lesson
In 1993 and 1994, I lived in Stockholm, on assignment at one of our largest and most important customers. Jaak Urmi, my friend and temporary boss, insisted that I spend an afternoon at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm Harbor. The museum is “one of a kind.”1 The Vasa was the pride of the Swedish Royal Navy, launched in August 1628. Twenty minutes into her maiden voyage, she caught a small gust and sank to the bottom of Stockholm Harbor. She was raised 333 years later and today is meticulously restored and on display. Because there have been centuries to work on a post-mortem, and because naval architecture has made significant advances during this time, we now know a lot about why the Vasa sank. Some interesting lessons ...
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