Key 6 INNOVATION. CONTINUOUSLY CREATING THE FUTURE
In 1935, the chairman of Baldwin Locomotive, in addressing shareholders, stated that “steam has powered American railroads for a hundred years and will continue to do so.” At that time, diesel locomotives were on the rails unseen by Baldwin Locomotive’s leaders, who were busy making their steam locomotives bigger, better, and more powerful. There is always a better way. Diesel locomotives have powered railroads for more that seventy-five years but they may not be a final answer to efficient, low-cost land transport.
In 1998, their technology turned down by the major portals of the day, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, with one employee, launched Google, Inc. in a garage in Menlo Park, California. ...
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