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John McNeill

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3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

And then lastly, you automate.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

Because if you automate first, it often doesn't work.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

So the algorithm was developed really in response to this mistake of over-automating the Model 3 factory.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

I think how unfair the advantage is that comes from world-class team members.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

He has a very high bar for hiring.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

And what I learned was not compromising on talent upfront means that you build a world-class team and that world-class team is like an unfair advantage because they can do so much so fast at such a high quality level.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

The ability of him to attract engineering talent and executive talent

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

is a key to his success because he does attract just unbelievably world-class people around him.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

I think number one, anybody can drive innovation and drive product breakthroughs and process breakthroughs by applying the algorithm.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

Takeaway number two is I think it's really important for you to use your own product because you start to realize the holes in that product if you use it on a daily basis.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

And I'm surprised how many companies don't use their own products.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

And then takeaway number three is set very ambitious goals because you change the way people think about the problem.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

If you're asking them to make a quantum, almost impossible change versus an incremental change.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

Oh, thank you.

3 Takeaways™
The Secret System Behind Tesla, SpaceX, and Radical Innovation (#294)

I'm glad.

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