Grit; Sensemaking; Accountancy; Opportunity
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Isaac Newton It’s rare to find someone who possesses the right blend of skill, experience, education, talent, demeanor, and grit; not only to become deeply curious about a problem, but to also pursue that problem with sustained effort and ultimately succeed in solving that problem. The Wright brothers did not just get up one day and then decide to fly. It took Orville and Wilbur Wright four years of experimentation and testing to successfully achieve controllable sustained flight. Their breakthrough was the invention of the notion of "wing warping" and putting that together with a three-axis control mechanism which allowed an aircraft pilot to achieve full aerodynamic control over aircraft roll, yaw, and pitch to effectively steer the aircraft and maintain equilibrium. That basic breakthrough enabled aviation to take off. And that breakthrough, discovered by the Wright brothers and their Wright Flyer , ...