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26 points by rmah on Feb 7, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



Does that quote about deflating the ball, putting it in your pocket, then getting another ball and running with that, then reinflating the old one make make sense to anyone? I'm bamboozled by it


The key part is the

... Then you take another ball and run with it and when you’ve crossed the goal you take the second ball out of your pocket and reinflate it and score twelve points instead of six.

I believe he's talking about innovation, and the mindset behind accomplishing things at Intel (allegedly). Instead of "running with the ball", you find ways to "score more points" by finding ways to "carry more than one at a time".




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