As a result of these questions, we developed a programme that targeted significant progression in leadership, real leaps in awareness, and the realisation and adoption of new behaviours. Some of the comments shared with us by the participants help to show the value that the learning provided for them:. With this being a brand new style of intervention for both Eli Lilly and t-three, there were always going to be valuable lessons to take away to help us to continue to refine and finesse the programme.
However, there were some additional lessons that we — and the participants — were able to take away. There seemed to be a sense of increased bravery, and more inclination to try out new things and to push further, simply because people were comfortable and confident when working from their homes in those far flung locations.
The incredible confidence and agility of working in a virtual space — something that had initially been seen as a challenge to overcome, and offered opportunity rather than reducing our options.
This new way of learning has been so well received that there are already plans to run more interventions in the future. By being willing to embrace the changes forced upon them by the events of , Eli Lilly has managed to still deliver the valuable and inspiring sessions their people are used to, in a way that shows their penchant for innovation and people development.
Emily Marsh July 23 Facebook Twitter. Featured Eli Lilly - Leadership Development. Television coverage slacked. Missions—to conduct research, repair satellites, and build the International Space Station—failed to ignite popular imaginations the way a moon landing had.
For many Americans, shuttle flights carried little of the bravado and romance of the Apollo era. The launch on January 28, , was different. The sun had been up for less than an hour and air temperatures were a few notches above freezing when the crew of STSL boarded the orbiter Challenger that Tuesday morning.
As a civilian, she was PR catnip: infinitely relatable and proof that space was now truly open to average Americans, not just hot-shot fighter jocks. Kids nationwide would watch the launch live and know that no dream was beyond reach. The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after lift off. Challenger disappeared as white vapor bloomed from the external tank. Spectators were stunned. Teachers scrambled to get their kids out to recess.
And images of the grotesque, Y-shaped explosion dominated the news cycle for days to come. For the first time in its history, NASA had lost a crew on a mission—with the nation watching. More than three decades later, the image of that explosion remains as iconic as Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon. Challenger not only taught America a lesson about faulty O-rings and hubris; it forever changed our relationship with spaceflight and our tax-funded space agency.
Will these billionaire dreamers avoid the mistakes of the past? What they found was a very different launch than the one people had watched on TV. Pictures of the shuttle on the launch pad showed a puff of black smoke issuing from the bottom of the right solid rocket booster. That flame grew alarmingly rapidly and was forced towards the big orange fuel tank by the slipstream as the shuttle rose ever higher.
Data on the ground confirmed it was a leak in the booster, but no one could do anything about it. The two liquids mixed and exploded, destroying the orbiter with it. The source of the leak, as America soon learned, was traced to a tiny rubber part called an O-ring, which formed the seal between sections of the solid rocket boosters.
If exposed to near-freezing temperatures, the O-ring lost its elasticity. Famed theoretical physicist Dr. Richard Feynman demonstrated what this meant at a press conference five months later. He twisted a small O-ring in a vice, then dipped it in a glass of ice water. When he pulled it out, it kept its twisted shape, showing its lack of resilience to cold. This raised a more pressing question. The O-ring was known to be sensitive to cold and could only work properly above 53 degrees.
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