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Facts Then Decision Then Action — No Faltering, Plow Cash Back Into Acreage, Capability as the Product
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To Tex the move was a logical extension of his philosophy of thinking under broad headings rather than in terms of products. Ingalls was not "ships" but a part of "transporta- tion." Ships, like other units of transport…
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"To Tex the move was a logical extension of his philosophy of thinking under broad headings rather than in terms of products. Ingalls was not "ships" but a part of "transporta- tion." Ships, like other units of transportation, represented new opportunities for the application of Litton's electronic and other technological expertise. In a tradition-bound in- dustry, he was confident Litton could devise better methods both of building and operating marine units of transporta- tion. He was to take his lumps, particularly after certain contracts were subsequently underbid, but the Ingalls ac- quisition may well prove a bulwark of the company's back- log in the years immediately ahead."
Someone Has to Make It Happen; The Inside Story of Tex Thornton, the Man Who Built Litton Industries
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Facts Then Decision Then Action — No FalteringPlow Cash Back Into AcreageCapability as the ProductWindows of the Mind Not Product ListsNegotiate From Their Chair FirstSmall Solution Scaled to Big ProblemOne Building Block Then Mosaic OutwardStock From His Own Hide to Hook the Best FishOutwork Them Past MidnightLet Fresh Ideas Prove Themselves Before ShootingFifty-Foot Rope for Thirty-Foot DrowningGrab Authority or Lose It