Stephen B. Adam

"Kaiser also established an experimental laboratory in 1943 to pursue ideas that came from both within and outside the organization. Kaiser was deluged with fan mail by this point, much of which included ideas for inventions. The role of the "hobby lobby" was to turn these dreams into reality. According to popular belief, only an innocent would invite the public to contribute; jaded eastern business was too set in its ways to listen to the common sense of the man in the street."

"Kaiser's approach to government officials and to getting information from within his organization reflected that belief: instead of operating "through channels," Kaiser sought the person immediately involved in his subject of interest.34 The willingness of this chief executive officer (CEO) to approach relatively junior members of government agencies surprised many, but most were favorably impressed."

"Henry Kaiser was by no means typical; he was more venturesome than the average entrepreneur. It is Kaiser's apparent uniqueness, his ability to push the edges of the envelope of possibilities, that makes him an ideal figure through which to trace the evolution of twentieth-century government entrepreneurship."

"Kaiser did not need any professionals because he had a natural sense of public relations. Kaiser had made himself a builder, but he had been born a promoter."