I get a precious chance today to attend the talk given by Mr. Christopher Galvin. Chris was Motorola CEO when I was still at Chengdu site, and his retirement was six months after my leaving, on June 2003.One funny thing I remembered was that when our team was developing voice dialing software on a PDA cell phone, Chris' name was used as a sample contact list entry. In the demo video, I spoke the name "Chris Galvin" to the phone, and Chris' contact list automatically popped up with pictures.
That was things three years ago, good memories. The topic of today's lecture is how Motorola succeed to grow into a manufacturing giant, and Chris did tell some stories I did not known about before. Before founding Motorola, his grandfather founded two other companies and they both went bankrupt. The reason? No innovation and following existing business patterns. This story actually inspired me to change perspective on my current situation, of which I am trying to not mimic other's way but deal with things in my own style and is starting to get positive results. Success comes from perseverance. If every dog has its day, then I will definitely wait for mine.
