Sublime

Larry was an engineer’s engineer,

he helped start a research group called MIDAS, which stood for Mining Data at Stanford.

tracked—and then revised or adapted as circumstances dictate.

Inexperienced boards

The

At the end of the quarter, a lone HR person ran around like a Jack Russell, nipping at managers’ heels to get updated numbers before the board meeting.

Intel was Grove’s laboratory for management innovation. He loved to teach, and the company reaped the benefits.fn2 A few days after getting hired, I received a coveted invitation to Intel’s Organization, Philosophy, and Economics course, known as iOPEC, a seminar on Intel strategy and operations. Resident professor: Dr. Andy Grove.