Harvard Business School

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And, for example,  one report I submitted,  the last one I submitted,  I had an executive committee of six young men to study the computer program.  And a full committee of 22.  And George said,  "Ed,  you can have whoever you want on the full committee."   And I said,  "We've got to have the opposition."   He named this man and that man."   And I said,  "We won't win anything if he doesn't get the chance to express himself."   And I said,  "You might just as well have him on the committee."

Well,  I was just beginning to wear my hearing aids.  And I had a hard time running the committee of 22.  But we had a magnificent result.