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IN the Mather Lecture of the Textile Institute delivered on May 25, Mr. A. P. Young (J, Text. Inst., May) gives a stimulating discussion of the functions and opportunities of industrial leadership. Reviewing the origin of the scientific era and the imperative necessity for adequate leadership in this age of power production, he sees in it the opportunity for many of the inspired qualities and the spirit of adventure which have animated previous pioneers of creative thought. Such leadership should be capable of harnessing to the task of industrial evolution, world co-operation and reconstruction the increasing productivity of the human unit, the accelerated rate at which raw materials are brought into service, the development of the electrical power era, the diminution of the time lag between discovery and industrial application, the linking of production and distribution. This must be done on a basis of planned co-operation, and leadership will function largely through its ability to stimulate the essential spirit of team work.
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Leadership in Industry. Nature 133, 977 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133977c0
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