Come on. Pasteur clearly had something
to do with it. He was not just a
lucky bystander.
We agree. We think Pasteur had
a skill we call “surfing” that enabled
him to ride the waves of possibilities
swirling around him and find a path
that led to great value. An example
of Pasteur’s surfing skill arose in theearly 1880s, when he was searching
for an anthrax vaccine. After he discovered
the vaccine and verified in
his lab that it worked, he did not go
public, to the great frustration of his
colleagues and advisors. The right
moment showed up when a famous
veterinarian challenged him to a
public test of the vaccine. He accepted
the challenge. In the test, no vaccinated
animal got anthrax and every
unvaccinated animal perished. The
theatre of the test and its subsequent
publicity propelled Pasteur, his anthrax
vaccine, and his germ theory of
disease into public prominence and
earned him encomiums like “benefactor
of humanity.” His timing and
sense of drama were impeccable.
We argue that Pasteur was a genius
at surfing waves of possibilities. We
would also speculate that if Pasteur
lived in a different time or place, his
surfing skill would have helped him
make other achievements, but not anthrax
or rabies vaccines.
Come on. Pasteur clearly had somethingto do with it. He was not just alucky bystander.We agree. We think Pasteur hada skill we call “surfing” that enabledhim to ride the waves of possibilitiesswirling around him and find a paththat led to great value. An exampleof Pasteur’s surfing skill arose in theearly 1880s, when he was searchingfor an anthrax vaccine. After he discoveredthe vaccine and verified inhis lab that it worked, he did not gopublic, to the great frustration of hiscolleagues and advisors. The rightmoment showed up when a famousveterinarian challenged him to apublic test of the vaccine. He acceptedthe challenge. In the test, no vaccinatedanimal got anthrax and everyunvaccinated animal perished. Thetheatre of the test and its subsequentpublicity propelled Pasteur, his anthraxvaccine, and his germ theory ofdisease into public prominence andearned him encomiums like “benefactorof humanity.” His timing andsense of drama were impeccable.We argue that Pasteur was a geniusat surfing waves of possibilities. Wewould also speculate that if Pasteurlived in a different time or place, hissurfing skill would have helped himmake other achievements, but not anthraxor rabies vaccines.
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