people never seem to want to take ideas, systems or processes from others, even from within their own companies. They want to develop their own things. People in Formula One are no different, but leadership requires that you constantly challenge this. You have to foster a culture not only of innovation but of looking outside for ideas. Also, when you take someone’s ideas, you need to do it swiftly. The whole point about something that is working elsewhere is that it is working. Fiddling with it, ‘making it your own’ adds cost, delay and risk that it will not work.
