[gryffin]

> If built correctly it's genuinely difficult to mess things up.

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) [0], Indian Institue of Management - Ahmedabad [1], and (the not so known) Physical Research Laboratory [3], premier institutions in India, all of them founded by the same person - Vikram Sarabhai. Each of them stood the test of time.

Given the situation of all other government run institutions in India, ISRO is truly a marvel. Maybe "it's genuinely difficult to mess things up"!

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Space_Research_Organisa...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Management...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Research_Laboratory

[boldslogan]

(Maybe off topic but on topic of great management and people.)

He sounds like a great person.

This type of coolness I think also might apply to this person https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Doriot