Chapters 21 and 22 Summary and Analysis

In Chapter 21: Being Young Executives, John got a job at Milton Bradley. He and his colleague, Bob, were certain that the toys that they would design would "change the world." But something unexpected called corporate politics was involved. They were assigned to update an older version of a role-playing board game, Dark Tower. The challenge that John and Bob faced was to update the game for virtually pennies. Bob created the update and came in under budget. A few weeks later, they learned that another higher-ranking engineer took credit for the design and received an award for it. John was able to solve a problem with the company's hand-held video game system called Microvision. Sixty percent of the customer base was complaining that the toy was defective. John traced the problem to static charges and implemented the necessary steps...