Leadership in whatever we do though we do not have followers - story of Dr. Vivien Thomas

'Quamplurimi et quam aptissimi" (As many as possible of the very best)

Philippines, September 30, 2015

Dr Vivien Thomas at Wiki

From Investors Business Daily - Leaders and Successes

While in a hotel room, I happened to watch the movie at HBO, Something the  Lord  Made, a movie about Dr. Vivien Thomas, a black lab research assistant, and Dr. Alfred Blalock.  We are reminded of book Heroic Leadership by Chris Lowney, Chapter 4, page 63 on leadership role models.   The characters mentioned:   Jesuits Benedetto Goes, Matteo Ricci and Christopher Clavius are most unlikely leaders in the way we ordinary sense we understand it.   They are considered leaders though they do not have a battalion of followers,  but in being good/the best in what they do.

Same thing with Dr. Vivien Thomas.  He was called doctor at John Hopkins University Hospital, an honorary degree though he barely passed high school.