The cost of revolutionary ideas

The cost of revolutionary ideas Most people don't have the confidence to push through revolutionary ideas. There was an article from the Financial Times about the makeover of Claridge’s in London, which is one of the most prestigious hotels in the world. While Claridge’s was being renovated—one of the most extensive renovations of any building in the world—they kept the hotel open. Guests continued coming in, and nobody knew what was happening. Imagine you are the owner of this hotel, and you're telling investors about this diabolical idea to renovate the entire hotel while continuing to run it normally. You have to find an engineering crew, architectural crew, design crew and environmental permitting crew that will accept your plan to do this—and it's basically never been done before. You have to explain what you want, which most people wouldn't understand because you are the visionary. Then you have to make sure you get what you want. You also have to deal with criticism in the press because everyone says it's never been done, and therefore you cannot do it. The confidence to defend what you’re doing, and be able to explain it Everyone says they want to be insightful and have revolutionary ideas, but…