“The breakthrough seems to have come from Mochizuki explaining his theory in person. He refuses to travel abroad, only speaking via Skype at the Oxford meeting, which had made it harder for mathematicians outside Japan to get to grips with his work.”

Mathematicians finally starting to understand epic ABC proof | New Scientist

It’s interesting that Skype is mentioned without explanation but it also shows the limitations of the technology without training. We still have progress to make.

“That is why Tesla engineering has transitioned to focus heavily on designing the machine that makes the machine — turning the factory itself into a product.”

Master Plan, Part Deux
https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux

This is something that the Toyota has always understood. TPS is the Toyota Production System and is the real secret of the company. The most important thing to Toyota is the factories.

Telsa have learnt this lesson faster than most.

In services organizations we forget this. There has been a history of under investment, hiding the benefits of automation and not implementing the basics of good organisation and team management. Where are the checklists, morning meetings and Problem Management?

This now has to change as we move to the Cloud, delivery on a massive scale and moving to the on-demand future.