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From Breaks to Breakthrough: How a Thread Plant Rescued Itself
The measure of quality was as stark as it was unforgiving: MDBB — Mean Distance Between Breaks. A single break in a thread thinner than a...
James Cook
6 days ago3 min read
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When Innovation Changes Direction: What the West Forgot—and China Might Remember
For more than five centuries, the West has lived in the long shadow of a triumph: the Scientific Revolution. It wasn’t just a leap...
James Cook
Apr 152 min read
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Why Can't the Chinese Be More Like US
It seems like Americans are often lamenting, “Why Can't the Chinese Be More Like US?” And, that’s what I’d like to address today...
James Cook
Apr 1311 min read
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My association with MIT
My association in and around MIT began in August 1966 and remained a central part of my career until I moved to China in May 1998. During...
James Cook
Apr 125 min read
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