What was the best leadership trait exhibited

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1. Is this film an innovation nightmare or an innovation adventure? Why? Give specific examples from the film.

2. Did Lovell make the right call when faced with the challenge of forcing Mattingly to stay behind because of the fear of measles? What was the reaction of and impact on the team? Would he have lent any innovative capital to the group?

3. Explain how flight operation commander Gene Kranz is a master teambuilder. Once the accident happened how did Krantz rely on the skills and expertise of his people?

4. Does it help that Kranz is a "good news" leader? In other words, his approach to a catastrophe is applied optimism: "NASA has never lost an astronaut in space, and we're sure as hell not going to lose one on my watch!" When Kranz's boss whines, "This could be the worst disaster NASA ever experienced, Kranz replies, "With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour." Krantz stated "Failure is not an option" and Lovell told his crew "I intend to go home." By clearly stating their ideas and vision how did it direct the teams towards mission accomplishment?

5. How did Lovell deal with stress and conflict in the LEM? How did the CO2 challenge help the crew to overcome the conflict they were experiencing? What skills from the book Think Like a Rocket Scientist did the astronauts display?

6. Right after the explosion, Kratz asked mission control, "What so we have on this spacecraft that is good?" Why did he ask that question? How important is it that innovators have correct information?

7. What was the best leadership trait exhibited in the movie as it relates to being an innovator?

8. What was the best followership trait exhibited in the movie? Based on the book Think like Rocket Scientist, how did the team-members assist in the creativity and innovation problem presented to them?

9. What will you take away from the movie to make your workplace a better place to work?

10. How much do you think creativity and innovation played a part in the success of the mission of Apollo 13?

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