Character of an Innovator

Is it possible to be a great innovator with bad character?

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2. Born, July 30 1863 Died, April 7 1947
3. Character Creativity Knowledge
4. Knowledge
5. Henry’s mother, Mary Ford, dies 1876 1863 1947 “I never had any particular love for the farm. It was the mother on the farm I loved.”
6. 1863 1947 Henry leaves home for Detroit 1879
7. 1863 1947 Henry returns to work on the farm 1882
8. 1863 1947 Henry goes to work for George Westinghouse 1883
9. 1863 1947 Henry marries Clara Bryant 1888
10. 1863 1947 Henry goes to work for Thomas Edison 1891
11. 1863 1947 Henry & Clara’s son Edsel is born 1893
12. 1863 1947 Henry builds the “Quadricycle” 1896
13. 1863 1947 Henry defeats Alexander Winton 1901
14. 1863 1947 Ford introduces the Model T 1908
15. 1863 1947 Ford introduces the assembly line 1913
16. 1863 1947 Ford introduces the $5 workday 1914
17. 1863 1947 Henry turns Ford presidency over to Edsel 1918
18. 1863 1947 1918 Henry buys The Dearborn Independent
19. 1863 1947 1920 Henry’s articles compiled into The International Jew
20. 1863 1947 1924 “Ford is one of our most valuable, important, and witty fighters.” Heinrich Himler
21. 1863 1947 1924 “It is Jews who govern the Stock Exchange forces of the American union. Every year makes them more and more the controlling masters of the producers in a nation of one hundred and twenty millions; only a single great man, Ford, to their fury, still maintains full independence.” Adolph Hitler, Mein Kampf
22. 1863 1947 1938 Henry is awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle
23. 1863 1947 1943 Edsel dies of stomach cancer
24. 1863 1947 Henry dies of a cerebral hemorrhage
25. Is it possible to be a great innovator with bad character?
26. Did Henry Ford have good character?
27. Did Henry Ford have bad character?
28. Empathy
29. Contempt
30. How can we guard against the flaws in our character?
31. Thank you!