Herman Miller （ハーマンミラー）のインスタグラム(hermanmiller) - 6月25日 22時02分

This week on #WHYHM we share "The Extraordinary Man," a 1978 essay by inventor and researcher Robert Propst where he pays homage to #HermanMiller founder D.J. De Pree.... "D.J. describes himself in the late 1920s as a somewhat conventionally motivated businessman, although his dedication to Christianity was already a profound force in his life. Still he feels he had yet to experience what he regards as an essential turning point in his attitude towards people. As he puts it, the prevalent management view at this time toward underlings or factory employees was expressed as “those birds out in the factory.” A curious experience triggered D.J.’s “discovery of the man behind the man”. A long time employee, Herman Rummelt, died suddenly. At the funeral, visiting with the widow, D.J. found out for the first time that this employee, who had worked for years in maintenance at the plant, was in his own way a person of unusual interests and outstanding personal qualities.

It shocked D.J. that he had known so little of this employee’s true dimension during his life. Coming back from the funeral, D.J. made a decision—“You have to look at people as either ordinary or extraordinary. You have to choose.” His conclusion was that people are extraordinary, that everyone possesses extraordinary qualities that provide the answer to doing things you can’t do yourself. This became his business philosophy. He began to regard every man as his peer." ... For more, follow the link in our profile... ?

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