Kelly had a subversive quality to him that is probably almost impossible to institutionalize; I think it's unusual to find that mixed with some nationalist prid

Kelly had a subversive quality to him that is probably almost impossible to institutionalize; I think it's unusual to find that mixed with some nationalist pride -- in that way, I see him as a product of the war, and the postwar boom. That plus his broad multilateral intelligence -- seeing design and implementation as one thing that one could expect to understand and possibly master -- stood out for me, reading about him. Anyway, if a leader like Kelly is needed for a skunkworks, that itself may be quite difficult. I'd guess most large companies would take a functioning "almost as good as" Skunkworks any day, if they could tolerate the guy/gal running it.