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Watching dolphins swim graciously and leap out from water is a remarkable sight. A dolphin called Fuji was the star attraction in an aquarium in Onikawa, Japan. She was stuck with a mysterious disease, which eroded her tail fin. To stop spread of the disease and to save her life, her tail fin had to be amputated. Imagine a ship in the sea without an engine. It is difficult to move and even hard to stay afloat.
A team of researchers from Bridgestone learnt about it and decided to do something. Only armed with experience to mold rubber and passion to Serve the society, lack of existing know-how on prosthetic fin for a dolphin couldn’t block their way. The first design was quite heavy and Fuji rejected it. Team started to work again with help of aquarium officials burning some midnight oil and crafted a rubber-composite prosthetic fin for Fuji. The testimony of the artificial fin was the sound Fuji made when, armed (or rather legged) with the new fin, she could not only swim but leap out of water again.
After getting the rubberized fin, she delighted the trainers and the spectators of the aquarium for around a decade, and passed away on Nov 1, 2014 aged around 45. Not sure if she knew herself to be the first Dolphin in the world with prosthetic fin, or the fact that she is well remembered in Bridgestone folklore as “Fuji San”. Her photo adorns the walls of Bridgestone Today, Japan. It reminds the visitors that if you have the will and passion, work hard in teams, solutions will emerge in beautiful ways.
Fuji Combo photo: Courtesy techblog.com
Watch Fuji leap out of water at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loZzw4z4PXc
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Specialist Sales engineering at Bridgestone India |12+ years | Commercial vehicle | Tyre | product development | Customer Handling | After sale service | fleet operation management | Project management | pay per km model
4 年Inspirational story sir!
Senior IT Executive, managing, implementing, and ensuring usability of IT systems. Serving as the senior IT strategist, with a solid understanding of the company’s entire IT setup and roadmap.
4 年First and foremost I would like to thank you for posting this and reach out to large group. I enjoyed reading this little story and great motivation. worth sharing with our family members and kids. Great story …. and a lesson specially in today's pandemic condition, how anyone can come out of all odds and survive.
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4 年Positivity is the key!
Director - Strategy, Corporate communication, Corporate Affairs,
4 年"ikigai" the japanese concept of finding a deep rooted purpose in what ever you do is what is evident in this and innumerable such stories at Bridgestone, great share
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4 年Great feat!!