Citations
Babson College. (2021). Godtfred Kirk Christiansen. Babson College. Retrieved November 20, 2021, from https://www.babson.edu/academics/centers-
and-institutes/the-arthur-m-blank-center-for-entrepreneurship/awards/academy-of-distinguished-entrepreneurs/inductees/christiansen-godtfred/#.
Knowledge@Wharton. (2013, July 1). How Lego stopped thinking outside the box and innovated inside the brick . Knowledge@Wharton. Retrieved
November 21, 2021, from https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-lego-stopped-thinking-outside-the-box-and-innovated-inside-the
brick/.
LEGO Group. (2021). Godtfred Kirk Christiansen. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen - LEGO® History - LEGO.com ZA. Retrieved November 20, 2021, from
https://www.lego.com/en-za/history/articles/a-godtfred-kirk-christiansen.
LEGO Group. (2021). LEGO® system in play. LEGO® System in Play - LEGO® History - LEGO.com MY. Retrieved November 20, 2021, from
https://www.lego.com/en-my/history/articles/lego-system-in-play/.
Pace, E. (1995, July 14). Godtfred K. Christiansen, 75; covered the world with Lego (published 1995). The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2021,
from https://web.archive.org/web/20210709235810/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/14/obituaries/godtfred-k-christiansen-75-covered-the
world-with-lego.html.
Robertson, D. C., & Breen, B. (2014). Brick by brick: How lego rewrote the rules of innovation and conquered the Global Toy Industry. Crown Business.
Skahill, S. (2020, July 8). Surprising discovery about Godtfred Kirk Christiansen on His 100th Birthday. LEGO Ambassador Network. Retrieved November
21, 2021, from https://lan.lego.com/news/overview/surprising-discovery-about-godtfred-kirk-christiansen-revealed-on-his-100th-birthday-r265/.
and-institutes/the-arthur-m-blank-center-for-entrepreneurship/awards/academy-of-distinguished-entrepreneurs/inductees/christiansen-godtfred/#.
Knowledge@Wharton. (2013, July 1). How Lego stopped thinking outside the box and innovated inside the brick . Knowledge@Wharton. Retrieved
November 21, 2021, from https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-lego-stopped-thinking-outside-the-box-and-innovated-inside-the
brick/.
LEGO Group. (2021). Godtfred Kirk Christiansen. Godtfred Kirk Christiansen - LEGO® History - LEGO.com ZA. Retrieved November 20, 2021, from
https://www.lego.com/en-za/history/articles/a-godtfred-kirk-christiansen.
LEGO Group. (2021). LEGO® system in play. LEGO® System in Play - LEGO® History - LEGO.com MY. Retrieved November 20, 2021, from
https://www.lego.com/en-my/history/articles/lego-system-in-play/.
Pace, E. (1995, July 14). Godtfred K. Christiansen, 75; covered the world with Lego (published 1995). The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2021,
from https://web.archive.org/web/20210709235810/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/14/obituaries/godtfred-k-christiansen-75-covered-the
world-with-lego.html.
Robertson, D. C., & Breen, B. (2014). Brick by brick: How lego rewrote the rules of innovation and conquered the Global Toy Industry. Crown Business.
Skahill, S. (2020, July 8). Surprising discovery about Godtfred Kirk Christiansen on His 100th Birthday. LEGO Ambassador Network. Retrieved November
21, 2021, from https://lan.lego.com/news/overview/surprising-discovery-about-godtfred-kirk-christiansen-revealed-on-his-100th-birthday-r265/.
Annotations of Most Prominent Citations
Citation 1:
This first citation is of an article by Babson College. They are a college near Boston Massachusetts, so the only connection they have to Godtfred that I can see is because he was a the owner of the LEGO Group. Babson College focuses on entrepreneurship, so this is likely meant to be a useful resource for students to use in their studies. It reiterated much of the information I already knew about Godtfred's backstory, however the different wording helped me to understand that my knowledge of him is a story, rather than straight facts, and I should treat it as such. This was also the article that solidified for me Godtfred's importance in making Billund what it is today with the airport and LEGOLAND.
Citation 2:
This second citation is a video interview, that takes the view of "innovation", when looking at Godtfred and the history of LEGO. Similarly to my first source, this is again by the Wharton School of Business. Having multiple post-secondary schools make articles about Godtfred's brilliance is a good sign to confirm his eminence. Again, this video interview showed similar information, told a different way. However, I think this article was good, because it was refreshing to throw in a different medium in the midst of all my studying of text.
Citation 3:
This is the source where I found most of my information about Godtfred's life, and also the more minute details and experiences that shaped him, like talks with his father about their product's quality. I did worry about LEGO being biased because of their relationship with Godtfred, but I think I was able to discern the more obvious buttering up of facts. I did also need to remind myself that there isn't much information about Godtfred online, and LEGO is one of the primary sources that many of my other sources likely draw from. I eventually settled on the strategy of using this source to learn the bulk of information, but supplementing it with outside perspectives to try and stay grounded.
Citation 7:
Finally, this source is from the LEGO Ambassador Network, posted by the administrator Sara Skahill. It goes into detail about Godtfred's involvement in designing and patenting the LEGO brick, which proved useful for both my timeline and achievements sections. The comments section was also interesting to read, as people shared other versions of the story that they had heard. Unfortunately, this was also the paragraph that I was given after emailing LEGO employees asking for an interview. They responded by saying they couldn't be interviewed, but could give me some helpful resources, including an "internal document" that turned out to just be this article that I had already read.
This first citation is of an article by Babson College. They are a college near Boston Massachusetts, so the only connection they have to Godtfred that I can see is because he was a the owner of the LEGO Group. Babson College focuses on entrepreneurship, so this is likely meant to be a useful resource for students to use in their studies. It reiterated much of the information I already knew about Godtfred's backstory, however the different wording helped me to understand that my knowledge of him is a story, rather than straight facts, and I should treat it as such. This was also the article that solidified for me Godtfred's importance in making Billund what it is today with the airport and LEGOLAND.
Citation 2:
This second citation is a video interview, that takes the view of "innovation", when looking at Godtfred and the history of LEGO. Similarly to my first source, this is again by the Wharton School of Business. Having multiple post-secondary schools make articles about Godtfred's brilliance is a good sign to confirm his eminence. Again, this video interview showed similar information, told a different way. However, I think this article was good, because it was refreshing to throw in a different medium in the midst of all my studying of text.
Citation 3:
This is the source where I found most of my information about Godtfred's life, and also the more minute details and experiences that shaped him, like talks with his father about their product's quality. I did worry about LEGO being biased because of their relationship with Godtfred, but I think I was able to discern the more obvious buttering up of facts. I did also need to remind myself that there isn't much information about Godtfred online, and LEGO is one of the primary sources that many of my other sources likely draw from. I eventually settled on the strategy of using this source to learn the bulk of information, but supplementing it with outside perspectives to try and stay grounded.
Citation 7:
Finally, this source is from the LEGO Ambassador Network, posted by the administrator Sara Skahill. It goes into detail about Godtfred's involvement in designing and patenting the LEGO brick, which proved useful for both my timeline and achievements sections. The comments section was also interesting to read, as people shared other versions of the story that they had heard. Unfortunately, this was also the paragraph that I was given after emailing LEGO employees asking for an interview. They responded by saying they couldn't be interviewed, but could give me some helpful resources, including an "internal document" that turned out to just be this article that I had already read.