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Reinvent Yourself For Greater Success | Guy Harris: The Recovering.

The Recovering Engineer

When your initial idea doesn’t work out as planned, look for new ways to apply what you have learned. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. Reply Guy Harris says: February 2, 2011 at 8:06 pm I’m not sure exactly what the inventors had in mind.

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Group Problem Solving - Give People a Chance to Talk | Guy Harris.

The Recovering Engineer

In the process of looking over my notes and thinking through the planned events tomorrow, I started reflecting on a meeting that I facilitated for a client in Indiana last week. Quickly, in less than an hour, we listed, ranked and developed specific action plans for overcoming their biggest challenges.

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How Much Margin Do You Have? | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer

The Recovering Engineer

Later, when I was working as a research engineer in the chemical industry, I used the concept of design margin as I developed new products and worked with customers to get our products qualified for their applications. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S.

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Why You Might Eventually Do Something You Don't Want to Do…

The Recovering Engineer

Whether you are trying to change your behavior, your team member’s behavior, or your child’s behavior, remember that everyone has a self-control limit, and when you exceed the limit you invite failure. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S.

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Take It, Leave It, or Change It

The Recovering Engineer

During the workshop, I told a story I often tell about a situation in my life where, as a leader of a team, I was confronted with large scale changes that impacted me in ways that I could not change or control. If it was more negative, we needed to develop a plan to leave the situation. In my case, I chose to stay.

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Sustainability Matters in the Battle for Talent

Harvard Business Review

Employees at semiconductor-chip-maker Intel recently devised a new chemistry process that reduced chemical waste by 900,000 gallons, saving $45 million annually. Another team developed a plan to reuse and optimize networking systems in offices, which cut energy costs by $22 million.

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How Midsized Companies Can Avoid Fatal Acquisitions

Harvard Business Review

General Electric’s corporate business development group (about a dozen professionals) is bigger than the entire executive team in many midsized companies. After a first deal fell through in late 2010, EORM acquired a Southern California firm in 2011. So he taught his team planning and M&A skills.