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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011 Seeing Robots Everywhere He figures Bossa Nova has bought itself some time with its engineering focus on driving costs down. At RoboBusiness this week, a conference devoted to the business and technology of robots, the revelation for me was not just how far robotic capabilities have come but also the range of problems robots are already helping to solve. -
TERRY STARBUCKER | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 I'ma Blogger? Nope, I'm A Writer Out there for the search engines to find and world to read. Home About Me About This Blog Starbucker’s Amazon Store TerryStarbucker.com Ramblings From a Glass Half Full I’m a Blogger? Nope, I’m A Writer by Starbucker on September 16, 2010 “ I’m a blogger ” I was at a conference, and we were having a catered lunch. Fantastic! -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 2010 Using Detours To Get Where You Want to Go He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Featured Video The Recovering Engineer YouTube Channel From Bud to Boss Connect With Me Subscription Options Email updates. Photo credit: [link] / CC BY 2.0 -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2010 Eliciting Excellence – A Great Online Learning Opportunity Three Actions You Can Take to De-escalate Conflicts Tags: assertive communication , Communication Skills , influence , Leadership Skills , workplace conflict resolution Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2010 Commit to Continual Learning – Life Lessons From Cal Ripken, Jr He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Featured Video The Recovering Engineer YouTube Channel From Bud to Boss Connect With Me Subscription Options Email updates. Photo by dbking. Never show again.
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THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010 Vote in the Best of Leadership Blogs He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Featured Video The Recovering Engineer YouTube Channel From Bud to Boss Connect With Me Subscription Options Email updates. Do it now before you forget. -
BIRD'S EYE VIEW | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010 Conversations With Larry King "), King's approach was to have a conversation, one in which the outcome was not pre-determined nor engineered. Birds Eye View Subscribe to Birds Eye View E-mail Updates Enter your e-mail address below and you will receive automatic updates of my latest entries. Significant conversation. Maybe that's not so true. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2011 Why AOL Should Double Down on Patch The irony is that Patch is AOL's last, best chance to build a growth engine. AOL would create a burning platform for the startup to get to profitability, give it the freedom to make the tough choices it will take to get there, and build a growth engine unlike anything it has in its portfolio. Consider the market. Disruptive innovatio -
TERRY STARBUCKER | SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010 Square Pegs, Round Holes, and the Peter Principle Leaders are not genetic engineers, nor should they be. We can’t change personalities that were locked in long before they arrived at the interview. Peter , and report back to him the next day about what I learned. Aiming to please, I dutifully purchased it that evening and read it into the wee hours. Wrong. Popularity: 3% [ ? -
QASPIRE BLOG | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2010 Engaging in Alternative 'Creative Pursuit' to Be More Effective The brain, as Bill Calvin said to me is “nature’s connection making engine. Doing lots of things provides that engine more fuel. Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Engaging in Alternative ‘Creative Pursuit’ to Be More Effective Most people love to remain engaged in their ‘core’ area of expertise. Check it out. -
N2GROWTH BLOG | THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010 Business Model Architecture | N2Growth Blog Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models. Think Not. -
C-LEVEL STRATEGIES | THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2010 How Vision Drives $Millions: A Real-World Example | C-Level. business (engineering, purchasing, legal (of course!), Reply Follow Friday – Interview with Lisa Petrilli (@LisaPetrilli) | 312 Digital January 7, 2011 at 7:22 am [.] intravenous) product line. You know all those I.V.’s ’s that get hooked up “stat! to bleeding patients on all your favorite T.V. shows? Symbiotic! -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 The Power of Defining the Problem In 2011, a researcher from Beth Israel Hospital in Boston was paid $1 million for a noninvasive, painless, and low-cost approach, which detects ALS and assesses its progression by measuring changes in an electrical current traveling through muscle. Well-defined problems lead to breakthrough solutions. The Subarctic Oil Problem. -
ASPIRE-CS | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2010 In Praise of Leaders Who Give Meaning to Labor On this Labor Day, I give homage to those who shaped my own early career: Mom: Who taught me the art of domestic engineering: how to wash dishes, vacuum floors, make beds, and do the laundry with a sense of pride in the finished product. Work – labor – is a huge force in most people’s lives and in our society as a whole. Thanks! -
NEXT LEVEL BLOG | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2010 2010 Has Been A Pretty Good Year for Elon Musk When his company was just about to run out of cash, his engineers rigged a Smart car with Tesla batteries and he convinced the executives of Daimler Benz to license his technology. Wonder what 2011 has in store for him? From what I've read lately, Musk has had a pretty good year. Very sweet. -
RETHINK HR | THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2011 Apollo 13: INNOVATION through CHAOS The C02 leak caused the whole team from the mission commander to the front line engineers to the focus on the real issue. All of us have had to face a problem that has forced us to look at a situation, the problem and the process in a different way. This change of perspective is important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNDuGuerpf8. rNDuGuerpf8. -
N2GROWTH BLOG | MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2010 Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. So why do so many established and often well managed companies struggle with disruptive innovation? Think Not. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 Getting the Most from Your R&D in China The rationale includes the need to tailor products and develop original ones that cater to local tastes, preferences, and income levels; the potential to tap into an enormous pool of low-cost engineering and design talent; and the opportunity to build relationships with Chinese regulators that have a mandate to promote home-grown innovation. -
ERIC JACOBSON | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2010 How To Write A Business Plan In About One Hour Now there is a book which makes the growth planning process simple and practical, said Stephen Linnemann, VP at Burns & McDonnell Engineering. skip to main | skip to sidebar Eric Jacobson On Management And Leadership Welcome! believe business plans are critical to any business — new or old. Don't Praise. On others? -
N2GROWTH BLOG | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 Remembering 9/11 | N2Growth Blog At the same time, fighter planes were coming in low overhead, their engines echoing in the cavernous atmosphere of Manhattan. would ask that you leave your comments below and to promote this post so that our heroes and their families will know how much we love and support them. Thanks in advance for your participation. Senseless! Peter A. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 Should You Move for a Job? Census Bureau announced that the percentage of Americans who changed residences between 2010 and 2011 — 11.6 Of workers who were laid off in 2011 and found new jobs, 20 percent relocated to a new city or state. Despite recent signs of recovery in the labor market , there are still more than 12 million unemployed job seekers. -
N2GROWTH BLOG | FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2010 Design Matters Also worth noting is that there is certainly a difference between value engineering and arbitrary cost containment. Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters. Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. Think Not. Our Freedom. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012 How Microsoft and Netflix Lost their Way As a result, engineers and developers had a greater incentive to compete with each other than they did to collaborate with each other. By early 2011, CEO Reed Hastings had concluded that maintaining the company's existing product and pricing options wasn't a viable long-term strategy. What causes a company to go astray? -
NEXT LEVEL BLOG | FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010 Thank You for Not Giving Me Cash You can find it by searching on Dan Pink in this blog's search engine. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. The question was, "Whats the most satisfying reward you can receive for a job well done?" Who needs yours? Please try again. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 Retool Your Business with a Mobile App Our websites are for Bing, Yahoo, and Google search engines, but the apps are for Google Android, Apple iOS, RIM Blackberry, Microsoft Windows Mobile, and Nokia Symbian. As technology develops, what customers expect from their companies develops too. Yet we cannot forget that most small firms did not adopt owing websites immediately. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2010 Employee Motivation: Interesting Ideas to Consider | Guy Harris. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Learn More… Comments One Response to “Employee Motivation: Interesting Ideas to Consider martin slattery says: January 24, 2011 at 8:19 pm Great Blog!!! -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2010 How To Control Your Anger: Two Questions To Ask Yourself | Guy. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Tweets that mention How To Control Your Anger: Two Questions To Ask Yourself : Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer -- Topsy.com says: April 8, 2010 at 8:11 am [.] -
CO2 | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2010 Creating a Vision Statement What drives your economic engine? It asks the leader and their team to determine what is the measurement of their success (Collin’s economic engine). RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. Gary B. -
CO2 | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2010 Creating a Vision Statement What drives your economic engine? It asks the leader and their team to determine what is the measurement of their success (Collin’s economic engine). RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. Gary B. -
NEXT LEVEL BLOG | MONDAY, JULY 12, 2010 Leadership Lessons in Classlessness and Class In contrast to the seedy and classless drama engineered by James and Gilbert, this weekend marked the passing of Bob Sheppard. Subscribe to Blog Updates via Email or RSS Chart Your Course in 2011 with a Life GPS® Interactive Program Details Here Join me for the. few seconds later, he announced that it was the Miami Heat. Classless. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2010 Getting What You Want With Gentle Persistence He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Featured Video The Recovering Engineer YouTube Channel From Bud to Boss Connect With Me Subscription Options Email updates. We just know that they do. Shhhhh! -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | MONDAY, APRIL 26, 2010 DISC Model FAQ's: Is One Style Better Than the Others? He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Featured Video The Recovering Engineer YouTube Channel From Bud to Boss Connect With Me Subscription Options Email updates. My answer is, emphatically, NO! Not bad. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2010 If You've Got Something To Say, Stand Up and Say It Related posts: Commit to Continual Learning – Life Lessons From Cal Ripken, Jr One Way To Guarantee That Your Suggestion Is Ignored The Positive Runs Out Tags: astd conference , courage , kevin eikenberry group , Leadership Skills , persuasion , speaking in public Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer. Never show again. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | SATURDAY, MAY 22, 2010 DISC Model FAQ's: Is Changing Your Behavior Phoney? He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Featured Video The Recovering Engineer YouTube Channel From Bud to Boss Connect With Me Subscription Options Email updates. In matters of principle, stand like a rock. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2010 DISC FAQ's: Can I Change My Personality Style On Purpose? | Guy. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Featured Video The Recovering Engineer YouTube Channel From Bud to Boss Connect With Me Subscription Options Email updates. don’t think it is probable. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2010 A DISC Model Question You Should Ask of Yourself He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Featured Video The Recovering Engineer YouTube Channel From Bud to Boss Connect With Me Subscription Options Email updates. This is what I strive to do every day. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 Just Do Your Part: Take the Personal Responsibility Pledge He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Featured Video The Recovering Engineer YouTube Channel From Bud to Boss Connect With Me Subscription Options Email updates. Nothing happened to set me off. Ready? -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010 Some Recommended Reading He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Featured Video The Recovering Engineer YouTube Channel From Bud to Boss Connect With Me Subscription Options Email updates. No related posts. Reply What Do You Think? -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010 Take It, Leave It, or Change It Related posts: Eliciting Excellence – A Great Online Learning Opportunity Task-Oriented vs People-Oriented: A Common Source of Conflict Tags: accountability , change , happiness , Personal Change , personal responsibility Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 I Need Your Help – What Would You Like to Know About the DISC Model? DISC Model Frequently Asked Questions Tags: Communication Skills , DISC Model , disc style , emotional control , emotional intelligence , human behavior , influence , Leadership Skills , parenting skills , personality style , perspective , persuasion , understanding people Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010 Take Charge of Your Life - Control What You Can | Guy Harris: The. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Featured Video The Recovering Engineer YouTube Channel From Bud to Boss Connect With Me Subscription Options Email updates. So, you might as well control what you can. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2010 DISC Model FAQ's: Could I Have More Than One DISC Behavior Style. The DISC Model of Human Behavior – A Quick Overview Tags: Communication Skills , DISC Model , emotional control , emotional intelligence , FAQs , human behavior , influence , perception , self awareness , understanding people Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012 Gender Shouldn't Matter, But Apparently It Still Does Areas like sales, operations, engineering, IT, R&D, and facilities management are perceived as male bastions. In terms of numbers, these biases are confirmed by our latest survey of 7,280 leaders, which our organization evaluated in 2011. The response to our HBR blog " Are Women Better Leaders than Men?" Our conclusions? -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012 Netflix Will Rebound Faster than You Think Few companies faced bigger self-created challenges in 2011 than Netflix. and 15.4%, respectively, from Q2 to Q4 2011. In 2011, CBS, The Nielsen Company and The Cambridge Group collaborated on a study quantifying consumer demand for media, called "The Future is Now: In Pursuit of a More Efficient and Effective Media Strategy.". -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012 Your Friends Are Now Your Customers In 2011, that number was 250 million. And in the classic model , since friends attract more friends, every single one of your existing connections is an automatic personal referral engine and a path to greater popularity. Experts described Zuckerberg as " noble ," " grandiose ," and " downright inspirational." -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010 Daylight Savings Time Observations: We Tend to Go Negative He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Daylight Savings Time Observations: We Tend to Go Negative : Guy … | Nuclear Engineering Addict says: March 15, 2010 at 8:26 am [.] Well, maybe not. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012 How Big Companies Beat Local Competition in Emerging Markets For example, In August 2011, consumers in Mexico's fifth largest urban area, Toluca, were offered a new product, PureIt , a home water purifier that enabled them to not have to lug 40-pound garrafones (bottles) of drinking water to their homes from the grocery store. Indeed, India's Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 A Message to the Bipartisan Debt Supercommittee Dairy Queen into an engine of fundraising. Check your ego at the door. That was advice producer Quincy Jones gave to the stars of the "We Are the World" music video he produced in 1985. The performers ranged from Michael Jackson to Willie Nelson. You are not representing your respective parties; you are serving the nation. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012 GM and Ford Highlight Facebook's Challenges, Opportunities One of Ford's much touted successes on Facebook was its introduction of the 2011 Ford Explorer via its "Reveal" campaign. Our engineers have also been working with Facebook engineers to develop unique and safer ways of integrating the car experience with Facebook.". Controversy erupted. Accusations ensued. million. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2012 Silver Linings for 2012 They want to chug ahead, like the Little Engine That Could. Consider George, a CEO of a large building-engineering firm in Silicon Valley. If you pay attention to workplace surveys, the news sounds pretty bad. Bad news, right? But I'm not certain such surveys tell the whole story. But I don't conduct paper-based surveys. Perhaps. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | MONDAY, MAY 31, 2010 Memorial Day Reflections: Let's Keep Things In Perspective Just Be Nice Getting What You Want With Gentle Persistence Tags: emotional control , emotional intelligence , life and death , memorial day , parenting skills , self control , ups and downs , veterans day Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Never show again. -
CO2 | TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2010 Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B. Researchers have only recently given serious consideration to the topics of followers and followership. This research has revealed several interesting questions and findings. Gary B. link] [.] -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2012 The Biases You Don't Know You Have Evidence shows that we are engineered to make quick judgments about people and situations, then correct errors as more data becomes available. 2011 HBR article by Francesca Gino and Gary Pisano chronicles how this bias contributes to failures in not only individual, but organizational, learning. You always thought he was a good guy. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2012 Seven "Non-Negotiables" to Prevent a Bad Hire Since January 2011, we've gone further: We've now articulated these traits as full and formal requirements for the people we hire. When Kevin Batchelor — now one of our two VP's of Engineering — came to work here, he was not a programmer at all; his degrees were in theater and anthropology. First there were four. -
CO2 | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2010 The Startling Fact About the Criteria to Make More Effective. It is based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and is implemented by fastworks as an add-in to Microsoft Excel, a ubiquitous engine that many already use for various business applications, which reduces the learning curve and the need for expensive proprietary software. These our factors that you consider when making a decision. Try iDecide. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010 DISC Model FAQ's: Can I Have One DISC Style at Work and Another. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer -- Topsy.com says: April 14, 2010 at 11:53 am [.] or- I feel like I am one way at home and another way at work. It does happen. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2012 India's Exploding Digital Economy The Indian government sponsored the introduction of 3G services in 2011 with a $30 billion spectrum auction. According to Mergermarket, the value of investment activity rose from $111 million in 2010 to $829 million in 2011, while the number of deals doubled from 33 to 66. It also featured a showcase of hot new Indian start-ups. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012 Why Tech Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Struggle to Raise Funds student in the engineering school at Johns Hopkins University, I had a business idea. A few years ago, while I was a first-year Ph.D. had taken two excellent courses on microelectronics, and decided that I could build a business around them in my native Nigeria. As the first year of my Ph.D. got some invitations to pitch and explain the idea. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2010 Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick The 7 Deadly Sins of Conflict Resolution How to Tell If a Conflict is Good or Bad Conflict Resolution from John Wooden – What’s Right Not Who’s Right Tags: conflict resolution , Decision Making , health care reform , political debate , Problem Solving , Resolving Conflict Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2010 Why The Health Care Reform Debate Makes Me Sick The 7 Deadly Sins of Conflict Resolution How to Tell If a Conflict is Good or Bad Conflict Resolution from John Wooden – What’s Right Not Who’s Right Tags: conflict resolution , Decision Making , health care reform , political debate , Problem Solving , Resolving Conflict Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2010 DISC Model FAQ's: Can Your Personality Style Change Over Time. DISC Model Question You Should Ask of Yourself Tags: behavioral style , disc assessment , DISC Model , emotional intelligence , personality style , self awareness , understanding people Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. -
THE RECOVERING ENGINEER | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2010 DISC Model FAQ's: Can Four Styles Really Describe Everyone? | Guy. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer -- Topsy.com says: March 31, 2010 at 8:29 am [.] can read the full post here at The Recovering Engineer [.] am not a woman. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012 Developing Global Leaders Is America's Competitive Advantage has become a Mecca for international scientists, engineers and business students — particularly those undertaking graduate studies. In 2011, 71% of HBS's new cases were written about foreign companies. American companies and academic institutions possess unique competitive advantages in developing these global leaders. The U.S. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012 An Executive Pay Witch Hunt From January 2010 to March 2011, 91% of the state's $35.8 New York governor Andrew Cuomo has turned what should have been a simple, targeted criminal justice investigation into a destructive witch hunt of all New York charities. Such populist opportunism at the expense of the good name of the humanitarian sector has become epidemic. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2012 Three Headwinds for Facebook's IPO According to ComScore, at the end of 2011 Facebook accounted for a shocking 28% of U.S. Web developers can personalize recommendation engines, allow users to see their friends' purchase history, and draw on detailed demographic data available through the Facebook network. I am not pessimistic about Facebook's future. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012 How a New Partnership Can Help Smaller Firms Win For Jeco Plastic Products, 2011 was a landmark year. The partnership — later named the National Digital Engineering and Manufacturing Consortium , or NDEMC — would revolutionize how America's manufacturing supply chain does business. In 2011, NDEMC selected CEO Lary Rosenboom of Rosenboom Machine Tool Inc. With $2.5 -
ASPIRE-CS | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2010 It's About What Matters Now, back to your point, throw in a class after work and studying for an eight hour professional engineering exam it makes it pretty difficult to exercise and eat healthy. Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. Attend a retreat. -
CO2 | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2010 Criteria for a Critical Decision It is based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and is implemented by fastworks as an add-in to Microsoft Excel, a ubiquitous engine that many already use for various business applications, which reduces the learning curve and the need for expensive proprietary software. These our factors that you consider when making a decision. Try iDecide. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 Community Financing Breathes Life into a New U.S. Manufacturing Firm Trouble is, two recessions in 10 years have cut the capital fuel supply to the tech-company-creation engine. By 2011 , only three out of the top 10 industries that received 90% of PE funding were industries that tended to build products in the United States. economy. Where did all that money go? based labor. manufacturing jobs. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2012 Fighting Inflation, Ruining Economies In 2011, U.S. They cannot engineer a currency crash to cut imports, raise exports, and begin to bail out. Why can the U.S. government borrow at some of the lowest interest rates ever, while Spain can only borrow at exorbitant rates that threaten to drive it into bankruptcy? The difference isn't their debt and deficits. of GDP. dollar. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2012 It's Manufacturing's Turn for Special Treatment And one look at the trade deficit ($558 billion in 2011) clearly indicates we don't have as much as our foreign competitors to sell in return. Production engineering is hard to do without a factory (it's like being a cook without a kitchen). Private equity , which enjoys a15% tax rate on carried interest. That's silly. workforce. -
STRATEGY DRIVEN | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 Smart Marketing for Small Businesses An increasingly important element of marketing is search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM). Once you have your website built with exceptional content and style, work with a consultant to ensure that your website is optimized to be found by the leading search engines. How to grow revenues? Writing. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013 Morning Advantage: Will Hadoop Smarts Make Sears Rich? billion drop in revenue leading to losses of $930 million (after 2011’s $1.1 But don’t expect to see those cars driving themselves down the road anytime soon, says Audi engineer Annie Lien. For three years, AdAge reports, Sears has been using Hadoop to get a handle on the 100 million customers in its databases. But with a $1.7 So cool. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2013 With Goodreads, Amazon Fills Out an Advice Portfolio We have the interactivity of social networks like Facebook and Pinterest , the consensus-building opinion aggregators like Yelp and Rotten Tomatoes , the objectivity of automated recommendation engines like those of Netflix and Pandora , and the comprehensiveness of price-comparison services like Priceline and Google Shopping. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2013 How SAP Labs India Became An Innovation Dynamo Ferose also encouraged his 4,000 plus employees — primarily engineers — to expose themselves to new environments and situations that would challenge their existing perspectives, unleash their innate ingenuity, and accelerate their learning. In April 2010, V.R. Ferose's mandate was to reduce employee turnover to below 10% by 2012. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2013 Why We Pay All Our Employees a Commission Ratios range from 10 percent salary and 90 percent commission for salespeople to 80 percent salary and 20 percent commission for programmers and engineers. As a point of reference, as incomes for the majority of incomes actually decreased in 2011 and 2012 , our employees' incomes increased by an average of 19% in 2012. Compensation -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2013 It's Time for Tenure to Lose Tenure The country's bragging rights in science and engineering are especially in doubt. colleges are losing ground in two key of measures of research quality: the percentage of the world's science and engineering articles published, and article citations. For example, a 2011 UCLA study of 6,768 U.S. workforce. Here's why. In the U.S., -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013 We're Running Out of Resources, and It's Going to Be OK The domestic remanufacturing industry grew by 15% between 2009 and 2011 to "at least $43.0 Cummins , the Fortune 500 engine designer, began remanufacturing their products 45 years ago. In 2011, their annual sales approached $1 billion in remanufactured goods. The economy is broken. Some businesses are already adapting. The U.S. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013 The 787's Problems Run Deeper Than Outsourcing While the first 787 was originally scheduled to be delivered back in 2008, a string of delays and cost overruns meant that deliveries didn't start until 2011. The 787 Dreamliner was supposed to be a big jump forward for Boeing — notably, the first plane to be made entirely of composites rather than aluminum. At least not yet. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2013 Star Wars, Disney, and the Fandom Menace It's a powerful economic engine, and it propels a whole fleet of income statements. Now in its fourth decade, Star Wars is consistently among the top-five licensed toy brands, bringing in retail sales of more than $3 billion in 2011. With Star Wars superfans apparently satisfied with the choice just announced of J.J. -
SELF HELP ZEN | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011 Have you become enough experienced, Huh? At some point, most software engineers start talking about themselves like they’ve got enough experience. Even if it seems right, it is too late to change our focus now.”. Why do I need to understand the mobile platform now? My twelve year experience in client-server and web is enough.”. They decide it’s just too late to change. -
SELF HELP ZEN | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011 Effective listening leads to effective actions and thus, better execution! They use listening as a tool to re-engineer their internal thoughts. Just read these stunningly important words of Larry Barker: “Effective listeners remember that “words have no meaning – people have meaning.” ” The assignment of meaning to a term is an internal process; meaning comes from inside us. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2013 Funders Can Give More than Money The outlook is only marginally better for endowments , with returns on their invested capital hovering around 5 percent—as they did in 2011. An engineer, he says, because engineers help other people solve problems. percent lower than its value in 2007. Today, Roger is president of the school, elected by his peers. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2013 Hire a Great Chinese Engineer by Impressing His Girlfriend's Mom I thought hiring good engineers would be easy when I launched my startup, Julu Mobile , in Shanghai in early 2011. After all, China produces 600,000 engineering graduates each year, and as a former Google product manager I thought knew how to attract them. In China, I have found that a different mindset dominates. was shocked. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2012 Best Gift Ever: A 3D Printer GE announced recently that it is printing working parts for aircraft engines; Airbus says it will someday print an entire aircraft. His project raised almost one million in 2011 from 1,808 backers. Putting a special gift under the tree tonight? Even better, you might be getting one yourself. It funded fully, and is now in development. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2012 The Global Banking Leaders of the Future Recent headlines have been foreboding, highlighting concerns that the retrenchment could leave the most promising engines of global economic growth sputtering. The global banking industry faces two opposing truths. On one hand, regardless of current economic concerns, emerging markets are where long-term growth opportunities lie. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2012 The Secrets to TripAdvisor's Impressive Scale In founding TripAdvisor, Kaufer wanted to take his hard core engineering skills and apply them to vertical search in travel. That is, build a massive database of travel information that provided a white label search engine for travel sites like Expedia and Travelocity. Scaling is hard. Really hard. Magical, really. Think about that. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 Ignore Costly Market Data and Rely on Google Instead? An HBR Management Puzzle really do," she said to Eugen, the Oryx's chief engineer. This story was inspired by " Forecasting private consumption : survey-based indicators vs. Google trends," by Simeon Vosen and Torsten Schmidt, in the Journal of Forecasting (September 2011). "It's decision time," Stefanie said to her younger colleague. I can't wait any longer. -
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 The Middle East, Business, and the Long Term Twenty years of experience in other emerging markets, so many all but dismissed as economic engines less than a generation ago, offer interesting parallels. Mobile penetration, in fact, will approach 100 percent in three years and social media penetration just hit 25 percent in 2011, growing 125 percent year over year. I'd bet on them. -
MILLS SCOFIELD | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011 50 Ways to Leave your Lover: Keep Failing Til the Last Thing You Try Is Successful In the early weeks we learn that our product won’t stand up to the sanitation requirements of the industry and we’re presented with real engineering problems in design and materials, but these are problems we know how to solve. Where We Came From and Why We’re Successful. Million; not big, but interesting. IMPOSSIBLE! -
LEADING STRATEGIES | THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2011 5 Leadership Secrets of an Aviator (2 of 3) Several years ago, when an engine fire indicator came on in the F-4 I was flying, I immediately turned directly toward the home airport. Think Long-Term. If an airplane is in trouble, it is common sense for the pilot to land as soon as practical. Despite the urgency, there are questions to consider that will make or break the outcome. -
IN THE CEO AFTERLIFE | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2011 A Lesson from Nine-Year Olds | In the CEO Afterlife by John • February 16, 2011 • Life • 1 Comment. Diversity is the world’s engine of enlightenment. February 18, 2011 at 6:01 pm. > [link]. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. July 2011. June 2011. May 2011. Branding. -
IN THE CEO AFTERLIFE | MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2011 Good Brands Gone Bad | In the CEO Afterlife by John • March 21, 2011 • Branding , Leadership , Marketing • 1 Comment. Monsanto produces genetically-engineered seed; for several years the company has come under persistent criticism from farmers, government and environmentalists for its business practices. March 21, 2011 at 4:16 pm. December 2011. -
IN THE CEO AFTERLIFE | TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011 The Green Thing | In the CEO Afterlife by John • July 26, 2011 • Life • 0 Comments. Back then, we didn’t fire up an engine and burn gasoline to cut the lawn. December 2011. November 2011. October 2011. September 2011. August 2011. July 2011. June 2011. May 2011. April 2011. March 2011. -
FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011 Escape Velocity: A book review by Bob Morris Moore Harper Business/A HarperCollins Imprint (2011) How to free your organization from “the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom” The quotation in the title of this review is from Leading Change in which James O’Toole brilliantly explains why most [.]. engineering the escape) Geoffrey A. -
STRATEGY DRIVEN | MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2011 Break the Innovation Chokehold: How to Stop Ruling Like a (Not-So-Benevolent) Dictator and Start Encouraging Big Ideas Do you lead your team like you’re the great and powerful head of your own nation? Hidden away in your office, shielded from others, do you deliver orders that must be followed, never considering what your employees might think? The Benevolent Dictator recognizes that entrepreneurship is a gauntlet. Okay, this might be a slight exaggeration. -
WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011 The Magic of Steve Jobs Part 2 Second, he is a perfectionist when it comes to both engineering and design. He also has recruited a team of top notch engineers, designers and marketers who can bring his genius to life. Addendum: On Steve Job’s passing on October 5th, 2011, we now know he’s not returning to APPLE, as so many of had anticipated. -
FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2011 The Ultimate Question 2.0: A book review by Bob Morris How NET PROMOTER Companies Thrive in a Customer-Driven World Fred Reichheld with Rob Markey Harvard Business Review Press (2011) Here is an open-source system whose “engine” can drive profitable growth This is a revised and expanded second edition of a book published in 2006. The Ultimate Question 2.0: -
LEADERS. BETTER. BRIGHTER. | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2011 Four Reminders When You Are Pursuing New Goals for Life and Work Their various ideas will awaken your own personal inspiration, and their action will awaken your motivation and help put some pep in your step and some fuel in your engine. Gaining support is a very important part of achieving ongoing success. Show people that you mean business. Find people with similar goals. -
FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SYNOPSIS | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 Breaking Away: A book review by Bob Morris | |