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

The Recovering Engineer

To explain what I mean, I’ll lean on my background as an engineer. In my engineering design classes, I learned about the concept of design or safety margin — a factor built into design calculations to allow for minor errors, miscalculations, under estimations, and other variables that are difficult to accurately determine.

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Built to Win

Great Leadership By Dan

In Major League Baseball, the 2011 New York Yankees were built to win but didn't make it to the World Series. He is the author or co-author of seven books, including Amazon best sellers The Culture Engine and Leading at a Higher Level with Ken Blanchard. It means that you are setting your team up to win more often than not.

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Are We Experiencing A Technology Tsunami?

Rich Gee Group

I parallel this change in my life (and business) with the car industry. Engineering, design, materials, and service just got better. Engineering, design, materials, and service just got better. Is the same thing happening in the tech industry and all ancillary organizations who attach themselves like barnacles to tech?

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Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won't Admit It | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • August 29, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. According to licensing agreements and industry sources, Monsanto’s stranglehold on the genetically-engineered seed market in the United States and the world squeezes customers, limits competitors and provides staggering profits.

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A Drive for Excellence

Coaching Tip

Here in Michigan, the automotive industry has always been an everyday topic of conversation. In the past, college graduates would gain employment as automotive industry managers and high school graduates would be well compensated by seeking factory jobs.

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Are We Really Prepared for a More Automated Future?

Lead Change Blog

There have been some really great reads on the topic ranging from the 2011 ebook, Race Against the Machine by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson out of MIT, to the recent LinkedIn post, What Happens When Millions of Jobs Are Lost Because of Automation? Automation and the future of work. Are enough citizens taking this topic seriously?

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

The Recovering Engineer

Related posts: Just Do Your Part: Take the Personal Responsibility Pledge Commit to Continual Learning – Life Lessons From Cal Ripken, Jr Tags: accepting change , bubble wrap , change , changing yourself , confronting change , Personal Change , self awareness Guy Harris describes himself as a recovering engineer.