The Recovering Engineer
JUNE 12, 2010
His voice tone grew sharp, and his volume went up. 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. Apparently, John heard Joe question the necessity of solving the problem. Reply What Do You Think?
N2Growth Blog
MAY 16, 2010
Having such a sharp focus ensures you can better whittle down the complexity of processes/interactions, as well as ensuring you don't become too dependent either on your top talent or even on your bigger customers, which can cause you to shift your goals to better suit their needs instead of your purpose.
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Women on Business
JANUARY 24, 2011
Being sharp means being succinct. Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Follow some basic ground rules to best focus the time and resources you have: Know what you need.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 23, 2011
The answer is the sharp and unexpected rise of existential risk. For a number of reasons, the size, complexity scale and symmetry of risk are vastly different in 2011 than 1991. Every half century or so, the risk assumptions underlying our economic, social and political foundations change dramatically.
N2Growth Blog
DECEMBER 30, 2010
I'm looking forward to learning from you in 2011. I'm looking forward to 2011 and I appreciate your advice and friendship. Trying to re-engineer an entire life in a few short years down the home stretch is a tough row to hoe. May I take to heart these good words of advice in 2011 and the years ahead.
Harvard Business Review
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
So large-scale re-engineering programs, productivity drives, and changes to the incentive system are unlikely to work: they can easily be resisted, ignored or gamed. Our research and work with companies suggest three broad approaches you can try, each with its own pros and cons: Enact a sharp "decree" to force a specific change in behavior.
Terry Starbucker
APRIL 18, 2010
You get to a point where you believe your skills are so sharp, and so good, that you can actually overcome the Peter Principle, and change a person into something they are clearly not. 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.
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