Curious Cat

AUGUST 4, 2015

This month the ASQ is asking Influential Voices to discuss methods to aid in sharing knowledge. Manu Vora kicked the discussion off with his post on The Gift of Knowledge Transfer Through Technology. My career has been largely shaped by the pursuit of better ways to communicate.

Technology 40

Technology Ohno Deming Handbook 40

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2018

But we’ve spent years working to select and develop great managers at Facebook, and most of our respondents said they were happy with theirs. They left when their job wasn’t enjoyable, their strengths weren’t being used, and they weren’t growing in their careers. Crafting Jobs for Enjoyment.

Career 15

Career Ryan Learning-by-Doing Project 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2014

For example, IBM got a court to enjoin a former IBM executive from taking a job at Apple; the executive had managed semiconductor and server engineering at IBM and IBM argued that he would inevitably disclose trade secrets in his new job managing iPod and iPhone engineering.

Incentives 13

Incentives Policies Innovation Human Capital 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

offices where employees were entrepreneurial, engaged, excited to come to work, and as a result were quickly developing new ideas for customer-facing products. developed practices of rapid development cycles , user-centered design , and collaboration in an open office layout. Leaders from the U.S. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

Innovation 11

Innovation Altman System Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

And they watch for and stop the common problem of their team members or other senior leaders pushing pet projects through product development. Never allow the organization to over-engineer the innovation process. Innovation Leadership Product development' There should be no elite privilege when it comes to innovation.

Innovation 8

Innovation Organization Stage-Gate Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Like any firm in need of business development, we build relationships with executives across the company, and pitch proposals. ” That would neither be in line with our primary objectives, nor fit our consultants’ career expectations. A strong value proposition and a first-class recruiting engine. Win on merit.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Yet here is the challenge you face as a senior executive: You cannot manage your knowledge workers in the traditional and intrusive way you might have done with manual workers. Knowledge workers own the means of production — their brains. Knowledge management Managing people Productivity'

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8