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. will help a great deal.

Technology 40

Technology Ohno Deming Handbook 40

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2018

We’ve heard it so many times that when we started tracking why employees leave Facebook, all bets were on managers. But our engagement survey results told a different story: When we wanted to keep people and they left anyway, it wasn’t because of their manager…at least not in the way we expected.

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

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

With scarcely any help from management, knowledge workers can increase their productivity by 20%. 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.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Peer Review Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Managing Across Cultures. Given the China site’s historical emphasis on high quality software development, incorporating regular input from customers was seen as contrary to good engineering practice so developers didn’t adopt the approach. In some cases, they left for companies where managers were more hands-on.

Innovation 11

Innovation Altman System Technology 11

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2011

Despite concerns that cold weather could reduce the effectiveness of the o-ring pressure seals at the joints of the space shuttle's solid rocket motors, NASA managers approved the launch of the Challenger on January 28, when the temperature at the Kennedy Space Center was barely above freezing.

Engineering 14

Engineering Open-book Review Operations 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Over the past six years, we have put in place a 30-person consulting team at EMC Information Infrastructure (EMC II) using a model we have found to be successful, winning projects away from external management consulting firms at a fraction of the cost, and with great “client” (that is to say, EMC) satisfaction.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8