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Are you a Scientist or an Engineer? Things to think about.

Mike Cardus

as a engineer? In what ways might I serve to create a bridge for teams and managers to understand their view and use that to achieve results? The engineer sees themselves as a tiny spot of ignorance surrounded by a vast see of knowledge. Gilbert ‘Human Competence’. How do I approach team building ; as a scientist?

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Kodak and the Brutal Difficulty of Transformation

Harvard Business Review

The engineer behind that project, Steve Sasson, offered a memorable one-liner to the New York Times in 2008 when he said management's reaction to his prototype was, "That's cute — but don't tell anyone about it.". This is the title of the first day of the 28-day training program in the back of The Little Black Book of Innovation.

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Transforming a Company Is Daunting, But You Can Prepare for It

Harvard Business Review

Creating a disruptive growth engine ("Transformation B"). Those three activities ( detailed in an article Gilbert co-authored in December's Harvard Business Review based on his experience transforming Desert News and Deseret Digital, Utah-based media organizations) don't happen accidentally. Transformation is hard work.

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You Need a Community, Not a Network

Harvard Business Review

Consider Ashoka , which provides start-up funding and support for social innovators worldwide. Instead of passive subscribers, it created “communities of friends” who generated new story ideas and collaborated with Fast Company staff to develop themes of the “new management revolution.”. Informal leadership Managing people'

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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

After all, the first prototype of a digital camera was created in 1975 by Steve Sasson, an engineer working for … Kodak. Sasson himself told The New York Times that management’s response to his digital camera was “that’s cute – but don’t tell anyone about it.”

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How IBM, Intuit, and Rich Products Became More Customer-Centric

Harvard Business Review

In response to the rapid advance of cloud computing, IBM’s software engineering groups embraced the Agile development method – with teams focused on incremental delivery of new capabilities every few weeks or months. To the engineers, the design thinking process seemed like a return to the Waterfall method.

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Negotiating Innovation and Control

Harvard Business Review

The other day I had coffee with a friend who was complaining about her company's ability to innovate. While Govindarajan and Trimble's guidance makes sense at a high level, coloring in the details related to portfolio management, decision making, and managing distinct cultures presents challenges.