The Recovering Engineer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

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.

Engineering 169

Engineering Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Chemicals 169

Leading Blog

MARCH 13, 2023

Vertical integration extended their chain of operations, bringing inside their boundaries suppliers at one end (“upstream”) and customers at the other (“downstream”). And contractors in the construction industry have long used an extensive form of outsourcing. Some outsourcing has been around for a long time. Often, both.

Organization 234

Organization Outsourcing Mintzberg Core Competence 234

Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 14, 2013

Guest post by Mark Hopkins : The best leadership tip I ever received came from a pastor’s sermon during a non-denominational service in Yosemite Valley Chapel. The pastor was clearly providing guidance to parishioners on how to help others confront tough problems, but to me it sounded a lot like a leadership strategy.

Contract Manufacturing 279

Contract Manufacturing Leadership Cooper Covey 279

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

In the recent past, businesses had only external, third party vendors to rely on for major projects, operational emergencies, and other labor-intensive initiatives that required resources they did not have. One rising area that is having a critical mass impact in every industry is the robotics space. About the Author.

Engineering 50

Engineering Process BPM Taylorism 50

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 14, 2018

Building and maintaining physical infrastructure requires a certain kind of know-how, which we call engineering. Ethical dilemmas are at least as hard to resolve as engineering problems, and at least as urgent, particularly in our complex and fast-moving world. The field that provides this kind of know-how is called ethics.

Ethics 197

Ethics Maturity Analysis Cost-Benefit Analysis 197

Strategy Driven

JULY 31, 2013

StrategyDriven’s Preventing Catastrophic Industrial Accidents reveals how high-risk industry leaders can reduce their significant event risk exposure through application of safety-first principles. nuclear industry’s safety-first principles. nuclear industry’s safety-first principles.

White Paper 61

White Paper Industry Risk Management Chief Operating Officer 61

Lead Change Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2017

How can a leader initiate and navigate change in a change-averse industry or culture? In 1943, Lockheed Martin commissioned an engineer to create an experimental team to begin work on a secret fighter jet for the U.S. As a leader, you recognize that when the pace of internal change lags the pace of change in the external environment.

Environment 339

Environment Budgeting Brainstorming Innovation 339

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The Coronation marks a new era of leadership, vision and progress under the British monarchy. The session was entitled “Technology and Business Collaboration: Leadership and Management” and was moderated by Dr Alan Miller CMgr FCMI (former CMI Hong Kong Regional Board Member).

Webinar 98

Webinar Education Conference Industry 98

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 3, 2017

is a thought leader on the subject of operational excellence, a prolific writer, a sought-after speaker around the world, and the author of the new book State of Readiness.

Armstrong 142

Armstrong Engineering Industry Sports 142

Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

It might amaze many people to know that successful entrepreneurs are rarely building on new ideas or disrupting existing industries. Let’s look into the history of some household entrepreneurs and their industries. Poor leadership and poor execution can sink even the greatest ideas. In fact, this is almost never the case.

Succession 257

Succession Entrepreneur Real Estate Engineering 257

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world. The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. Too often, the focus turns to profit.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world. The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. higher operating profitability.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Terry Starbucker

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

I will not have nattering nabobs of negativism as part of my operations. It was one of those pivot points that you look back on and think “whew, I’m glad I learned that when I did, when it could make a real difference” I’ve been a human version the little engine that could ever since. Leadership'

Franchising 318

Franchising Budgeting Engineering Learning-by-Doing 318

Engaging Leader

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Guest Megan Burns is a consultant, speaker, & managing director of Operations Strategy Consulting. She has more than 15 years of industrial engineering and supply chain management experience. Guest Megan Burns is a consultant, speaker, & managing director of Operations Strategy Consulting. ©iStockphoto.com/AnsonLu.

Resistance 184

Resistance Six Sigma Supply Chain Stakeholder Analysis 184

Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s a shame because the aviation industry as a whole still continues to be an industry model for how to operate with extremely high reliability despite having a highly fragmented set of organizational entities. The biggest challenge for companies when it comes to operational excellence is siloed behavior. In the U.S.,

Industry 269

Industry Stage-Gate Organization Company 269

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Be sure to check out the books’ Appendix 2 where you’ll find the bios of these 67 interviewed CEOs along with key facts about each – including their milestone leadership impacts on their respective organizations. On the flipside, CEOs whose companies rank in the top 20% of financial performance in their industries are generating 2.8

CEO 104

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 104

HR Digest

AUGUST 31, 2020

Front-end Engineer. Front end engineers are always in demand, more so as the world is now going digital. The front-end engineers earn a high salary in international organizations on joining itself, as this job is not one to fade out from the market. Cloud Engineer. Network Engineer. Computer Programmer.

Engineering 66

Engineering Education Human Resources System 66

Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Deming to the Editor of Time Magazine 1981; Dear Sir, Your article about Japan in TIME for 30 March 1981 is excellent, but the paragraph concerning my work is ridiculous and can do a lot of harm to American industry at the very time when they need guidance. He gave 35 lectures in the summer of 1950 to engineers and to top management.

Quality 116

Quality Deming Productivity Products 116

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

I recently participated in a panel discussion about the future of the recruiting industry, and quite frankly, I was surprised with many of the prevailing attitudes and thoughts surrounding the topic at hand. By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth .

Talent Management 302

Talent Management Management Long-term Maturity 302

Change Starts Here

OCTOBER 25, 2016

As a result of my work at Enclaria, I frequently meet change agents in a variety of industries across the world. Some take the higher education route, getting advanced degrees in topics like organization development or industrial/organizational psychology. Others begin their careers working in business operations.

Webinar 60

Webinar Engineering Human Resources Education 60

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 24, 2021

“Women have almost caught up to men in the fields of technology, engineering and mathematics, right? economy and its continued leadership around the globe. Talent is needed in the tech industry now more than ever, and it can ill afford discouraging half of the population from applying its talent in the sector.

Chief Operating Officer 98

Chief Operating Officer Attrition Diversity Policies 98

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Finance for the Now Normal: financial stability in the hotel industry CMI Sri Lanka recently hosted a webinar titled 'Finance for the NOW NORMAL' with Mr Nirmalan Nagendra FCMI FIH, who is a senior Hospitality Finance Professional and Consultant for KPMG. COVID-19 has changed this perspective completely.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Committee Hotels Webinar 52

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 14, 2022

Be sure to check out the books’ Appendix 2 where you’ll find the bios of these 67 interviewed CEOs along with key facts about each – including their milestone leadership impacts on their respective organizations. On the flipside, CEOs whose companies rank in the top 20% of financial performance in their industries are generating 2.8

CEO 93

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 93

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 23, 2022

Be sure to check out the book's Appendix 2 where you’ll find the bios of these 67 interviewed CEOs along with key facts about each – including their milestone leadership impacts on their respective organizations. On the flipside, CEOs whose companies rank in the top 20% of financial performance in their industries are generating 2.8

CEO 85

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 85

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 18, 2023

Be sure to check out the book's Appendix 2 where you’ll find the bios of these 67 interviewed CEOs along with key facts about each – including their milestone leadership impacts on their respective organizations. On the flipside, CEOs whose companies rank in the top 20% of financial performance in their industries are generating 2.8

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Be sure to check out the books’ Appendix 2 where you’ll find the bios of these 67 interviewed CEOs along with key facts about each – including their milestone leadership impacts on their respective organizations. On the flipside, CEOs whose companies rank in the top 20% of financial performance in their industries are generating 2.8

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

Strategy Driven

MAY 10, 2020

The most critical aspect of better data management is the reduction of inefficiencies in operations that cost businesses as much as 25% of their revenue. As a result, their trustworthiness among customers in any niche industry grows, and they become seen as market leaders. Direct Sources. Direct Sources. That’s a lot!

Cost 74

Cost Comparison Fashion Bottom-up 74

Leading Blog

JULY 25, 2019

New startups appear out of nowhere and challenge not only established companies, but entire industries. Continuous optimization, both on the operational side and the customer side, is good and important -- in the short term. W E LIVE IN the age of the entrepreneur. In 2018 alone, 53 unicorns were added to the list. It pays the rent.

Innovation 222

Innovation Organization Bottom-up Airlines 222

Rich Gee Group

JANUARY 8, 2011

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?

Technology 248

Technology Forrester Licensing Software 248

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2013

StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC and NTE Solutions partner to provide energy industry executives and managers with asset lifecycle management and regulatory compliance advisory services. Asset management and operational programs improvement. Greg Gaskey Named StrategyDriven Enterprises Chief Operations Officer.

Energy 57

Energy Chief Executive Officer Chief Operating Officer Compliance 57

Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 18, 2015

A maverick band of rabbits, threatened by the spread of industrial construction near their warren (home), start out on a quest for a new warren and a better society. What is Leadership, Really? All these pressures have changed the requirements for great leadership. Leadership as a Force. The Way of the Leader in the Wild.

Wilde 150

Wilde Disruptive Innovation Learning-by-Doing Open-book 150

First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Liker is Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan and principal of Liker Lean Advisors, LLC. He has authored or co-authored over 75 articles and book chapters and ten books.

Engineering 80

Engineering Operations Industry Books 80

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Modern Servant Leader

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

We continue the servant leadership interview series with a real treat. I was honored to have Jim Hunter sit down for an interview on Servant Leadership. Jim has over 30 years of experience teaching and consulting on servant leadership principles. Steve: It’s Leadership 291, it’s called, “Becoming an Influential Leader”.

Leadership 100

Leadership Servant Leader Airlines Learning-by-Doing 100

Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 5, 2014

Pride builders in a wide variety of companies and industries tend to recommend three specific measures time and time again: (1) giving more autonomy to frontline workers, (2) clearly explaining to staff members the significance and value (the “why”) of everyday work, and (3) providing better recognition and rewards for employee contributions.

Motivation 279

Motivation Proposal Stress Goal 279

Leading Blog

MARCH 7, 2013

With so much stuff coming at me from all angles, daily prosperity relies on spam filters, Internet search engines, and personalized music and movie recommendations. Predictions drive how organizations treat and serve an individual, across the operations that define a functional society. These predicaments matter.

Learning-by-Doing 277

Learning-by-Doing Insurance Wireless Discount 277

Chartered Management Institute

APRIL 19, 2023

They discussed the strategic impact that leadership assessment and profiling can have on successful executive succession planning. CMI Malaysia at IET Gala On 18 February, representatives from CMI Malaysia attended the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Malaysia prestige lecture and award dinner.

Project 52

Project Webinar Learning-by-Doing Blog 52