Harvard Business Review

JULY 6, 2017

Four times each year, we launch a new team of astronauts and cosmonauts to the ISS, where they will stay for six months to one year, performing engineering tasks, research, maintenance, and upgrades to prepare for future commercial vehicles. The medical capability in a given space flight program (e.g., Apollo, Skylab, ISS, etc.)

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2017

Many conversations about data and analytics (D&A) start by focusing on technology. A robust, successful D&A function encompasses more than a stack of technologies, or a few people isolated on one floor of the building. reduced instances of teams playing four games in five days by 26%. Jumpstart process and cost efficiency?

Organization 8

Organization How To Supply Chain Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Today, many high-profile companies— Cisco , Google , IBM , Samsung , Siemens , Disney , Volkswagen and Deutsche Bank , to name a few—contain such roving consulting groups to help solve the most critical strategy and operations problems throughout the business. A strong value proposition and a first-class recruiting engine.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 17, 2015

Automattic, owner of WordPress, has been able to scale up operations to nearly 300 people and more than 131M monthly website visitors — the 3rd highest on the Internet — with a purely distributed team. New technologies – and the proper use of old technologies – are a crucial part of this adaptation.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Leaders with a passion for developing employees’ skills, and those who understand the need to transfer knowledge among generations of workers, know how important it is to link in-house education to strategic planning. Take architectural and engineering firm EYP as an example.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2011

But the day before the launch, NASA personnel became concerned about the weather, and the Solid Rocket Motor manager at Marshall Spaceflight Center asked Morton Thiokol, the manufacturer of those motors, to review their safety in cold weather. Many credit Bill Gerstenmaier, Head of Space Operations, for his genuine openness to debate.

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