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Neil Armstrong and Future NASA Missions

Building Personal Strength

The other five members of my adviser team had gathered in front of a small black-and-white television set, which was powered by a small generator. We were watching a live broadcast of the fuzzy image of Neil Armstrong in a bulky space suit step slowly down to the lunar surface. It’s our destiny to travel to the stars.”

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What Your Moonshot Can Learn from the Apollo Program

Harvard Business Review

In January Google ended Project Titan, an initiative to blanket the earth in Wi-Fi with the help of solar-powered drones. Eight years and $24 billion later ($150 billion in today’s terms), Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon as 600 million people watched on their televisions. Project Apollo Archive/NASA.

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Loud and Clear: Six Tips for Communicating in a Way That Truly.

Strategy Driven

Someone has incorporated the power of story into presentations!” Technology – social media specifically – allows for constant communication, but easy communication doesn’t necessarily translate to messages that are received, understood, and capable of driving action. Some are just 140 characters long. Use catchy words.

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Out with the Old (but Really Great Business Stories), in with the New

Harvard Business Review

Patch Woes The Story Behind Why AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Fired an Employee in Front Of 1,000 Coworkers Business Insider For a few days last August, it was one of the most talked-about business stories in America: Tim Armstrong, the CEO of AOL, fired someone abruptly during a meeting. What made the typically affable Armstrong snap?

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Healthy Habits Of Successful Leaders – An Expert Roundup

Joseph Lalonde

Steven Armstrong of StevenArmstrong.ca. He could have attributed their success to more advanced technology, better marketing, or thinking differently. The most powerful habit I have that helps make me a better leader and a better person is exercise. I also look to these Five Habits of the Heart by Parker J.

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A Short History of Radio Explains the iPhone’s Success

Harvard Business Review

Regulators would now decide how spectrum would be used, what technologies were permissible, and approve — or reject — the wireless services, networks, applications, and business models that might be introduced. That might seem like a good thing — using new technology to engage the public in ideological debate.

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The Next Wave of Hospital Innovation to Make Patients Safer

Harvard Business Review

Of course, there are still many efforts to further improve surgical technology, including the use of 3D imaging and higher-resolution cameras to improve laparoscopic tools, or employing surgical robots to enable more precise procedures. commercial aviation, nuclear power, and naval aircraft carrier operations).