CQ Net - Management skills for everyone!

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

While Lean is still often associated with production optimization and the automotive industry, Agile appears to be closely linked to software development and IT. This understanding has, however, changed since Lean and Agile are successfully applied in areas such as Lean start-up, marketing and project management.

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Agility Efficiency Automotive Software 40

Leading Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

I don’t mean bankruptcy or catastrophic setbacks, but rather the heartbreak associated with hires who quit after lots of training, or money wasted on advertising that didn’t attract customers, or time forever lost on projects that couldn’t be implemented for one reason or another. We tend to project onto others our way of seeing the world.

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Learning-by-Doing Long-term Automotive Open-book 257

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 27, 2019

If different automotive manufacturers are all developing their own autonomous cars with their own software, those cars all need to communicate with each other effectively.” It’s an interesting project and you can see the fleet in action via the video below. ” Real-world experiments. “For

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Think back to any project you might have last worked on, where other individuals were involved—a science class in school, planning a road trip with friends, or anything that required collaboration. Consider whether you had to be on the same page about the plan of action, what was required for the project, where to get resources from, etc.

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Schein Industry Long-term Automotive 98

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

They remind us that only very limited demonstration events have come close to the level 5 (full automation) standard determined by the Society of Automotive Engineers, and that these are often confused with the much more widespread adoption of level 2 or 3 technologies that provide partial or conditional automation, which are more common.

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Short-term Automotive Long-term Technology 62

Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

million hours in delays at the crossing in 2010, concludes an upcoming report by the Center for Automotive Research. The project would generate 10,000 construction jobs, the Michigan Transportation Dept. One-quarter of the truck freight between the U.S. Trucks clocked a cumulative 5.2 This is Canada's No.

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 27, 2012

Bob Lutz former Vice Chairman of General Motors, president of Chrysler, as well as an executive at both Ford and BMW, conceived the Chevy Volt as his last automotive project. Yet, from schools to colleges to corporations, "values drift" is pervasive. .

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

billion and is estimated to be worth $48 billion by 2026, with the Covid pandemic driving growth, especially in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, but also in sectors such as automotive and defense. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1 “With 5G, you get fast upload speeds, up to 100Gbsp on many public networks.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2020

For decades, the NHS has suffered under the maxim of having more pilots than British Airways, with few digital projects graduating beyond pilot stage. ” This dire conclusion was shared by a second report , from The GovLab, which bemoaned the way data literacy was holding back projects such as AI and preventative medicine.

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Skills Report Technology Long-term 87

Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 2, 2019

As an Expeditionary Leader, Laura helps guide thousands of Kohler associates who put the value of community responsibility into action with projects such as bringing safe drinking water to impoverished locations where employees live and work. They want to be a part of a company that is an additive,” Laura said.

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Leadership Automotive System Motivation 95

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2015

There is one best way to get big projects done. The Open Automotive Alliance started in January 2014 with Google and General Motors as founding members; other technology companies and auto competitors soon joined. Those left out of that early process delayed the project for years. Enter a coalition.

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Project Transportation Construction Automotive 8

Skip Prichard

JUNE 28, 2019

Fixing a car is complicated; disrupting the automotive industry is complex. The tight timeframe and “what must we all start working on” clause pushed people from platitudes like ‘working smarter’ or ‘being more innovative’ into concrete actions, including which sacred cow projects to stop. 10 Steps to Solving Complexity.

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Sull How To Sharpe Insourcing 71

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

I am very excited to announce the selection of the 100 Coaches in our pay-it-forward project! For those of you who haven’t heard of the project, here is a little back story. I made a 30-second video about the project for LinkedIn. Three iconic leaders inspired the 100 Coaches project. 100 COACHES. Corporate CEOs.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

I think the most important thing that I look for [when funding a project] is really, who’s that champion?” It’s a hard topic to study because of all of the intangibles that go into convincing and persuading others to bring resources to your innovation projects. What better way to signal that you have leadership capabilities?

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Innovation Reputation Social Capital How To 80

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

ZF, a global automotive supplier based in Germany, was no exception. With automotive analysts forecasting major changes ahead in mobility, they began to think that the firm needed a dedicated lab that focused entirely on data challenges. ZF had dozens of departments filled with potentially high-impact data-related projects.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2016

Andreas Nettstäter, who leads European research projects at the Fraunhofer Institute of Material Flow and Logistics (IML), says a new Fraunhofer initiative called Smartface Consortium is tackling this challenge. Adaptive Robots Update Construction Projects in Real Time.

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Process Automotive Chief Technology Officer Supply Chain 9

Deming Institute

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Larry Sullivan, from Ford, wrote an account of the visit he made to Japan in 1982 to “study quality systems at a variety of automotive suppliers.” A “part of” perspective is likely when engaged in a home improvement project where connections are visible and immediate. Sullivan, Quality Progress, July 1984).

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2017

Pilot projects with startups and corporate leaders are known to move so slowly that they drain the resources of the startups that they were meant to scale. The grow-at-all-costs, move-fast-and-break-things mentality lauded in Silicon Valley can put lives at stake in the healthcare or automotive industries. How do we get there?

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Innovation Productivity Products Venture Capitalist 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2012

A basic materials company selling to the automotive sector, for example, drove its sales projections by the number of cars sold by region, which seems logical. However, its orders were actually tied to the number of new automotive projects (e.g. prototypes, factory modifications).

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Trends Automotive Short-term Long-term 14

Mills Scofield

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

To many, a modern meat plant might seem somewhat “shocking”, but to us this “automotive assembly plant operating in reverse” is common place and, in fact, we are not easily “shocked” by much of anything (for evidence of this you are welcome to view the video on our website).

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Succession Industry Stage-Gate CFO 70

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

While some affected industries are fighting the changes , the automotive industry actually appears to be encouraging the disruption. The industry is expanding rapidly, exhibiting 44% annual growth, and a recent study by Frost and Sullivan projects that carsharing revenue in North America alone will exceed $3B annually by 2016 , serving 4.4M

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Industry Automotive Real Estate Trends 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I often hear executives reassure me that projects will get done because "we have an execution culture," or that customers will be well taken care of because "we have a culture where the customer comes first." At the same time, culture is also one of the great rationalizations for managerial shortcomings.

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Consensus Parcell Automotive Organizational Behavior 14

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

For example, using terms like “experiment” or “scouting mission,” instead of “successful vs. unsuccessful project,” will signal a more open attitude toward risk. Tesla keeps teams small, so they maintain an entrepreneurial mindset with a higher tolerance toward risk than older firms in the automotive industry that rely on larger teams.

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Team Automotive Innovation Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

There has been a lot of debate over the past year about the merits of the “ gig economy ”—where people work on a project or contract basis instead of holding down jobs as traditional full-time employees. Presidential candidates have weighed in on the pluses and minuses of “gig” or contingent work.

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Company Automotive MBO Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2016

Yet a recent report by Amnesty International uncovered a number of cases of child labor among suppliers linked to major technology companies, including Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft, as well as to several automotive manufactures, such as Volkswagen and Daimler AG.

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Supply Chain Company Ethics Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 1, 2016

At that point (or hopefully before), help each person zoom in on a specific part of the project. You can divide the project among a group of people so each person has a more manageable chunk. You can also break the project into sequential steps and focus on one at a time. The goal is to make the next task seem surmountable.

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Team Stress How To Automotive 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2017

A software development project manager needs to evaluate scheduling trade-offs; AI consultants ask questions and elicit information allowing specific next step recommendations. AI consultants can include relevant links, project histories and reports for context.

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Company Software Budgeting Consultative 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2018

In the automotive industry, another project I was a part of helped executives understand that the internal combustion engine is in decline and that the future will likely involve a new, challenging mix of electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and ride-hailing like Uber or Lyft.

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Scenario Planning Strategic Planning Kleiner Management 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Real increases in personal income and access to credit will support growth across all retail categories, but the automotive, consumer electronics, and food and drink sectors will outperform, as consumer taste becomes more sophisticated.

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Marketing GDP Automotive Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 18, 2015

Its creation marks the beginning of the end of the e-commerce era defined by browsers, search, maps, and apps and monetized through advertising and the beginning of the next arc of digital transformation of industries (automotive, health care, and others) propelled by the combination of human minds and powerful machines. A talent magnet.

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Venture Capitalist Kleiner Business Model Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2014

At the mine site, project leader André Sougarret sought assistance while managing the boundaries of the rescue effort to screen out contributors who lacked expertise or workable proposals. Even paid outsiders usually have plenty of other projects to work on, so mobilizers can’t just issue demands. It often starts with greater humility.

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CEO Supply Chain Automotive Airlines 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2018

He enjoys the autonomy to pursue moon shot projects, constantly strives for mastery in what he does, and has a strong sense of purpose. And yet this contradiction of motivations has mostly been absent from discussion of Musk’s pay. They signed up for transformation, not steady returns.

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Planning Marketing Long-term Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2012

This was the case at Harman , which had achieved extraordinary success in the high-end automotive infotainment systems for luxury cars. Immediate and radical change within small teams spearheading projects from the bottom up. However, the company's initial steps to penetrate developing markets were unproductive.

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Chief Technology Officer Constraint CTO Engineering 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Visitors to the 2012 Olympic Games enjoyed the shared space rework of London's cultural mecca, Exhibition Road, a three-year, multi-million dollar project. Several companies now allow "pet project" hours to break up the work day, institute mandatory downtime policies and dispense with confining job descriptions.

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Management Automotive Policies Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2016

For example, in the area of abrasives, SGRI develops new technologies for the automotive, steel, railway, and construction businesses. Upon completing their graduate programs, several of the student researchers from IIT-Madras involved in these projects have joined SGRI as industrial researchers.

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Industry Construction Energy Automotive 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The first innovation project, Care in Place, focused on patients over 65 years old. The team used an outside consultant with experience in automotive product design to train and coach the leader and team members in the new capability. During the Care in Place project, the team needed to prototype home visits with nurse practitioners.

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Health Care Innovation Insurance P&L 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2014

But paint is really not as simple as just paint; for example, coatings for automotive applications are very different from decorative finishes. There is also solid evidence of input solicited from other divisions reenergizing the idea pools feeding into many R&D projects.

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