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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? Humble to have the conviction that you don’t know; arrogant to have the conviction that you can develop the knowledge. – Gilbert ‘Human Competence’. Eli Goldratt ‘The Choice’.

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Leadership Lessons in Classlessness and Class

Next Level Blog

Apparently, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert thought the same thing because it wasn’t long before he had posted a scathing open letter to the Cavs’ fans on the team’s official web site. In contrast to the seedy and classless drama engineered by James and Gilbert, this weekend marked the passing of Bob Sheppard.

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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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Kodak’s Downfall Wasn’t About Technology

Harvard Business Review

Today, the term increasingly serves as a corporate bogeyman that warns executives of the need to stand up and respond when disruptive developments encroach on their market. After all, the first prototype of a digital camera was created in 1975 by Steve Sasson, an engineer working for … Kodak.

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You Need a Community, Not a Network

Harvard Business Review

When networks develop into communities, the results can be powerful. Look at the accomplishments of Wikipedia contributors, open-source software developers who find and fix bugs in Linux, or doctors who help each another with difficult diagnoses as part of the Sermo social network. Informal leadership Managing people'

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The Biases You Don't Know You Have

Harvard Business Review

You've chatted with Jack, your senior manager, at company parties, attended numerous meetings with him, and talked privately in his office in recent weeks to discuss a new initiative you've been spear-heading. In the words of Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert , ".in You always thought he was a good guy.

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

Harvard Business Review

Consider the battle waged by IBM’s software development teams between competing methods for getting closer to customers. Over time, teams adopted an even more aggressive approach to software development called “ continuous delivery , ” a highly automated method that enables them to make many small changes per day.