The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Systems intelligence describes the connection of human sensitivity and engineering thinking. It takes full account of the interaction between individuals and their environment while examining people and organizations through things such as attitude, attunement, systemic perception, and effective responsiveness. Systems intelligence.

Organization 130

Organization System Fashion Learning Organization 130

The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

As engineer and co-founder of the Center for Systems Awareness, Peter Senge, said in The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of The Learning Organization , “Structure influences behavior. ” Many organizations induce learned helplessness. .”

System 52

System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

Deming Institute

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

In a career change away from engineering R&D for gas turbine engines, my interest was to develop an expertise in the tools and techniques of continuous quality improvement. Deming is the core of our management.” .

Six Sigma 37

Six Sigma Deming System Quality 37

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

We can have engineering work more closely with production. GE needed to reduce new product development cycles from 3-4 years to 1-1.5 It needed to invest in new development labs and to co-locate teams. The development team was extremely cohesive. Immelt was convinced, and GE Appliances got a $1 billion investment.

Insourcing 8

Insourcing Operations Offshoring Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

There is so much to learn, borrow, and build upon in these winning entries when it comes to how we can use the principles, and tools of the Web to make our organizations more adaptable, innovative, inspiring, and accountable. New lines of business created via the innovation engine account for 20% of the company's total revenue.

Management 11

Management McKinsey Letter Retail 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Garvin was a generalist more than a specialist, perhaps because he came of age at HBS during the 1980s, when the school’s primary focus was the development of skilled general managers. But the main contribution of “Is Yours a Learning Organization?” He didn’t produce one signature idea, like Robert S.

Management 9

Management Balanced Scorecard NPV Article 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Imagine, if you will, a car engine so woefully inefficient that only 13% of the gas it consumes actually combusts. Large organizations squander more human capability than they use. All of these were timely, and a few genuinely helpful, but none of them rendered organizations fundamentally more adaptable, innovative, or engaging.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Business Incubator Incubator Innovation 8