Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 26, 2021

It turns out, they could withstand the impact, but the engineers designed them not to. The engineers design them to break cleanly for three reasons. Knowing that these breakdowns in traffic flow are inevitable, the engineers plan for it. That leads to the second reason for planned failure: it minimizes damage.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 9, 2018

Scott was CEO of an engineering firm that produced communications hardware and software for industries around the globe. “I’m sick of this crap! Why can’t they just figure this out?” He had worked hard with his board and senior leadership team to […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Heres the deal with AI: AI isnt a new search engine; its a probability machine, Dan explains. Today, Im thrilled to bring you a conversation with AI expert, Dan Chuparkoff, where we tackle those nerves and get real about how to use it productively. Its predicting things that might be truebut might not.

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Chartered Management Institute

MARCH 18, 2025

At the heart of the colleges engineering programmes is David Harrison CMgr FCMI, higher education curriculum lead for engineering, whose extensive career as an engineer and manager has shaped the way the college delivers its programmes. I was that classic accidental manager, he recalls.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Lily is just one of the students using the unique BSc (Hons) in Engineering Management at Newcastle College to shape their careers. The post Where technical expertise meets leadership skills: engineering management at Newcastle College appeared first on CMI. So, its a challenge, but I enjoy learning.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 22, 2024

I once worked with a company that decided to collapse its engineering organization by turning Engineering Managers into Managing Engineers, and oh, what a difference the word order makes. Managing Engineers are expected to have their hands on a keyboard most of the time.

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Chartered Management Institute

JANUARY 10, 2025

Blog: Leading by example as a woman in military defence engineering Written by Annie Makoff-Clark Friday 10 January 2025 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Chartered Manager of the Week Flavia Popescu CMgr FCMI arrived in the UK aged 18. She didnt speak English.

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Indeed, the European Commission regards them as the engine of the European economy. The post Are SMEs The Overlooked Engines Of Innovation? Small and medium enterprises are an often overlooked part of the economy. In Europe alone, however, there are approximately 22.5 million SMEs that employ over 80 million people between them.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Complementary Roles: How Marketing and Digital Initiatives Enhance Each Other Integrating marketing and digital efforts creates a powerful engine for customer engagement and business expansion. This collaborative approach streamlines operations and positions the organization to respond swiftly to market changes and emerging opportunities.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Moore In a prior post, written during the tech boom, I outlined how established enterprises could re-engineer their approach to managing innovation in order to catch the next wave before it caught them. GUEST POST from Geoffrey A.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Repeatable by Morgan Housel @morganhousel The way to get luckier is to find what’s repeatable.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In 1973, Kodak hired engineering graduate Steven Sasson to work on figuring out whether a device the company had invented a few years prior had any practical benefits. Two years later, at the age of 24, Sasson’s experiments lead him to invent the world’s first digital camera. Sasson ran a. Click to continue reading.

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 16, 2024

The researchers wanted to explore what might prompt a highly sought-after engineer to overlook jobs at prestigious organizations in favor of a riskier startup, often on lower pay. The study found that for many engineers, this lack of pay isn’t an issue. over the course of a decade.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2020

During the testing process with the larger partner, one of the startup engineers was heard to say “They should be mad. Repeatedly. And despite a desperate effort to remedy the problem, it turned out to be irretrievably flawed. That card is junk!” He is the co-founder of Quadrix Partners providing leadership interventions. He holds a Ph.D.

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Rich Gee Group

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

He surrounded himself with brilliant people—engineers, designers, thinkers. A Story to Remember Let me tell you about Henry Ford. Yeah, the guy who revolutionized the automobile industry. He didn’t invent the car, and he didn’t do it all alone. He knew that to build something great, you need a great team.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

Back then, the vast majority of Akamai’s 100 engineering staff had been recruited directly from MIT and other top universities. He is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT. That position humbled me and taught me lessons about leadership that I still use today, some 20 years later.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 30, 2024

Engineering is a field that’s always evolving. That said, let’s delve into some of the most exciting developments that are shaping the future of engineering. In essence, these cutters’ portability and ease of use have made them an indispensable tool for engineers. This is the incredible potential of self-healing concrete.

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Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The engine of excellence is inside you. Excellence is learned. You might be a little smarter or more talented than some, but excellence always begins in your head. Excellence is process driven. This post is based on my conversation with Eric Potterat, PhD, auther of Learned Excellence

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Leading Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

Even more alarming, almost every new business it launched failed: e-books, mobile phones, search engines, music; it was one dramatic dud after another. The turnaround he engineered was nothing short of remarkable. Not only was the U.S. Inside the company, morale was at an all-time low. For Microsoft, the future looked bleak.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 12, 2024

How to Engineer a Hot Streak Science tells us that you are likely to experience a hot streak after a period of intense exploration. If you want to engineer a hot streak, you need to do something to get it going. One True Fan You only need to deliver to one true fan. Create something “catchy.” Respond to every interaction individually.

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Chartered Management Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Article: How I help to encourage more women and girls into engineering careers Written by Jamie Oliver Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Engineer Michelle Brown CMgr MCMI has spent three decades at Conwy County Borough Council. Shes on a mission to boost female engagement in her profession.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 25, 2021

2:53 – How engineers plan for things to break to avoid more damage and minimize time to repair. Leading When Things Break. 0:22 – Last chance to get your Kindle edition of Courageous Cultures: How to Build Teams of Micro-innovators, Problem Solvers, and Customer Advocates at a crazy-good price. Why do they break at all?

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Decker Communication

MARCH 27, 2025

After the fourth round of layoffs at a major enterprise software company, the CTO noticed something counterintuitive: the engineering teams with the highest retention weren’t those with the most stable projects or highest compensation. Silicon Valley stumbled upon this same insight through crisis.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 21, 2024

In the fast-paced world of engineering, time is a precious resource. However, inefficiencies in engineering workflows can act as roadblocks. In this blog, we will explore the pivotal role of time tracking in resolving engineering workflow inefficiencies. Communication Barriers: Good communication is key in engineering.

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Leading Blog

JULY 4, 2021

Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success by Ron Friedman. By reverse engineering what has worked for others, we can unlock patterns that will work in our own lives. We are told to work smarter, not harder. Friedman will show you how.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Indeed, executives often see themselves as industry or functional domain expertswhether in tech, health sciences, finance, or as an engineer, designer, or head of operations.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2021

A global security expert draws on psychological insights to help you master the art of social engineering—human hacking. Christopher Hadnagy shows you how to use social engineering as a force for good—to help you regain your confidence and control.

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CoachStation

JULY 21, 2023

As part of our occasional series chatting with industry leaders, we recently spoke with engineer and senior leader, Wes Davis. His story is an interesting one, with Wes focusing much of his time and development on the topic of leadership within engineering, rather than simply learning and applying the technical aspects.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2018

He could have bawled out the engineers and technicians behind the mechanical prop, demanding that they somehow find a way to carry out his vision. Spielberg could have insisted on the shot. After all, this was the scene he needed to “hook” the audience and keep their attention throughout the entire movie. But he didn’t.

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Innovation Excellence

MARCH 6, 2024

GUEST POST from Geoffrey A. Moore Having spent the last several years working with public companies in the tech sector who want to apply zone management principles to catching their next wave, I finally had an epiphany. Every one of my clients had an Incubation Zone of one sort or another, and all of them […]

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Leading Blog

JULY 27, 2023

We need people who can think, write, and speak with clarity and conviction, people who can relate to and motivate accountants and salespeople, nurses and electrical engineers, systems analysts and social workers.” Source: Hoover's Vision: Original Thinking for Business Success II.

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The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

According to a Rutgers study , political ideology and user choice, rather than algorithmic curation, have the most significant impact on engagement with partisan and unreliable news on Google Search.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 27, 2017

We first met in person when he was sharing tips from his fantastic book The Culture Engine with a group of tech leaders committed to building healthy business cultures. Despite living only a few miles apart for several years, I (David) only knew Chris online.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 24, 2021

Source: Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success. It’s the only way to improve at a task you already perform reasonably well and elude the grasp of automaticity.”. Preparation means you know the plan, but you also have the functionality and skill to pivot when things don’t go according to that plan.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

An engineer by training, he began his career as a Navy officer and member of the US Naval Construction Battalion (Sea-bees) and the Navy Dive Community. In 2005, he brought his experience and insights into the performance of engineered systems to McKinsey and Company, where he worked as a consultant and member of the Operations Practice.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 29, 2021

Engineer Defaults. Several of my colleagues already do his by engineering an auto-response in email to say, ‘Thank you for your message; as a rule, I check email once a day at 8:30 a.m.’”. Apps like Beeminder “takes $5 from your credit card for every goal you don’t meet.”. Turn off your notifications. Check less often. Just say no.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The scene I want to spotlight is one in which Apple CEO John Scully sent over a man charged with managing the General Magic engineering group. ” One of the General Magic engineers immediately responded, “Thanks, but we don’t need a manager. We get overall leadership from Marc, which is all we need.

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