Mike Cardus

MAY 17, 2013

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? The engineer sees themselves as a tiny spot of ignorance surrounded by a vast see of knowledge. Gilbert ‘Human Competence’. How do I approach team building ; as a scientist?

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Engineering Goldratt Gilbert Team Building 133

Next Level Blog

JULY 12, 2010

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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Class Gilbert Leadership Letter 135

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble suggest that companies can consciously manage the balance between the "performance engine" (that minimizes mistakes) and the "discovery team" (that encourages experiments) by being clear about what core capabilities should be forgotten and borrowed.

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Innovation Gilbert Govindarajan Christensen 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2013

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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Gilbert Company Uncertainty Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

After all, the first prototype of a digital camera was created in 1975 by Steve Sasson, an engineer working for … Kodak. Sasson himself told The New York Times that management’s response to his digital camera was “that’s cute – but don’t tell anyone about it.”

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Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2012

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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Gilbert Constraint Project Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

The engineer behind that project, Steve Sasson, offered a memorable one-liner to the New York Times in 2008 when he said management's reaction to his prototype was, "That's cute — but don't tell anyone about it.". Gilbert's HBR article with Joseph Bauer that also discusses Kodak is available here. This is hard stuff.

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Gilbert Film Incubator Business Model 15