Tanveer Naseer

AUGUST 5, 2014

Because micromanagement, the opposite of autonomy and the default behavior for many managers, puts people in a threatened state. He has experience working in financial services, energy, engineered products and services, and consumer goods. Autonomy at the Front Line Why does autonomy make such a difference?

Motivation 280

Motivation Proposal Stress Goal 280

Mike Cardus

AUGUST 14, 2012

OR “The engineers are always so smug and condescending with the sales team, don’t they understand the pressure we are under!?” It has happened to all of us, someone at work ( your manager, coworker, subordinate, peer, vendor, customer, etc…) pisses you off and you go off an angry tirade about “What an a **e they are and they always do this.

Cooper 124

Cooper Resistance Micromanagement Construction 124

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2016

Over the major innovation cycles, the capitalist system has been resilient enough to absorb the effects of the crashes caused by pure speculation and turn them to its advantage. Some prominent economists predict a new period of secular stagnation as the last great phase of innovation-fueled growth (as they see it) dries up.

Drucker 8

Drucker Long-term Short-term Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

What’s more, the demand for rapid growth often comes with a push from investors to enter new markets or ramp up product innovation. He was very smart and polished but didn’t see how his pointed words and micromanaging ways were affecting his management team. But that set off the field engineers’ alarm bells.

CEO 8

CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 27, 2016

While leading internet companies including Google, Facebook, and Netflix have continued to collect and harvest more personal information for ever-more innovative commercial uses, broadband providers have done little customization, largely because they don’t have access to transactional data, personal or otherwise.

Advertising 9

Advertising Proposal Information Content 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

What has escaped attention is that the device burst into a sector long insulated from the slightest threat of disruptive innovation. Engineers gave it rave reviews, and investors were lined up. He then maneuvered nerdy engineers to build his sexy devices. The smartphone’s iconic social significance has been duly noted.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

At their best, companies realize that not everything is easily measurable, or should be measured, and that constant temperature taking and micromanagement are inefficient and demoralizing. Balancing freedom to innovate versus following proven routines. In many areas, freedom to innovate is the critical need.

Agility 8

Agility Innovation Span of Control Objective 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Always appreciate your insights Peter… [link] mikemyatt Hi Elliot: The four items mentioned in your list regrettably happen to exist in many domains far beyond the engineering field. In my experience is always seems to boil down to focus – a person is either focused inwardly or outwardly. I Think Not.

Blog 420

Blog Engineering Brand Learning-by-Doing 420

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

Even the term “net neutrality” was coined not by an engineer but by a legal academic, in 2003. A monopoly or municipal utility, by definition, doesn’t compete with anyone, eliminating incentives for investment, innovation, customer service, and maintenance. Increasingly, the distinction is meaningless.)

Objective 8

Objective Engineering Content Open-book 8