The Recovering Engineer

MARCH 12, 2010

Task-oriented people tend to focus on logic, data, results and projects. For example, I can use a hammer to build a house or to attack my neighbor. In both cases, the hammer is just a hammer. The circle can also be divided vertically. The left half represents task-oriented people. It is just like any other tool.

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FAQ Hammer Engineering Tools 230

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

As Michael Hammer famously warned back in 1990, it’s no use applying new technologies to old processes, so in order to get the most out of AI and automation, jobs are having to be redesigned so that man and machine can work well together. Redesigning the business. Over two-thirds (67%) are at some stage of implementation.

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Supply Chain Technology Hammer Report 65

Steve Farber

MAY 31, 2017

Few things are more frustrating than trying to take on a project without the right equipment or tools. Try building a tree fort with no hammer or nails (not that I’ve done that). So don’t just tell people you believe in them. Mentors Equip. Try setting up a tent without the poles. Or building a swing set without the nuts and bolts.

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Mentor Quality P&L Hammer 74

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 11, 2011

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Ministry » Grace Community Church » Costa Rica Report, Part 2 Costa Rica Report, Part 2 January 11, 2011 in Grace Community Church , Missions with 10 Comments Yesterday was our first official “work day&# at the Abraham Project.

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Report Edmondson Hammer Consultative 42

Steve Farber

MAY 31, 2017

Few things are more frustrating than trying to take on a project without the right equipment or tools. Try building a tree fort with no hammer or nails (not that I’ve done that). So don’t just tell people you believe in them. Mentors Equip. Try setting up a tent without the poles. Or building a swing set without the nuts and bolts.

Mentor 40

Mentor Quality P&L Hammer 40

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

They were also an example of the power of community in leadership. We often think of leadership as a solitary task. Buying into Thomas Carlyle’s “great man” theory of history , we speak of leadership in solitary and personal terms. First, great leadership often starts in community. Mahatma Gandhi, and Harriet Tubman.

Leadership 10

Leadership Hammer Short-term Simon 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Shifting from Drucker's erudition and measured tone to Hammer's revolutionary and provocatively violent declarations ("don't automate, obliterate") was a bit dizzying. I list these below as a guide for anyone — from bloggers, to academics, to strategy consultants — looking to produce world-class thought leadership.

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Prahalad Hamel Core Competence Leadership 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Yet this narrative around Asians’ success obscures the fact that they are underrepresented in leadership positions, a phenomenon referred to as the “bamboo ceiling.” Why aren’t Asian Americans advancing into leadership positions? Stereotypes About Asian Americans.

Positioning 8

Positioning Leadership Diversity Hammer 8

Leading Blog

MAY 4, 2020

Many entrepreneurs get to 2/3 of the way through the slides and start talking about the business model and financial projections while I’m still won-dering exactly what their product does and what makes it unique. Spend more time on this “killer slide” and hammer in the point. He is also a venture partner at several VC firms.

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Tips Entrepreneur Hammer Venture Capitalist 320

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2017

When I ask leadership development clients to describe the type of motivation they’d like to see in their teams, they mention qualities such as persistence, being a self-starter, having a sense of accountability for and commitment to achieving results, and being willing to go the extra mile on projects or to help other team members.

Motivation 8

Motivation Hammer Video Objective 8

Terry Starbucker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

It was a two week project, and it was one of the longest two weeks of my life. In my hands, a hammer was a dangerous tool capable of putting holes where holes shouldn’t be, and bashing fingers into submission. I didn’t need a hammer! I have absolutely no aptitude for carpentry. Because numbers I could work with.

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Hammer Learning-by-Doing Blog Video 250

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

When Quest Diagnostics and SBCL joined together I put the top layers of both companies — more than 200 people — through an evaluation process, including an externally conducted assessment of their leadership skills and behaviors. Then hammer out a joint plan with them. Manage the closure or layoff like a project.

Hammer 8

Hammer Operations Quality Project 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

I've worked with a wide range of clients as a consultant and have seen too many companies hire employees they thought were top talent, only to watch them spend company time on personal passions and then walk out the door when their side projects were ready to launch. Sometimes it seems that everyone wants to be an entrepreneur.

Entrepreneur 9

Entrepreneur Incentives Hammer Project 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Back in 1990, before Doug Woods, Peter Nosler, and Ron Davidowski (the "P" and "R" in DPR) hammered their first nail, they hammered out a "core ideology" designed to set them apart from their peers — and to announce their intention to challenge convention in their industry. "We

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Hammer Construction Advertising Brand 15

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Depending on the person and the size of the team, it may be necessary for team members to perform multiple roles on a project. The person funding the project shouldn’t usually also be a designer on the project because their motivations may get muddled. Multiple Roles or Single Roles. Some roles also don’t mix well with others.

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Team Hammer Software Project 64

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or you could participate in projects financed in part by conventional investors and in part by non-profits. If you start seeing everything through the impact investing lens, it starts looking like you have a hammer and everything looks like a nail. Corporate social responsibility Leadership Social enterprise'

Insurance 8

Insurance Bond Hedge Bottom-up 8

Strategy Driven

MARCH 28, 2011

We call this the Values Blueprint method of changing culture and we recommend you engage in a two-day retreat with a group of your best players to hammer out what your values should be and what behaviors best exemplify those values. But neither should you let financial concerns derail the project in its infancy.

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Environment Covey Airlines Mission Statement 70

Chris Brady

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Government is like a sledge hammer. Many private corporation are building one project to LEED requirements to get certifed by the agency and then they are building all of their other buildings the same way without the LEED stamp of approval. It is only good at one thing, and the use of a sledgehammer is obvious.

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Politics Blog Travel Letter 77

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

Over the past two decades, we’ve led dozens of innovation projects and have talked to thousands of managers about the challenge of building a high-performance innovation “engine.” In our experience, it can take several months for a company to hammer out its defini­tion of innovation. What’s the problem?

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Innovation Company Engineering Supply Chain 8

Strategy Driven

JULY 22, 2016

Recruiting is like a hammer. If you’re building a house and the only tool you’ve supplied your framer is a hammer, then then don’t blame the framer if it takes five times longer than you’d like, and costs a bundle more than it should. Executive leadership and buy-in. Recruiting Is Overused and Misapplied. Keep it simple.

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Planning Hammer Succession Constraint 50