var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} I recently finished reading "The Checklist Manifesto" by Atul Gawande. According Gawande checklists greatly help in avoiding mistakes in surgery and in aircraft cockpits particularly where team workContinue reading “The Checklist Manifesto and Business Processes”
Category Archives: Engineering
Edward E. Whitacre Jr. : “Give people more responsibility and authority deeper in the organization…”
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Resurgence of innovation at Pittsburgh and the G-20 Summit
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Procurement Reform bill becomes law and Memorial Day
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Today is Memorial Day and it is significant that President Obama and Congress strove to get the Procurement Reform Act ( officially the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform ActContinue reading “Procurement Reform bill becomes law and Memorial Day”
The Stimulus and Procurement Reform
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The Stimulus Package, Recovery and Diffusion of Innovations
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Innovation is about change, change in a product, in a service or process. However, no matter how appropriate the innovation is it takes an understanding of innovation diffusionContinue reading “The Stimulus Package, Recovery and Diffusion of Innovations”
What types of B2B and Supply Chain jobs will the stimulus package create ?
(Note: This post of Feb 9, 2009 refers to the 2007-8 stimulus package) We have been trying to figure out the kind of opportunities that might come up from the stimulus package – particularly in the B2B and Supply Chain areas. I think there will be plenty of opportunities in these areas if you start looking at what the stimulus is planning to do.
Steven Chu will be Energy Secretary
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Tata Nano and now Tata Jaguar and Land Rover
Tata had announced the $2500 Nano Car (left with Chairman Ratan Tata) to much applause. There are no dearth of buyers at this price point in Asia,Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America . But have you ever heard of a company operating at both ends of the market ? In fact, the Tata’s have createdContinue reading “Tata Nano and now Tata Jaguar and Land Rover”
Michigan Auto Industry is changing
Somehow Michigan fascinates me for its auto industry and what it has given to the study of management,innovation and the wrong way to manage buyer seller relationships. When I heard on the radio about the leading rate of job losses and foreclosures in Michigan, I felt bad for the folks in Michigan. But this mayContinue reading “Michigan Auto Industry is changing”