Business Building a Culture of Experimentation (via Harvard Business Review) “For every experiment that succeeds, nearly 10 don’t — and in the eyes of many organizations that emphasize efficiency, predictability, and ‘winning,’ those failures are wasteful.” Many companies are reluctant…
Revell F-4G Phantom II: Part 2
The second step in the build is the front fuselage. This step took 4 hr 13 mins. I divided the work into sections: front fuselage and radome, nose gear well, combining the sub-assemblies, and APR 38 receiver and intakes. As…
An Elegant Puzzle – Part 2
This week we discussed Section 2.3.3 through the end of Chapter 2. Section 2.4: Productivity in the Age of Hypergrowth If your company is growing, you essentially have a new company. Dennis is feeling this in his current role, and…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 11
Business How Medical Nonprofits Set Winning Strategy (via Harvard Business Review) You need to decide what you’ll focus on and what you’ll not focus on How will you fuel progress? Will you focus on research or execution? Decide who you’ll…
An Elegant Puzzle – Part 1
Our book club is growing! We’ve added Jamie Phillips and Ryan Cox to our current group (Jameson McGhee, Dennis Stepp, and Houston Miller). Dennis chose An Elegant Puzzle: Systems of Engineering Management by Will Larson as our next read. Here’s…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 10
Agile How to Estimate Story Points With Multiple Teams (via Mountain Goat Software) Two common mistakes: 1) estimates that don’t reflect the abilities of the teams (i.e., estimator is too far from the work to understand how to size it),…
The Unicorn Project – Part 7
This week our book club talked about chapter 19 and the final parts of the book. Chapter 19 Parts Unlimited is fully bought into sharing quarterly innovations. Jameson said the challenge in practical implementations is motivating people to participate in…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 9
Agile Tying the Investment Tier Back to Agile Delivery (via Leading Agile) Many transformations start grass-roots (team level) where there’s delivery. How do we scale to the program level (related projects)? Then to the portfolio level (all org efforts)? Then…
The Unicorn Project – Part 6
This week our book club talked about chapters 16-18. Chapter 16 The CEO is prioritizing having employees share problems they’d like solved, choosing which ones to prioritize, and giving teams the time to solve them. These innovation centers are following…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 8
Business How Do Consumers Feel When Companies Get Political? (via Harvard Business Review) With the rise of corporate social responsibility (CSR) the increasingly political polarization, companies may not be able to dodge picking a side on certain issues such as…