I have been working on an idea for a series of posts on management and wanted some feedback. If you could pick one management skill to improve, what would it be? Put another way, which MBA class would you want to take if given the opportunity? Thanks in advance for your … [Read more...]
Creative Class: Creating The Open Data Bargin
Government can learn a tremendous amount from Open Source projects. This post over at Creative Class goes a good job laying out the argument for Open Data but needs to take it one step farther. Data access is important but more important is building an Open Source government. … [Read more...]
Scheduling Innovation
Probably the biggest tension you will have between you, your team and your boss is scheduling. Scheduling innovation can be tricky because how do you schedule something that has never been done before. It is always a sore spot since management wants it done yesterday, your team … [Read more...]
Business Deals Take Time
One thing I have noticed about engineers and scientists is that they can't wrap their head around why business deals take so much time to close. I guess the believe is that if both parties want to do the deal, then it just gets done. That rarely happens. Doing any kind of deal is … [Read more...]
Take Your Time But Hurry Up
Research and Development (R&D) is an endurance event. It is not a sprint. Innovation does takes time but cannot take so much time as to miss market windows. You need to pace yourself and your team. This is the only way to ensure consistent results. The common trap of we can … [Read more...]
