http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~9~9~58161~162005:NASA personnel & contractors supporting a high school microgravity competition
http://alvar-extra.a-blast.org/plat_forms/img/1024/team_9-2.jpg“"Plat_Forms" is a contest and competition in which top-class teams of three programmers compete to implement the same requirements for a web-based system within two days, using different technology platforms (e.g. Java, .NET, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Scala, Smalltalk, JavaScript or what-have-you).” 2007
Moved away from drop shipping as they realized that their entire strategy should be built around Wow! Customer service.Eventually this led to them running their own fulfillment center right next to UPS in Kentucky – It’s all about reliability and speed.Random storage of items on human-sized racks – random so people can quickly differentiate the product they are looking for as they reach the location.Each item is individually marked with a license plate number so it can be tracked as it goes and and if it comes back.Employee excursions from HQ to the Fulfillment center are vice versa
The joy of something like an iPhoneMany people say that the great success of Apple is do to the tight integration of their hardware and services and how they work with, rather than against us."iPhone 4 32GB Black" by Yutaka Tsutano (www.flickr.com/photos/ivyfield/4731067532) CC by 2.0, Derivative (?)http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivyfield/4731067532Cropped left and right sides, blank space
The irritation of our scanning systems.TSA apparently lack of consideration of all the stakeholders in the security system and how they would be affected by the new tools and procedures. http://www.flickr.com/photos/silas216/2562216351/sizes/m/in/photostream/
No single technology tool can be a success, no single organizational practice change can be a success. We need to design our work as systems.We’ve known this since the 1950s if not before. Some No Silver (Magic Bullets)The interviews and research I’ve done suggest that there are three practices that plugged-in managers follow:Stop-Look-Listen: Be reflective about your needs and options, then listen to feedback as you take your first steps.Mixing: Create an alignment of people, technology tools, and organizational process that works for the given situation.Sharing: Practicing plugged-in management in public through modeling, being explicit about your methods, mentoring others as they try the plugged-in approach on their own.
Some individual contributors, managers, and organizations – just get that silver bullets won’t work – they are plugged-in. A couple of examples:
If you address all three dimensions and follow three simple practices – your work, your team, and your organizations will benefit.
3 Dimensions, 3 practices
If you address all three dimensions and follow three simple practices – your work, your team, and your organizations will benefit.
If you address all three dimensions and follow three simple practices – your work, your team, and your organizations will benefit.
Stop-look-listen = recognition
Keith Glynn & Tony HsiehMoved away from drop shipping as they realized that their entire strategy should be built around Wow! Customer service.Eventually this led to them running their own fulfillment center right next to UPS in Kentucky – It’s all about reliability and speed.Random storage of items on human-sized racks – random so people can quickly differentiate the product they are looking for as they reach the location.Each item is individually marked with a license plate number so it can be tracked as it goes and and if it comes back.Employee excursions from HQ to the Fulfillment center are vice versa
If you address all three dimensions and follow three simple practices – your work, your team, and your organizations will benefit.
Just like these ingredients on their own don’t make a chocolate chip cookiehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/14657061@N00/5606687561/sizes/m/in/photostream/
The joy of something like an iPhone http://www.flickr.com/photos/methodshop/7400998710Many people say that the great success of Apple is do to the tight integration of their hardware and services and how they work with, rather than against us."iPhone 4 32GB Black" by Yutaka Tsutano (www.flickr.com/photos/ivyfield/4731067532) CC by 2.0, Derivative (?)http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivyfield/4731067532Cropped left and right sides, blank space
If you address all three dimensions and follow three simple practices – your work, your team, and your organizations will benefit.
Northcraft, G.B., Griffith, T.L., & Fuller, M.A. (2006). Virtual study groups: A challenging centerpiece for “working adult” management education. In S.P. Ferris (Ed.), Teaching and learning with virtual teams. Hershey, PA: Idea Group. 131-157.
http://alvar-extra.a-blast.org/plat_forms/img/1024/team_9-2.jpg“"Plat_Forms" is a contest and competition in which top-class teams of three programmers compete to implement the same requirements for a web-based system within two days, using different technology platforms (e.g. Java, .NET, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Scala, Smalltalk, JavaScript or what-have-you).” 2007
