By Laurence Prusak Since the Second World War, something like forty-five major idea-movements have swept through both public and private organizations. They include early time-and-motion studies, the quality movement, reengineering, human potential, and many, many others. Some of these movements promulgate genuinely new ideas; some recycle old approaches under new names. I am quite […]
By Ed Hoffman When we’re young, we are excited by our dreams. Our future possibilities seem endless and alluring.
NASA Chief Engineer Mike Ryskchkewitsch spoke to the 2013 Systems Engineeing Leadership Development Program (SELDP) graduating class about systems engineering leadership at NASA. Leading up to the graduation ceremony, the class went on a tour of Gettysburg to gain insight into the leadership lessons learned from the battle. Ryschkewitsch discussed the leadership lessons illuminated by […]
Knowledge, safety, and program planning and control served as the first three topics for NASA’s Virtual Project Management (PM) Challenge series.
The Human Exploration Operations Mission Directorate (HEOMD) released a new online module that captures lessons from the Columbia accident investigation process.
Daria Topousis discusses knowledge management on the NASA Engineering Network (NEN).
Thirty-four years ago, NASA’s first space station fell to Earth in rural Australia.
Is there a mismatch between the research competencies college graduates bring to the workplace and what employers expect from them?
Peter K. Homer is the developer of an innovative space suit glove design that is strong, easy on the hands, and gives the operator a higher degree of dexterity. Working alone at his dining room table, he designed and then manufactured the best performing glove within competition parameters, winning NASA’s 2007 Astronaut Glove Challenge. Masters […]
