Embrace the Cactus
‘I don’t like confrontation, but I’m tired of his abuse. He signed me up for another committee without asking.”
‘I don’t like confrontation, but I’m tired of his abuse. He signed me up for another committee without asking.”
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The U.S.
I have always been interested in the idea of autonomy in a social setting. In this article, I’m looking at autonomy in a social setting—such as an organization—from a cybernetics viewpoint. I’ll lean on the ideas of Heinz von Foerster and Stafford Beer.
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Are you giving your lowest-level employees the power to make crucial customer-relations decisions without supervision? If not, you’re making a huge mistake.
(AW-Lake: Oak Creek, WI) -- AW-Lake, a flow instrumentation manufacturer, has added the HM-U Hydraulic System Flow Meter<
(Dürr: Southfield, MI) -- Paint shops must become “greener” to help vehicle manufacturers feel certain about meeting their ambitious climate targets.
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I love gardening and growing fresh vegetables. Recently I had checked in on my Brussels sprouts seedlings and, well, they looked awful! The reason quickly became obvious to me: I had overwatered them.
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The Baldrige Executive Fellows is an annual cohort of executives learning about leading
(ResumeBuilder: Seattle) -- ResumeBuilder.com, a resource for professional resume templates and career advice, has published a recent survey report exploring companies’ existing return-to-office (RTO) policies and their p
(NPL: Teddington, England) -- The National Physical Laboratory has signed a long-term framework agreement with Sellafield
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