This is what happens when a highly technical engineer and cloud architect becomes a corporate leader.
My Presentation from MITRE ResilienCyCon 2022
Here’s my presentation from MITRE ResilienCyCon 2022. Starting it at 34:00, right before I came up.
Learning from the Past: Mars Orbiter Failure Due to Quality
The NASA Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) mission suffered a series of defects leading up to its mission in 1999 which led to catastrophic failure of the orbiter spacecraft. The root cause of the failure was the use of the incorrect units between Lockheed Martin and NASA in system interfaces. Some places used metric and…
Motivational Factors
Motivation plays a key role in learning and productivity at school and at work. Engagement refers to the level of commitment to a goal or organization, where motivation is the willpower and drive to act on that commitment. Engagement and motivation are both needed and forward momentum is lost if a person becomes unmotivated…
Industry 4.0: Internet of Things, Operational Technology, Integration, and Automation
It is important to note that the source of the article What is Industry 4.0—the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is Epicor, a software vendor that sells ERP software for manufacturing companies; so the author is not an academic source, but they are a knowledgeable industry source. Industry 4.0 is the digital transformation…
Checker-playing Managers vs. Chess-playing Managers: Thinking Strategically
Marcus Buckingham, in his 2005 Harvard Business Review article “What Great Managers Do,” said that average managers play checkers, great managers play chess, and great leaders rally people around what is universal and capitalize on that (Buckingham, 2005). As someone who prefers leadership to management, I agree with this sentiment. The average manager…
A Reminder of How to Suck: BP Deepwater Horizon
In the Deepwater Horizon disaster of April 20, 2010, BP’s negligence and layered cost cutting and greed-based, risky decisions came to a climax (Meigs, 2016). In the previous two decades, BP experienced oil spills, refinery explosions, and pipeline leaks. Nobody at BP seemed accountable for the corrupt company culture. Chief Executive Officers rotated with…
Toyota’s Advantages with the TNGA
The Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) is a new platform that Toyota has developed to drive several key changes in quality. The TNGA was engineered to make a safer vehicle with higher performance and lower production costs. Toyota claims that the platform produces “more stylish cars that are safer and more enjoyable to drive.” …
Zara and Supply Chain
Zara excels at the concept of fast fashion. Located in Arteixo, Spain, Zara designs, manufactures, and delivers garments to stores within 48 hours. This allows them to respond quickly to custom demand and keep inventories and waste low. They centralize and control their supply chain and specialize in small batches and agility. Since they…
HP and Minimizing Inventory Costs
“Is HP’s focus on minimizing inventory costs is feasible for a company operating in a market where delivery speed is an order-winning factor?” My response to this question is based upon the fact that, after reading the HBR article, HP is NOT operating in a market where delivery speed is an order-winning factor. With…
Simplicity and Value-Added Services as Competitive Advantage
Design thinking, the underlying mindset and philosophy behind design: the mindset of creating something new and useful (DiMeo, 2019). When designs are complex, they can be overwhelming and confusing. This complexity makes the design unusable to the consumer, which negates one of the core purposes of design: to make something useful. Designs, therefore, should…
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