by engineermeetshuman | Jun 12, 2019 | Culture Change, High-Reliability, Leadership, Strategy |
Today’s business environment… fast paced change, disruptive technologies, new business models, an emphasis on metrics, measures and analytics… is quickly coalescing into the new normal. This accelerated way of operating will impact all businesses...
by engineermeetshuman | May 25, 2019 | High-Reliability, HRO Habits, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy |
What is an HRO? Research by a variety of experts, including Karl Weick, Kathleen Sutcliffe, and Karleen Roberts amongst others has driven the evolution of our understanding over 3 decades. Here is a current definition to work from: A High Reliability Organization...
by engineermeetshuman | Apr 2, 2019 | High-Reliability, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy |
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has been in the news (1,2, 3) routinely over the last decade and not in a good way. This negative attention is due to several high-profile crises that have cost people their lives, their homes, and their communities… and run in the...
by engineermeetshuman | Jul 20, 2018 | Collaboration, Engineer Meets Human, High-Reliability, Innovation, Strategy |
When I think about how a group of smart, driven, and visionary people accomplished the impossible 49 years ago, I marvel at what they achieved with the nascent technologies they used (i.e. silcon chips). Sometimes it makes today’s innovation seem pedestrian or...
