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Three Good Questions (and one that is not so good)
John and David talk about the questions we have to ask ourselves to be able
to solve any problem... and how we can get ourselves off track with poor tactical
questions. Do you try to answer this not so good question and wonder why it
gets you confused and off track?
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Good Questions (and one that is not so good)' in pdf
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Strategy, Structure and Tactics
John takes an in-depth look at how leadership must consciously work to keep
Strategy, Structure and Tactics in phase, but how the cards are always stacked
against them.
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Structure and Tactics' in pdf 4
Cultural Change: Not Required
After completing projects in India and China, John reflects on non-technical
lessons learned.
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Change: Not Required' in pdf
5
Fixing Things
In this article, originally published in Warranty
Week,
John describes how to convert problems to projects.
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Things'
in pdf
6
Remembering Dorian
John reflects on the last time he worked with Dorian Shainin
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Dorian' in
pdf
7
Machines Don't Have Issues—Only
People Do
If you have issues, go see Dr. Phil. John talks about how sloppy language leads
to sloppy thinking and poor tactics in this article originally published in ETC:
A Review of General Semantics.
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Don't Have Issues – Only People Do' in
pdf
8
The Model for Solving Technical Problems
John describes how his thinking has evolved, resulting in The New Science of
Fixing Things
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Model for Solving Technical Problems' in pdf
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The Physics of Draft Gear Performance
Brad Anderson of Cardwell Westinghouse discusses how energy
management concepts are used in the design of Friction Draft
Gears, devices that transfer wear and stress of train couplings
to replaceable, energy-absorbing components.
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of Draft Gear Performance' in pdf |