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1997 Discovery

Features: Home | Library | Links | Services | Corp Info
 Major Concepts: Realsearch ||| Enterprise Model ||| Maturity Model
                        Knowledge & Agility ||| Agile System Principles
Book: Response Ability - The Language, Structure and Culture of the Agile Enterprise
Book: Value Propositioning - Perception and Misperception in Decision Making

History and Highlights of:

1997 Realsearch Discovery Workshops

Participative Management Education at its Best

Real people solving real problems in real time.

History, Progress, Work-in-Process
1991: o Co-Lead Study That Identifies Agility as Competitive Frontier
92/93: o Identify Change Proficiency as Focus - Define Types and Metrics
o Develop Preliminary RRS Design
1994: o Develop Benchmarking Assessment Procedure
o Publish 80-Case Reference Base Concepts & Principles
1995: o Develop Critical Business Practices Framework
o Publish and Validate Structured Assessment System
1996: o Develop Change Proficiency Maturity Model
o Publish Agile Enterprise Reference Model and Case Study
1997: o Develop Business Engineering Principles for Change Proficiency
o Publish Realsearch Knowledge Capture/Mobilization Process
1998: o Develop Competitive Advantages by Applying Principles
o Publish Change Proficiency Principles for Business Practices

1997 Realsearch Objectives

Identify a set of design principles
which effectively guide the development
of highly-adaptable business strategies and operating tactics.

Identify effective approaches for
implementation and management
of these strategies and tactics.

Provide a vocabulary and conceptual base
which effectively communicates
the nature, value, and purpose
of change proficient strategies and tactics
to all employees.

Three-Day Workshop

Review Past Progress

Host Site Overview

Review 3 Support Articles

Analysis #2:
o Presentation/Q&A
o Break Outs
o Group Discussion

Application Exercise:
o Set Objectives
o Break Outs
o Group Discussion

Analysis #1:
o Presentation/Q&A
o Break Outs
o Group Discussion

Group Homework

Application Exercise:
o Presentation/Q&A
o Break Outs
o Group Discussion

o Break Outs
o Group Discussion

Consolidation

Process Refinement

1997 Participating Companies & Titles

Companies

Agility Forum
Boeing - Rocketdyne
Concurrent Tech. Corp
Dupont
Eastman Kodak
General Motors
Hartman Group
LSI Logic
Lyceum Group
Miles Burke Technologies
Motorola
Pratt & Whitney
Procter & Gamble
Rockwell Avionics & Com.
SAP America

Functional

General Manager
Partner
VP/CTO
Dir Info Sys
Dir Strategic Planing
Dir Enterprise Productivity
Dir Joining & Tooling
Dir HR & Training
Comptroller
Program Manager
Plant Manager
Mgr of Operations
Mgr of Manufacturing
Mgr of Production
Mgr of Operations Planning

Positions

Mgr of Quality
Mgr of Tool & Die
Mgr of IE
Mgr of Manufacturing Eng
Mgr of Info Sys
Mgr of HR & Training
Mgr of Info Systems Admin
Mgr of Operations Admin
Mgr of Design Eng'ng
Mgr of Analysis Eng'ng
Mgr of Plant Eng'ng
Mgr of Kaizen
Mgr of Procurement
Engineer
Purchasing

1997 Host Sites

LSI Logic, Gresham, OR

General Motors Metal Fabrication, Pittsburgh, PA

Rockwell Avionics & Communications, Cedar Rapids, IA

Pratt & Whitney Space Propulsion, Jupiter, FL

Concurrent Technologies Corp, Johnstown, PA

Application Exercises

o

 Large Complex Program Management
(LSI: Semiconductor Fab Construction).

o

 Knowledge Capture and Mobilization
(GM: Synthesizing and Teaching Tacit Competency Knowledge).

o

 Program Realization Process
(Rockwell: Knowledge-Worker Acquisition & Management).

o

 Engineering Risk Mitigation
(Pratt: Outsourcing Critical Knowledge Work).

o

 Seamless Spot-Market Knowledge Work
(CTC: Customizing Enterprise Compatibility Relationships).

Reference Articles & Reading
#0

Agile Enterprise Reference Model and Case Study, Agility Forum Report
#1 "The …… Optimal Number of Suppliers", Bakos and Brynjolfsson, MIT.
Japan’s Software Factories, the Introduction, M. Cusumano, Oxford Univ Press, '91.
"Prepare Your Organization to Fight Fires", Karl Weick, HBR, May-Jun '96.
#2 "Time-Based Competition, The Product-Process Linkage...FLEXTOOL", IBFC '95.
"What Really Makes Factories Flexible", David Upton, HBR, Jul-Aug '95.
"How Bell Labs Creates Star Performers", Kelley & Caplan, HBR, Jul-Aug '93.
#3 "Sun Shines by Taking Out Time", Purchasing Magazine, 9/19/96.
"Control in an Age of Empowerment", HBR, Mar-Apr '95.
"What Holds the Modern Company Together", HBR, Nov-Dec '96.
"The Trouble With Teams", Fortune, 9/5/94.
#4 "Successful Change Programs Begin With Results", HBR, Jan-Feb '92.
"Getting the Most out of Your Product Development Process", HBR, Mar-Apr '96.
Accelerating Innovation, Chapters 2-6, Marvin Patterson, Van Nostrand, 1993.
#5 "IT Outsourcing: Maximize Flexibility and Control", HBR, May-Jun '95.
"Customer Intimacy and Other Value Disciplines", HBR, Jan-Feb '93.
"What is Strategy?", Michael Porter, HBR, Nov-Dec '96.

Comment After Attending His First Workshop

From: "BRICKLEMYER, JOHN" jbrick@kodak.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 09:53:43 -0400

I thought that the session at GM was excellent. It was very timely for me as I have been able to utilize many of our learnings around guiding principles, particularly as they relate to a flexible manufacturing environment. I think that this site was an excellent example of how to use "out of the box" thinking to solve problems without spending huge sums of money to develop technologically complex solutions. The types of innovation that I saw at GM has caused me to approach many of our activities in a different manner in order to more fully utilize the assets that we already have in unique ways.

Options: Workshop Follow-On Phases 2 & 3

1:

Discovery Workshop with Visiting Realsearch Team.
o 5-7 Host-Site Participants
o 10-15 Visiting Realsearch Participants
o 3 Day Analysis and Application Concept Development

2:

Local Metaphor Strawman Development by Facilitator
o Build Two Local Metaphors (Narrative + Graphic Icon)
o Construct Principle-Based Strawman Application Design

3:

Private Application Design Workshop
o Review Local Metaphors
o Refine/Extend Strawman Solution
o Construct Implementation Plan

See this for 1998/99 Realsearch Discovery Workshop Information.

Features: Home | Library | Links | Services | Corp Info
Major Concepts: Realsearch ||| Enterprise Model ||| Maturity Model
                        Knowledge & Agility ||| Agile System Principles
Book: Response Ability - The Language, Structure and Culture of the Agile Enterprise
Book: Value Propositioning - Perception and Misperception in Decision Making

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