Comments on: A magic day in Pittsburgh: MAYA Design & CMU http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/a-magic-day-in-pittsburgh-maya-design-cmu/ Management and Creative Thinking Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:24:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sam http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/a-magic-day-in-pittsburgh-maya-design-cmu/comment-page-1/#comment-316398 Sam Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:28:16 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/a-magic-day-in-pittsburgh-maya-design-cmu/#comment-316398 Hey Scott, sorry I missed ya... I was in Pittsburgh Mon-Wed but flew back to NJ Wednesday night. I also still work for GD|Viz (formerly MAYA Viz) so would have gotten to attend your Kiva talk. Hey Scott, sorry I missed ya… I was in Pittsburgh Mon-Wed but flew back to NJ Wednesday night. I also still work for GD|Viz (formerly MAYA Viz) so would have gotten to attend your Kiva talk.

]]> By: Eric http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/a-magic-day-in-pittsburgh-maya-design-cmu/comment-page-1/#comment-314871 Eric Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:46:19 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/a-magic-day-in-pittsburgh-maya-design-cmu/#comment-314871 Yes, the military had its day in the business world, since that was the experience for most key managers after WWII. And it certainly crept into the classroom as--at the time--the business system that created the most wealth. I even spent time in an industry where the annual awards for competitiveness were golden samurai swords! (Hail Trout and Reis.) Then we had the 128/MIT/big government contract days, and that seemed like a panacea. Next, we had to search for excellence and MBWA (thanks to the HP Way) and stick to the knitting and have loose-tight priciples. Then we had to do kaizen and Deming and the whole Toyota thing. Then we had to search for cheese and reward people (sincerely) in 60 seconds and flip the organizational chart on its head and EMPOWER. When we weren't jamming things back at our suppliers with just-in-time inventory management. Now we are well into the Silicon Valley/networking/velocity of info/white board/build a business in your pjs stuff(thanks to Google and Annalee Saxenian and others). We are flavor of the decade people, we Americans, and this is our current Rocky Road. The only question is: Will I live long enough to see us start "taking the hill" again and making sure our offense is 3X our defense? (Hail Trout and Reis :) Oh, somewhere in there we did folk music, too, but that was before my time and it, like so many of our other strongly-held ideas, died a fitting death. Yes, the military had its day in the business world, since that was the experience for most key managers after WWII. And it certainly crept into the classroom as–at the time–the business system that created the most wealth. I even spent time in an industry where the annual awards for competitiveness were golden samurai swords! (Hail Trout and Reis.) Then we had the 128/MIT/big government contract days, and that seemed like a panacea. Next, we had to search for excellence and MBWA (thanks to the HP Way) and stick to the knitting and have loose-tight priciples. Then we had to do kaizen and Deming and the whole Toyota thing. Then we had to search for cheese and reward people (sincerely) in 60 seconds and flip the organizational chart on its head and EMPOWER. When we weren’t jamming things back at our suppliers with just-in-time inventory management. Now we are well into the Silicon Valley/networking/velocity of info/white board/build a business in your pjs stuff(thanks to Google and Annalee Saxenian and others). We are flavor of the decade people, we Americans, and this is our current Rocky Road. The only question is: Will I live long enough to see us start “taking the hill” again and making sure our offense is 3X our defense? (Hail Trout and Reis :)

Oh, somewhere in there we did folk music, too, but that was before my time and it, like so many of our other strongly-held ideas, died a fitting death.

]]> By: ndanger.organism :: blog :: Scott Berkun: writes ok, talks real good http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/a-magic-day-in-pittsburgh-maya-design-cmu/comment-page-1/#comment-314556 ndanger.organism :: blog :: Scott Berkun: writes ok, talks real good Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:54:52 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2008/a-magic-day-in-pittsburgh-maya-design-cmu/#comment-314556 [...] only was I lucky enough to see Scott Berkun on his recent trip to Pittsburgh (easter egg: can you find me in the–blatantly hotlinked–picture?), I got there early [...] [...] only was I lucky enough to see Scott Berkun on his recent trip to Pittsburgh (easter egg: can you find me in the–blatantly hotlinked–picture?), I got there early [...]

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