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Aim and Stats
Aim
Now in our seventh year of
operation, the aim of
the "OD" sessions is to continue to foster an
appreciation of Enterprise Thinking, as well as inthinking,
within an emerging thinking network that is
developing inside Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and
beyond. Dates for future "OD" sessions along with
additional "thinking" opportunities for 2006 can be
found in this announcement.
OD Stats
For an update on OD statistics, last month's
invitation was sent to 3302 inthinking partners.
With the latest updates to our mailing list, this
month's invitation is going out to 3384 partners in
the U.S., as well as fellow inthinking partners in
Australia, Austria, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Brazil,
Canada, China, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany,
India, Iran, Ireland, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico,
Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia,
South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and
the U.K.. Taken together, these individuals
represent over 440 organizations in this list of
nations, from elementary schools and senior high
schools to colleges and universities, from
one-person consulting firms to United Technologies,
GM, IBM, General Electric, NASA, and Philips
Electronics. Among this list of invitees,
participation in last month’s OD conference call
with Sadruddin Boga included 30 partners from across
the US and England as well. Added to 327 partners
for our sessions through September, 357 partners
have joined in so far this year (402 thinking partners
joined us throughout 2005). Yes, the diffusion
process continuuues...
In2:IN
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Good morning from Canoga Park, California, home of
United Technologies' Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne.
With the passing of International Moment of Frustration
Scream Day on October 12th and the
coming of Halloween, it's time to come
together for a few hours of "thinking
together."
This month’s Ongoing Discussion is scheduled for
Tuesday, October 17th and Thursday, October 19th,
from 12-2pm Pacific Time on both days.
Click here
for the October 2006 In2:InThinking Network
newsletter.
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| Welcome First Timers |
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Your names have been added by virtue of your
attendance in our series of Thinking Roadmap
seminars and overviews, or attendance at the annual
In2:InThinking Network Forum, or through a personal
request, from you or a friend. Welcome to our
thinking networks.
Click the link below to send me the name and email
address of anyone you would like to have added to
the mailing list, or let me know if you would like
to be removed.
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Contact Bill Bellows |
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| October 2006 Ongoing Discussion – Achieving Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position Using Robust Designs |
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Enterprise Thinking
Network joins with the In2:InThinking Network in
welcoming Dr. Madhave Phadke to the long list of
distinguished Thought Leaders contributing to our
monthly Ongoing Discussion teleconferences. This
month we are especially excited to present an expert
on “Taguchi thinking,” a topic not previously offered
via the Ongoing Discussion.
Dr. Phadke's Thought Piece for our discussion
(Introduction to Robust Design) is
posted on his website.
Madhav S. Phadke received a B. Tech. (1969) degree
in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT), Bombay, M.S. (1971) degree in
Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences from the
University of Rochester, and M.S. (1972) degree in
Statistics and Ph.D. (1973) degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-
Madison. He is an ASQ Fellow, and a member of
ASME, ASA, and IEEE.
Dr. Phadke pioneered the application and
development of the Taguchi Method / Robust Design
method in USA and is a recipient of the Taguchi
Award in 1985. He is the author of the first
engineering textbook in English on Taguchi Method,
Quality Engineering Using Robust Design, published by
Prentice Hall in 1989.
Dr. Phadke is the President of Phadke Associates,
Inc., a company specializing in quality technology
deployment. He offers consultation and training in
Robust Design, economic production/operation quality
system (EPOQSTM), on-line quality control, Robust
TestingTM and other methods of quality and
productivity improvement.
In 1989, 1990, and again in 1993 Dr. Phadke offered
a highly successful course in Taguchi Method via
satellite through NTU. He has co-developed a course
on Commercial Systems Engineering that can radically
reduce cycle time. He has published numerous papers
in the fields of off-line quality control, Taguchi
Method, Kalman filtering, time series analysis, system
identification and air pollution modeling. Professional
societies and major universities frequently seek him
as a speaker or lecturer.
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Contact Madhav Phadke |
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| OD Details |
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Please join us for one or all of the hours of this
month’s OD. As always, you are invited to
participate for as long, or as short, as you can in one
or both of these sessions...
Option Time (Pacific
Time)
1 – Tuesday, October 17th 12:00-1:00pm
2 – Tuesday, October 17th 1:00-2:00pm
3 – Thursday, October 19th 12:00-1:00pm
4 – Thursday, October 19th 1:00-2:00pm
The agenda for each option will be:
Timing: Topic
Opening 10 minutes: Call in &
Introductions
Next 45 minutes: Ongoing Discussion
Last 5 minutes: Close
Please reply to this note by noon Pacific Time on
Monday, October 16th to confirm your plans to
participate in one (or more) of these options. If
you do plan to attend, please complete the OD
PARTICIPATION SURVEY by using the link below...
SURVEY
Those of you connecting in Canoga Park can join in
from conference rooms 205 and 206 in building 1 at
Canoga. Telecon lines (including a pass code and
a security code) have been arranged for those
who cannot join us at Canoga and are provided upon
completion of the participant survey.
Please forward this announcement to anyone we
missed who would also like to participate.
Regards...
Bill
Site Lead
Enterprise Thinking Network
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
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| Future OD Dates |
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Mark your calendars - future Ongoing Discussion
sessions will be held on the following dates, from
12-1pm and 1-2pm Pacific Time.
Month, Dates and Thought Leader
November 20-21: Jane Lorand
December 14-15: Ralph Wood
January 18-19: Russell Ackoff (New Dates)
February 22-23: Sheldon Rovin
March 22-23: Andrew Johnson and Lynn Sumida
April 26-27: TBD
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| Systems Thinking Newsletter |
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Now available online for Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne employees...
The
Systems Thinker is an electronic newsletter
made available monthly (on a subscription basis) by
Pegasus
Communications. Each issue provides articles
and case studies on systems thinking concepts and
is available only electronically (as a .pdf file).
Tools
and techniques for use in the Learning Organization
are regularly included in this valuable publication.
Featured authors include thought leaders and
consultants well known in organizational learning and
change management circles.
The current edition of the SYSTEMS THINKER, as well
as archived issues from February 2003 through
September
2006, is available for reading and printing by Pratt &
Whitney Rocketdyne employees here.
Network friends outside of Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne can learn more about this newsletter
AND read a variety of sample issues and articles online. Individual and site licenses are available.
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| Thinking Roadmap Seminars |
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Opportunities within Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
(PWR)
The following in-house "Thinking Roadmap"
workshops are open to employees of Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne, as well as suppliers, customers, family
members, and "members of the community." This
schedule includes the next available offerings for
the listed seminars in
Canoga Park, CA. Contact Bill
Bellows for additional seminar information or to
register for any of these upcoming sessions.
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| Enterprise Thinking Workshop |
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Registration Fee - there is NO fee to attend.
Pre-requisite – there are NO pre-requisites.
Format - two 4.5-hour sessions over two
days
Schedule for Enterprise Thinking classes in
Canoga
Park, CA for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Class # CP-535
Part 1 - 16-Oct-06 - 12:00-4:30pm
Part 2 - 17-Oct-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Class # CP-539
Part 1 - 20-Nov-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Part 2 - 21-Nov-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Class # CP-541
Part 1 - 14-Dec-06 - 7:00-11:30am
Part 2 - 15-Dec-06 - 7:00-11:30am
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Sign-up for Enterprise Thinking |
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| Six Thinking Hats |
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Registration Fee - $165, charged back to
participant's department for PWR employees and paid
by check for "members of the community."
Pre-requisite - attended Enterprise Thinking within
the past 12 to 14 months.
Format - one 8-hour session.
Schedule for Six Thinking Hats classes in
Canoga
Park, CA for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Class # CP-44
18-Dec-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
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Sign-up for Six Thinking Hats |
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| Lateral Thinking |
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Registration Fee - $130, charged back to
participant's department for PWR employees and paid
by check for "members of the community."
Pre-requisite – attended Enterprise Thinking within
the past 12 to 14 months.
Format - two 7-hour sessions over two
weeks.
Schedule for Lateral Thinking classes in
Canoga Park,
CA for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Class #CP-43
Part 1 - 30-Oct-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
Part 2 - 6-Nov-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
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Sign-up for Lateral Thinking |
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| Managing Variation as a System |
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Registration Fee - there is NO fee to attend.
Pre-requisite – there are NO pre-requisites.
Format - three 3-hour sessions over three
days
Schedule for Managing Variation as a System
classes in Canoga Park, CA for Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne
Class # CP-84
Part 1 - 20-Oct-06 - 8:00-11:00am
Part 2 - 25-Oct-06 - 8:00-11:00am
Part 3 - 27-Oct-06 - 8:00-11:00am
Class # CP-85
Part 1 - 4-Dec-06 - 8:00-11:00am
Part 2 - 5-Dec-06 - 8:00-11:00am
Part 3 - 8-Dec-06 - 8:00-11:00am
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Sign-up for Managing Variation as a System |
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| Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving and Decision Making |
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Registration Fee - $330, charged back to
participant's department for PWR employees and paid
by check for "members of the community."
Pre-requisite – attended Enterprise Thinking within
the past 12 to 14 months.
Format - three 7-hour sessions over three weeks.
Suggestion: If you are unable to attend all three
sessions in a given monthly series, we encourage you
to attend the first session and then attend the
second and third in any order during a future
monthly series.
Schedule for Kepner-Tregoe classes in Canoga
Park,
CA for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Class # CP-85
Part 1 - 28-Nov-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
Part 2 - 6-Dec-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
Part 3 - 12-Dec-06 - 8:00-4:00pm
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Sign-up for Kepner-Tregoe Problem Solving & Decision Making Seminar |
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| The New Economics Study Session |
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Registration Fee - there is NO fee to attend.
Pre-requisite – there are NO pre-requisites.
Format - seven 2-hour sessions over three
weeks
Schedule for The New Economics Study
Session
classes in Canoga Park, CA for Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne
Start Date: To be determined
End Date: To be determined
Days per Week: 2
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Sign-up for announcements of the next TNE Study Session |
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