THE WELCH COMPANY
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S U M M A R Y
DIARY: August 5, 1996 08:20 AM Monday;
Rod Welch
Called Steve at Turner re Asilomar results and follow up ideas.
1...Summary/Objective
.....Steve said "Issue" management at Turner is reactive.
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CONTACTS
0201 - Turner Const. SF 415 274 2900 fax 989 1370
020101 - Mr. Steve Rule; Territory Engineer =415 274 2917; Engineering Department
SUBJECTS
Proposal, Contract & Support
Turner, San Francisco
Rule, Steve, Turner
Proactive Management Discovers Problems
Discovery, Strategic Resource
Proactive Needs to Dig Out Key Information
0908 -
0908 - ..
0909 - Summary/Objective
0910 -
091001 - Follow up ref SDS 5 0000, ref SDS 4 0000.
091002 -
091003 - Scheduled meeting with Steve and Kavinder on 960816 1000 to debrief
091004 - Asilomar Conference, show how "issue management" was applied using
091005 - Communication Metrics to plan Asilomar.
091007 - ..
091008 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0001 confirming these understandings, included
091009 - discussion with Kavinder ref SDS 9 line 60, and Dave Buoncristiani,
091010 - ref SDS 8 line 60, for background. Sent copy to Dave to see if he
091011 - wants to meet with us on 960816.
091012 -
091013 - [See meeting at ref SDS 11 4883.]
091014 - ..
0911 -
0912 -
0913 - Progress
0914 -
091401 - Turner is changing personnel at SFO, so maybe they need help.
091402 - ref SDS 5 4983
091403 -
091404 - I did not ask about this.
091406 - ..
091407 - Steve was disappointed that I could not attend the event. He received
091408 - congratulatory letters from Sherrill McDonald and from Nino Borsoni.
091410 - ..
091411 - I mentioned lauditory remarks from others on his presentation.
091412 - ref SDS 7 1352, ref SDS 8 1474
091414 - ..
091415 - Steve asked about Dave Vannier missing his presentation on Intel's
091416 - plans for future technologies.
091418 - ..
091419 - Steve said everybody was that worried Dave may have been in an
091420 - accident when he did not show up on Saturday.
091422 - ..
091423 - I explained the apparent mixup in scheduling due to not reading the
091424 - record, reported on 960715. ref SDS 7 0032
091426 - ..
091427 - Steve asked to see how SDS managed the Asilomar Conference. He wants
091428 - to improve Turner's "issue management" system discussed with Kavinder
091429 - on 960713. ref SDS 10 0643
091431 - ..
091432 - Steve said "Issue" management at Turner is reactive.
091433 -
091434 - He feels management should be proactive, per discussion with
091435 - Morris Jones at Chips on 960721. ref SDS 9 2885.
091436 -
091437 - [On 960816 Steve feels proactive problem handling is not cost
091438 - effective. ref SDS 11 2958
091440 - ..
091441 - [On 970709 article describes risk management as a proactive
091442 - process, ref SDS 12 6693.]
091444 - ..
091445 - [On 980405 Bill DeHart explained that managers are afraid of
091446 - accountability, ref SDS 13 5065, which blocks use of
091447 - proactive problem which handling Steve indicates is useful.]
091449 - ..
091450 - I explained Communication Metrics supports "proactive" management,
091451 - as discussed in the New World Order... paper (p. 3 col 2 para 1)
091452 - submitted to Turner, ref OF 1 line 378. Steve was reading the NWO
091453 - paper at the time of the meeting on 960405. ref SDS 1 6663
091455 - ..
091456 - We set a review meeting for 960816 1000. I advised that Bill may
091457 - not be able to meet on that day, and if so, Steve can meet the
091458 - following Monday on 960819. Steve is traveling from 960820 for a
091459 - few days. Bill is on vacation this week. I will coordinate on
091460 - this when Bill returns next Monday, and advise Steve.
091461 -
091462 - [See meeting at ref SDS 11 4883.]
091464 - ..
091465 - Steve will try to have Kavinder attend the meeting.
091466 -
091467 - This reflects understandings from the telecon with Kavinder that
091468 - Turner expects to debrief the event, ref SDS 10 line 136.
091470 - ..
091471 - I mentioned the ideas of Concurrent Discovery. Steve said he liked
091472 - David Buoncristiani's presentation.
091473 -
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