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DIARY: August 11, 1997 05:17 AM Monday; Rod Welch

Began letter to Andy Grove at Intel on Communication Metrics.

1...Summary/Objective

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1...Began letter to Andy Grove to follow up my visit with Keith and with

CONTACTS 
0201 - Intel Corporation                  408 765 8080 fax or 800...
020101 - Mr. Andrew Grove; President =408 765

SUBJECTS
Industry Contacts
Proposal, Contract & Support
Intel, internal
Demonstrations

0906 -    ..
0907 - Summary/Objective
0908 -
090801 - Follow up ref SDS 28 0000, ref SDS 27 0000.
090802 -
090803 - Began letter to Andy Grove to follow up my visit with Keith and with
090804 - Dave. ref DIT 1 0001
090805 -
090806 - We need a strategic boost from the top to encourage adequate bottom up
090807 - review of Communication Metrics at Intel.
090808 -
090809 - Decided to let this rest a bit.
090810 -
090811 -     [Grove was selected by Time magazine as Man of the Year. see
090812 -     record on 971222. ref SDS 29 5900]
090813 -
090814 -     [On 980306 Intel forecasts reduced earnings. ref SDS 30 1917]
090815 -
090816 -     [On 980307 Reviewed Grove's book "Only the Paranoid Survive." see
090817 -     ref SDS 32 0001
090818 -
090819 -     [On 990517 Morris explained strong social pressures against
090820 -     improving management. ref SDS 33 1233 and ref SDS 33 074D
090821 -
090822 -     [On 990713 Morris' colleagues in the VC department at Intel
090823 -     thought adding "intelligence" to management is funny and alien.
090824 -     ref SDS 34 2150
090825 -
090826 - Intel has succeeded in the microprocessor business.  On 970603 Intel
090827 - recognizes that continued success requires growing the demand for
090828 - technology, by developing useful applications. ref SDS 16 4884 Earlier
090829 - on 950927 Dave Vannier reported difficulty applying microprocessor
090830 - technology to improve management and leadership. ref SDS 4 8943  Henry
090831 - Kissinger on 940609, ref SDS 2 4238, Robert MacNamera on 950417,
090832 - ref SDS 3 5872, and George Shultz on, ref SDS 14 8502 have reported on
090833 - the challenge faster information presents for effective leadership.
090834 - General Hatch commented on the need for usiness intelligence, and
090835 - indicated Communication Metrics is headed in the right direction,
090836 - reported 951229. ref SDS 5 9403
090837 -
090838 - New technologies are difficult to grow when they conflict with
090839 - conventional practice.
090840 -
090841 - Mention Morris' participation.
090842 -
090843 - Actually, I am getting cold feet about mentioning Morris.  Will have
090844 - to run it by him and formulate something constructive.  Also should
090845 - give Keith a chance to see if he develops anything from his
090846 - initiative, per telecon on 970805. ref SDS 28 0001.
090847 -
090848 - Explain opportunity for Intel to lead industry in application, as it
090849 - has done in creating processor capability, discussed at Intel on
090850 - 970728. ref SDS 26 6Q8O
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