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1. Introduction
2. Huge gaps exist
3. Shifting from average curve to exceptional
4. Making giant leaps
5. May 25 1961
6. July 20 1969
7. Less giant leaps
8. Mercury spacecraft
9. Gemini spacecraft
10. Apollo spacecraft
11. Explorer program
12. Stumbling to catastrophe
13. Mrs. Grant's catastrophe
14. Symmetry of success and failure
15. Tomorrow! round on your process
16. About Steve Spear

Topics Covered

• G-A-P-S
• Making giant leaps
• Moon mission
• Mercury
• Gemini
• Apollo
• Explorer
• Stumbling to catastrophe
• Catastrophe: whose fault?
• Symmetry of success and failure
• See problems
• Solve problems
• Share discoveries
• Lead improvement

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• Operations Strategy

Categories:

• Management, Leadership & Organisation
• Strategy

Bite-size Case Studies:

• Making the leap from average to great: the Apollo story

Talk Citation

Spear, S.J. (2012, December 6). How high velocity organizations get ahead and stay ahead [Video file]. In The Business & Management Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved May 22, 2019, from https://hstalks.com/bm/2448/.

Publication History

• Published on December 6, 2012