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1. Introduction
2. Huge gaps exist
3. Shifting from average curve to exceptional (i)
4. Shifting from average curve to exceptional (ii)
5. Shifting from average curve to exceptional (iii)
6. Making giant leaps
7. May 25, 1961
8. July 20, 1969
9. Less giant leaps
10. Mercury spacecraft
11. Gemini spacecraft
12. Apollo spacecraft
13. Explorer program
14. Stumbling to catastrophe
15. Mrs. Grant’s catastrophe (i)
16. Mrs. Grant’s catastrophe (ii)
17. Mrs. Grant’s catastrophe (iii)
18. Mrs. Grant’s catastrophe (iv)
19. Symmetry of success and failure
20. Tomorrow! round on your process
21. 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

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• Management, Leadership & Organisation
• Strategy

Bite-size Case Studies:

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

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Publication History

• Published on December 6, 2012
• Reviewed on February 27, 2020