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Monthly Meeting 03/01/2012

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Thu, 03/01/2012 - 6:00pm
Time
  • 6:00 PM: Registration & Informal Networking
  • 6:30 PM: Management Forum
  • 7:15 PM: Dinner
  • 7:45 PM: After Dinner Presentation
  • 9:00 PM: Adjourn
Management Forum
Topic: 
Networking
Presented by: 
Facilitated by IEEE-SCV-TMC board member

Informal Networking, followed by formal Networking on the subject of how problems are solved. We use this part of the protram to have attendees get to know one another.

After Dinner Presentation
Topic: 
Problems, Big Problems, and Damn Problems
Presented by: 
Jerry Talley, JLTalley & Associates

The challenges we give to engineers are often quite formidable.  But the domain of engineering is ultimately rational, bounded, and scientific.  And then there's management.  Suddenly we're faced with human vagaries, unbounded networks of association, political dynamics, interpersonal subtleties, and individual personality.  And it's not enough to understand the company we work for; now there's supply chains, strategic alliances, outsourced functions, and industry associations.  The world is much messier.  

In fact, we face problems of greater complexity, greater interdependence, and often greater conflict than ever before.  And yet we still live mostly within the same problem solving strategy we developed in the 1950's.   

After 30+ years of consulting to organizations large and small, for non-profits and for-profits, for private sector and public sector, I now believe there are only 6 types of problems in the world.  Each type requires a unique strategy for successful resolution.  Each type requires different solution elements.  The key to effective problem solving is not your ability to generate solutions; it's your ability to discern the essential nature of the problem at the beginning.

You can check out more about this topic at his website at http://www.problemsolving2.com/ .

Jerry Talley has been helping people solve problems since he received his PhD in Sociology from Stanford in 1971.  After 18 years on the faculty there, he moved onto organizational development.  He has had 350+ engagements with clients in high tech, pharmaceuticals, hospitals and health care, banking and finance, consulting firms, the military, manufacturing, public utilities, public sector, not-for-profits, publishing, hospitality, entertainment, and biotech.  His current focus is advanced problem solving, process design, and non-profit governance.

Meal
Choices: 
Chicken or Turkey Sandwich
Vegetarian or Tuna Sandwich
Pastrami or Beef Sandwich
Meal includes: 
Salads, Chips, Sodas or Coffee
Place

RAMADA Silicon Valey

Location

RAMADA Silicon Valley
1217 Wildwood Ave
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
United States
Phone: 408-245-5330
See map: Google Maps

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Cost
  • All charges are paid at the door by check or cash
  • No credit cards
Early bird – IEEE member: 
$10.00
Early bird – Non-member: 
$13.00
Early bird deadline: 
12:00AM 02/29/2012 (PST)
Standard – IEEE member: 
$13.00
Standard – Non-member: 
$16.00