ELEVATED

In this session, we discuss:

A framework for delivering meaningful Systems Engineering instruction in support and acknowledgment of the reality of digital ecosystems. To execute Systems Engineering in a modern digital context, considerable and intentional thought needs to be invested into developing and implementing the strategy.

Moderator: Dr. Nate Crews

Producer: Tracylynne Williams

In this episode, we discuss:

*Chat GPT adoption

*Current popular generative AI solutions in media

*The history of AI

*Evolution of AI: Why this time is different

*Why everyone is excited about generative AI

*AI is here, are we ready?

*How work will change because of generative AI

*How the workforce will change because of generative AI

*Productivity gains, what the research says

*Frameworks for achieving the optimal combinations of AI and Humans

*The new work operating systems

*Redesigning work to achieve the optimal combinations of talent, automation, and AI

*Tapping into the full AI potential

*Projected impact of generative AI on work

Moderator: Dr. Nate Crews

Producer: Tracylynne Williams

In this session, we will discuss

*Systems Engineering
*Industries That Require Systems Engineering
*System Engineering Products
*Model-based System Engineering
*SysML Diagram Taxonomy
*Magic System of Systems
*MBSE Investment
*MBSE Implementation Case Studies
*Modeling Methodologies and Philosophies
*Caltech MBSE Training Courses

Moderator: Nate Crews

Producer: Tracylynne Williams

In this episode, we discuss the following: 

*Dynamic and unpredictable environment
 

*Various tension and paradoxes to deal with
*Core business vs. future business
*KPIs vs. team functioning
*Diffuse leadership expectations
*Clarity and attention to leadership objectives and tasks necessary
*Orchestrating leadership value chains: execution, engagement and enhancement
*Dealing with tensions & paradoxes meaningfully
*Acting effectively as a leader in the core business and being concurrently responsible for the future as well as for the team
 

Moderator: Nate Crews

Produced by: Tracylynne Williams

In this episode, we discuss the following:

*Inconsistency issues among customers, contractors, and suppliers, specifically for how they think about components and assemblies of systems within larger systems.
 

*Explore systems thinking and its inherent benefit.

*Examine application areas, including analytics, decision-making, technical competitiveness enhanced by supplier collaboration, and mutually agreed-upon execution and performance management principles.

*Present a process for achieving successful systems, demonstrating effective technical coordination with contractors and customers, and building a strong cultural bond between systems engineering and customer organizations

*Show how trust and confidence can be fostered through systems thinking applied to the supplier-contractor relationship to generate new insights into their respective thinking, interests, and mindsets. 
 

Host: Nate Crews

Produced by Tracylynne Williams

In this episode, we discuss the following:  

*Working for a non-profit fills a niche in a person's life that reflects their innermost passions (dreams).  

*Volunteers are most successful when the non-profit builds their 'dream fulfillment' around easily identifiable objectives and deadlines.  

*Success is defined as "realizing" that dream on a schedule with both personal and provided tools.  

*Most people contribute to a non-profit's dream fulfillment for little or no monetary compensation using a toolkit that was developed both in their professional and personal lives. 

Hosted by Nate Crews

Produced by Tracylynne Williams

In this episode of Elevated, we discuss the following:  

People Development Starts with Understanding Professional Needs

People:  

*Ninety-five percent of project activity is related to people

*Manage or treat people well and the project will be successful

*Good people, if focused and motivated, will achieve great results

Key Elements of Relationship Management:  

*Emotional intelligence

*Sales and Motivation

*People development

*Gratitude

Hosted by Mike Ash

Produced by Tracylynne Williams

In this session, we discuss Smart Pricing Strategies In a Challenging Economy. Quick ways to analyze your options and make the best decisions with Caltech's marketing experts, Mary Abbazia and Tom Spitale.  

This talk will:  

*Help you decide when to yield to pressure to lower price - and when not to!  

*Provide you with a few tools to help you gain discipline in your pricing practices

*Discuss best practices that protect your long-term value when lowering the price.

Hosted by: Nate Crews

Produced by: Tracylynne Williams

In this session, we have a discussion with Innovation Expert, Bryan Mattimire on the topic of Creating a Total Innovation Enterprise.  

The premise of a Total Innovation Enterprise (TIE) is that all departments, at all levels in an organization, should be innovative; continually searching for, inventing, and innovating a better way. Whether you are a project manager or on the board, in accounting or R&D, on the shop floor, or the CEO, everyone has a creative contribution to make.  

The organizations that are best leveraging the innovative thinking of their employees are the ones that will thrive and win in the world's competitive marketplace. How do business leaders - even those "only" in the middle management - begin the process of creating a TIE?  

Based on his experiences leading over 200 innovation initiatives. Caltech instructor Bryan will share the principles, strategies, and creative processes that can help make a TIE a reality. Among the organizational challenges addressed will be:  

*Business strategy

*Merger acquisition and integration

*New product and service creation

*Innovative sales/growth strategies

*More efficient supply chain and logistics

*Improved customer experience

Hosted by: Nate Crews

Produced by: Tracylynne Williams

In this session we discuss:  

The many intricacies of good project management.

Project management involves inspiring, and coordinating a group of people to achieve a common objective through innovation, risk optimization, taking advantage of opportunities, and managing the dynamic organizational environment.  

Moderator:  

Rick Hefner, Executive Director, California Institute of Technology  

Panelists:  

Tim Boyd, Organizational Leadership Expert  

David Shostak, Senior Program Manager Authority, Caltech CTME  

Nate Crews, Catech CTME Agility Expert  

Produced by Tracylynne Williams