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Your Seventh Step Toward Creating an Innovative Climate: Make Thinking Fun!
So far, we have covered several emotional quotient (EQ) items that are important to creating an innovative climate. The first step was to change your organization so that employees care. Then you showed them trust, an important second gesture of your good faith in them. Actively asking them for input and listening to their reply allowed them to engage in solutions to problems. Another important EQ item is fun. [...]
A Case for AI-Enabled Submarine Command-Level Decision Support System
I have long been a proponent of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and deep machine learning (DML) to assist commanding officers (CO) with making faster, better decisions and to maximize the capabilities of today’s complex warfare systems. Due to the complex nature of today’s fighter aircraft, the Air Force already employs the use of these technologies in flying and fighting their aircraft. Likewise, the Army has initiated efforts [...]
3 Reasons Your Company Should Become CMMI & ISO Certified
Sometimes we are asked why a small company like Rite-Solutions is a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and International Organization for Standards (ISO) certified organization. Obtaining certification requires time and resources—two things small businesses don’t have an abundance of. For three primary reasons, we find it worth the investment and something that all companies should consider. Certification makes us a better organization Instead of scrambling from one project to [...]
Four Ways to Improve the Acquisition Process
The post Four Ways to Improve the Acquisition Process, authored by Rite-Solutions' co-founder Joe Marino, was recently featured in Signal Magazine online. Joe offers four recommendations to can improve the acquisition process, create an innovative environment and get new technologies to the battlespace more quickly. Delivering innovative technologies into the hands of warfighters requires streamlined acquisition processes. Photo by Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Drake Nickel
Your Sixth Step Toward Creating an Innovative Climate: Recognize and Reward Engagement
When you begin to see changes in your organization resulting from the recommendations in this blog series, it’s time for the sixth step in developing an innovative climate: Begin a recognize and reward campaign. So far, you’re doing it all "rite." You care about employees, so they care about the company. You trust them so they think you can be trusted. You ask them for ideas, they think for [...]