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The Mars Pathfinder Approach to Faster-Better-Cheaper - Softcover

Price Pritchett; Brian Muirhead

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9780944002742: The Mars Pathfinder Approach to Faster-Better-Cheaper
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0944002749 ISBN 13: 9780944002742
Publisher: Pritchett LP, 1998

Synopsis

 The Mars Pathfinder Approach to "Faster-Better-Cheaper"  delivers 15 key points on achieving the ultimate goal of business "faster-better-cheaper". This enjoyable handbook uses the Mars Pathfinder mission as a case study. Learn how to apply the same eye for innovation that allowed the JPL team to complete this successful operation in 1/2 the time and with 1/15 the money of the Viking mission that preceded it.

Use this handbook to help you:

  • Set goals that make you stretch
  • Embrace eccentricity
  • Let limitations guide you to breakthroughs
  • Invite different perspectives
  • Plan . . . and improvise

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About the Author

Price Pritchett is Chairman of Pritchett, LLC, a Dallas-based consulting, training and publishing firm. For 30 years he has been advising CEOs, presidents, and other senior executives on a wide range of strategic matters related to merger integration and major organizational change.

Price holds a B.A. and M.A. in English and a Ph.D. in psychology, and is recognized internationally as a leading authority on the dynamics of change in the workplace. His 26 books and handbooks have sold over 10 million copies, making him one of the best-selling business authors in the U.S.

Brian Muirhead lead the design, development and launch of the flight system for the Pathfinder mission to Mars and was named Project Manager upon the mission's successful landing. He has a MS in Aeronautics from Caltech and has worked on space and technology projects at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory since 1978.

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What does your job have in common with a mission to Mars? Actually, more than you might think. We invite you to start practicing the Pathfinder approach outlined here. You'll come to believe more in possibilities and less in limitations. You'll find the courage to stretch for great achievements. Finally, you'll become more innovative, and you'll create some of the most meaningful, exciting, and fun experiences of your life.

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Publisher
Pritchett LP
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0944002749
ISBN 13 
9780944002742
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
96
Rating
  • 3.54 out of 5 stars
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