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Harvesting the experts' “secret sauce” to close the performance gap

2003; Wiley; Volume: 42; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/pfi.4930420108

1930-8272

William Seidman, Michael E. McCauley,

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Performance ImprovementVolume 42, Issue 1 p. 34-40 Article Harvesting the experts' “secret sauce” to close the performance gap Dr. William Seidman PhD, Dr. William Seidman PhD Dr. William Seidman is a recognized thought leader and expert on management decisionmaking and intellectual capital management. In particular, Dr. Seidman is renown for understanding the processes required to harvest and use expert knowledge. His doctoral work at Stanford resulted in the development of groundbreaking techniques for analyzing management decision-making that became the genesis of the Cerebyte Infinos System. Dr. Seidman's credentials extend far beyond academia. He has more than 20 years' experience as a manager of profit and loss centers in high-technology companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, Mentor Graphics, and Integrated Project Systems, a Silicon Valley consulting company. He is an experienced consultant to and manager of fast growth, high-technology environments. Dr. Seidman is currently leading Cerebyte into a dominant position in the intellectual capital management software market. His particular interest is the interaction between technology and behavioral changes that lead to performance improvements. Using technology to gather expert knowledge, but more importantly, to guide less effective personnel to use the expert knowledge to become “stars,” is a long-time passion. Dr. Seidman speaks and writes frequently including recent presentations at ISPI 2002, KMWorld 2002 Conference, and the 5th World Congress on Intellectual Capital. He may be reached at bill@cerebyte.com.Search for more papers by this authorMichael McCauley, Michael McCauley Michael (Mike) McCauley lives by the motto “carpe diem” (seize the day). Over the past 20 years, Mike has worked with some of industry's best and brightest to significantly enhance the way organizations plan and manage their product development efforts. He has helped improve the development processes of numerous leading-edge companies including Hewlett Packard, Dell Computer, Novell, Motorola, Chevron, Alpha Therapeutic, DuPont, Pacific Gas & Electric, Ameri Serve, Core Media, LSI Logic, Xerox, and Microsoft. Mike's background as an engineer and management consultant, along with his experience in a wide range of organizations and industries, has resulted in a unique ability to translate complex best practices into logical sequences of “guided” steps that can be systematically implemented in software. He also has a demonstrated ability to lead high-performance product development organizations. While vice president of product development at Integrated Project Systems, a Silicon Valley start-up, he led the development of that company's flagship products. Currently, he heads product development for Cerebyte, Inc. Mike holds an undergraduate Engineering degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and an MBA degree in Management from Golden Gate University. He also maintains Project Management Professional Certification from the Project Management Institute. Mike may be reached at michaelm@cerebyte.com.Search for more papers by this author Dr. William Seidman PhD, Dr. William Seidman PhD Dr. William Seidman is a recognized thought leader and expert on management decisionmaking and intellectual capital management. In particular, Dr. Seidman is renown for understanding the processes required to harvest and use expert knowledge. His doctoral work at Stanford resulted in the development of groundbreaking techniques for analyzing management decision-making that became the genesis of the Cerebyte Infinos System. Dr. Seidman's credentials extend far beyond academia. He has more than 20 years' experience as a manager of profit and loss centers in high-technology companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, Mentor Graphics, and Integrated Project Systems, a Silicon Valley consulting company. He is an experienced consultant to and manager of fast growth, high-technology environments. Dr. Seidman is currently leading Cerebyte into a dominant position in the intellectual capital management software market. His particular interest is the interaction between technology and behavioral changes that lead to performance improvements. Using technology to gather expert knowledge, but more importantly, to guide less effective personnel to use the expert knowledge to become “stars,” is a long-time passion. Dr. Seidman speaks and writes frequently including recent presentations at ISPI 2002, KMWorld 2002 Conference, and the 5th World Congress on Intellectual Capital. He may be reached at bill@cerebyte.com.Search for more papers by this authorMichael McCauley, Michael McCauley Michael (Mike) McCauley lives by the motto “carpe diem” (seize the day). Over the past 20 years, Mike has worked with some of industry's best and brightest to significantly enhance the way organizations plan and manage their product development efforts. He has helped improve the development processes of numerous leading-edge companies including Hewlett Packard, Dell Computer, Novell, Motorola, Chevron, Alpha Therapeutic, DuPont, Pacific Gas & Electric, Ameri Serve, Core Media, LSI Logic, Xerox, and Microsoft. Mike's background as an engineer and management consultant, along with his experience in a wide range of organizations and industries, has resulted in a unique ability to translate complex best practices into logical sequences of “guided” steps that can be systematically implemented in software. He also has a demonstrated ability to lead high-performance product development organizations. While vice president of product development at Integrated Project Systems, a Silicon Valley start-up, he led the development of that company's flagship products. Currently, he heads product development for Cerebyte, Inc. Mike holds an undergraduate Engineering degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and an MBA degree in Management from Golden Gate University. He also maintains Project Management Professional Certification from the Project Management Institute. Mike may be reached at michaelm@cerebyte.com.Search for more papers by this author First published: 08 February 2007 https://doi.org/10.1002/pfi.4930420108Citations: 5 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume42, Issue1January 2003Pages 34-40 RelatedInformation