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SAICE Railways and Harbours Division
Dr James Robertson PrEng
South Africa -- Engineering to Thrive
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Is South Africa facing relegation?
I w“South Africa is facing relegation”
Clem Sunter and Chantal Illbury in their report “The World and South Africa in the 2010’s”
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Quo Vadis?
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What is an engineering approach?
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What is NOT an engineering approach?
The art and science of engineering -- systematic, rigorous -- failure is exceptional, ...
Some things are possible and some are NOT
Just because you can imagine it and describe it that does not make it practical
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7Engineer against failure
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Engineers do not design bridges to stand up, they design them
not to fall down...
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Closer to home
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What is strategy?
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Strategy
Doing the right things
Professor Malcolm McDonald
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Tactics
Doing things right
Professor Malcolm McDonald
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The relationship between strategy and tactics
Strategy -- doing the right things
Professor Malcolm McDonald
Tac
tics
--
thin
gs
rig
ht
Thrive
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The relationship between strategy and tactics
Professor Malcolm McDonald
Survive
Strategy -- doing the right things
Tac
tics
--
thin
gs
rig
ht
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The relationship between strategy and tactics
Professor Malcolm McDonald
Die
Strategy -- doing the right things
Tac
tics
--
thin
gs
rig
ht
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The relationship between strategy and tactics
Professor Malcolm McDonald
Die slowly
Die fast
Strategy -- doing the right things
Tac
tics
--
thin
gs
rig
ht
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The relationship between strategy and tactics
Professor Malcolm McDonald
SurviveDie slowly
Die fast
Thrive
Strategy -- doing the right things
Tac
tics
--
thin
gs
rig
ht
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What is strategy?
The essence of why an organization exists and how it thrives
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The time dependency of strategy
Not a forecast
Forecast
Today + n Years
?
?
?
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The time dependency of strategy
Not an objective
Objective
Today + n Years
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The time dependency of strategy
Strategic plan -- the path to competitive advantage
Today
A realistic trajectory of continuous improvement
within business constraints + n Years
Objective
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The trajectory from good to great
Gilette case study
“From Good to Great” by Jim Collins page 24
1986Hostile takeover thwarted
1991Mockler retires
1996End Study
1975Colman Mockler Appointed CEO
US$14.92
Gillette
General US Stock Market
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Causes of information technology investment failure
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Information technology mythology (30%)
Lack of executive custody and inappropriate policies (20%)
Lack of strategic alignment (15%)
Lack of an engineering approach (12%)
Poor data engineering (10%)
People / soft issues (8%)
Technology issues (5%)
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2.
3.
4.
5.
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7.
Causes of information technology investment failure
65%
Remember that technology is value inert
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Information technology mythology (30%)
Lack of executive custody and inappropriate policies (20%)
Lack of strategic alignment (15%)
Lack of an engineering approach (12%)
Poor data engineering (10%)
People / soft issues (8%)
Technology issues (5%)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Causes of information technology investment failure
65%
Remember that technology is value inert
And ...
Remem
ber ...
Technology I.
T. is ALL
about PEOPLE!
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And ...
Remem
ber ...
Technology I.
T. is ALL
about PEOPLE!
The critical factors for success
59%
25% -- Executive Custody and Policy
18% -- Strategic Architecture
16%-- Strategic Alignment
14% -- Business Integration and Optimization
12% -- Project Schedule, Budget and Resource Management
10% -- Data Engineering and Information Management
5%-- Technology Components
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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The critical human foundation
Business Competence (Knowledge and Experience)
Technology Competence (Knowledge and Experience)
Personality Profiles and Related Human Traits
Solution Knowledge
Solution Experience
Communication
Other Human Factors
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.Paradigms, culture, generations, history ...
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Diffusion of innovation -- constraint on change
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Personality
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Competence = Knowledge and Experience
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Every human being is a unique and complex compilation of knowledge and experience
Every job requires a specific compilation of knowledge and experience
Assembling teams is a challenge
Competence = Knowledge and Experience
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Human adaptability and wisdomR
elat
ive
Ad
apta
bili
ty a
t D
iffe
ren
t A
ges
(%
) Relative Adaptability Cummulative
Wisdom
Twenties
Wis
dom
% o
f To
tal
Rel
ativ
e A
dap
tab
ility
at
Dif
fere
nt
Age
s (%
)
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Shaped -- first five years
Developed -- next fifteen
Moulded and matured -- next twenty
Lead large projects -- age forty plus
Required engineer demographics -- sixty plus years
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The exponential trajectory of developing effective technical expertise (e.g. engineers)
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Essential business knowledge
Every organisation has a fundamental reason it exists
Money is only a medium of exchange and measurement
Only humans create, destroy and determine value
Ways of being create or destroy value
Ways of doing create or destroy value
Service or supply to others creates exchangeable value
The rest -- technology, assets, etc
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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Paradigms
A mental model of the world -- knowledge and experience
Paradigms are neither good nor bad they are JUST DIFFERENT
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Paradigms -- the different views of the mountain
Objective = the real rainbow nation
Impossible
Hard but we will make it
What a deep gorge
Easy
A few challenges but nothing insurmountable
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Paradigms -- the different views of the mountain
x Objective
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Paradigms -- performance factor scoring
0 = Abysmal - could not be worse anywhere in the world1 = Extremely weak2 = Very weak3 = Weak4 = Mediocre5 = Average - could be better / could be worse6 = Acceptable7 = Strong8 = Very strong9 = Extremely strong10 = Exceptional - could not be better anywhere in the world
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Paradigms -- factor scoring
The challenge -- you do NOT know what you do NOT know and if you do not know what you do not know then ...
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0
Ab
solu
te w
orl
d s
cale
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The challenge of our paradigms -- mountains
10
0
Ab
solu
te w
orl
d s
cale
Bowling Green -- absolutely FLAT -- ZERO SLOPE
Mount Everest -- highest mountain in the world
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10
0
Ab
solu
te w
orl
d s
cale
Survival under a tree
Extreme luxury
?
Shanty town
?
?
Concentration Camp?
The challenge of our paradigms -- living conditions
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10
0
Ab
solu
te w
orl
d s
cale
?
Shanty town
?
Local High Standard
International Exceptional
?
The challenge of our paradigms -- business standards
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Paradigms -- stretching our worldview
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Experience
Education
Culture
Generations -- baby boomers, X, Y, etc
History -- World War II?
Always had jet planes
etc
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This is real -- “harder than concrete”
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Three Colors of Worldview
(c)
Inter Cultural Intelligence
KnowledgeWorkx -- Marco Blankenburgh
Guilt and Innocence -- North America and Europe
Honor and Shame -- Asia, Middle East, some of South America
Power and Fear -- Some of Africa, Asia, some of South America
None of these are RIGHT or WRONG, they are a dimension of paradigms -- just DIFFERENT
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(Success and failure -- the dominant view of engineering)
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What engineers know
Exponential decay in the absence of constructive human investment in life generally and engineering systems in particular
Tipping Point -- no return
?
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Watershed opportunity
South African core infrastructure -- the infrastructure necessary for the economy to thrive sustainably for ALL South Africans
Hi Road
Lo Road
Watershedcomparable
to +/- 1980
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Quo vadis South Africa?
Paradigms -- the material of empowerment
CHOOSE to climb the mountain TOGETHER
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What is your single most important insight from this presentation?
What is the single most practical action that you can take tomorrow to apply I.T. more effectively?
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2.
Call to action
New insight that does not result in action within 48 hours is wasted
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Acknowledgement and dedication
Clients, associates and staff
Father and mother Angus and Thelma
Children Alexandra and Struan
Fiona, Ingrid, Sandra and Helene
To the glory of the Eternal Creator
Psalm 136:5 "To Him who by wisdom made the heavens, for His mercy endures forever;"