Dave Litwiller

technology scale-up growth stage trust high technology strategy collaboration tactics scaleup high growth change management change acceleration culture uav leadership board of directors venture capital governance angel investor growth-stage start-up high standards psychological safety enhancing interactivity team leadership delegation team reformation rapid formation of teams diversity resiliency building effective teams team effectiveness teamwork productivity leadership development strategy execution drone artificial intelligence unmanned aerial vehicle general management decisions toyota production system transparency rca value stream maps waste walks a3 tps tqm transformation conflict resolution conflict covid-19 pandemic success factors scenario planning onboarding leadership succession management development intellectual property competitive intelligence strategic intelligence systems engineering leading change project management organizational structure machine learning vtol suas r&d management compensation startup bottom-up development b2b negotiation preparation mentors entrepreneurship enterprise software risk management exit acquisition board of advisors technology entrepreneurship mittelstand responsibilities roles ceo alignment mechanisms criticisms common challenges deliberation dynamics ceo team c-suite crowdfunding communication technology transfer contingency planning industry standards ecosystem relationships technology stack rearchitecting technology reacceleration economic slowdown product-market fit copilot dall-e chatgpt robotic process automation generative ai productivity growth expectations scaled agile agile@scale lean start-up emerging markets emerging technologies set-based concurrent trls technology readiness levels schedule uncertainty fuzzy front end roadmap forms drivers inputs strategic context roadmapping process service roadmap technology roadmap product roadmap winner-take-most lock-in effects network effects socio-technical systems web3 rich get richer preferential attachment generative mechanisms 80/20 pareto complexity theory mandelbrot fractals power law dynamics prohibited non-competes resisting groupthink resisting confirmation bias interview process improvements topgrading interviews structured interviews cultural alignment improving interviewing model representations modelling and model exposition techniques social and cultural issues theory of minimum information overfitting third party view diagnostic tools simpler models generative mechanism change outlier events reality gaps data quality improvement data quality predictability path dependency of models dnns deep neural nets ai development practices ai root cause analysis bottom-up top-down loop speed metabolic rate tempo values vision mission metrics kpas kpis strategy evolution balanced scorecard making change stick interest rates inflation zombie companies direct listing ipo rto spac inflection point ip tipping point market dynamism in person head start reopening : scale-up talent and culture culture and talent scaling culture culture transformation collaborative culture building culture creating a great company culture tune-up health check company culture pdca deep learning software development five why's pdca problem solving enterprise innovation total quality management agility learning organization privacy distraction noise creativity open office office design office layout automatic responsibility monday notes decision making performance impacts over time integration differentiation organizational design strategy and structure social distancing high output innovation virtual work remote work engineering research & development r&d pulse surveys pulse survey employee engagement economic recovery volatility navigating economic downturns adjacency sigmoid curve adoption life cycle lanchester strategy technology convergence-divergence getting to plan b catalog of pivots porter's five forces future-back innovation spectrum swot r&d onboarding engineering onboarding leadership training rapid growth general manager reporting budgeting transfer pricing bounded autonomy divisions business units managerial decentralization high growth technology businesses operations reviews operating reviews designing beyond the state of the art monthly communication weekly communication daily communication work package management configuration management forms of capability progression concurrent development research and development multi-disciplinary patent pipeline invention session intellectual property strategy patent strategy patent portfolio patents patent growth strategy application sector targeting technology strategy small uav engineering small uav design drone engineering drone design uav engineering uav design suav digital camera image sensor enterprise product reliability quality rapid issue work-outs effective coaching managing contradictions team building time management running meetings financial literacy peer groups starting quickly management further reading metrics of performance vendors suppliers documentation scaffolding tools project managers top-down development training and onboarding competition cultural diagnostics development process r&d process development phase gate 汪涛 wang tao unmanned vehicle robotics da-jiang innovation technology dji innovations frank wang 大疆创新 growth employee development operating at the limits of data management systems complexity manager development customers products and technology market and trends unmanned systems machine vision computer vision unmanned aircraft imaging unmanned system uas small unmanned aerial vehicle revealing narratives professional services sales marketing technology licensing trade-offs strategic buyer earn-out sale valuation high impact boardroom practices director compensation evolving the board of directors due diligence fundraising human misjudgment big decision social proof commitment limit overconfidence loss aversion halo effect anchoring confirmation narrative fallacy groupthink self-interest decision bias group bias making better decisions physical ip advanced materials transducers differences compared to manufacturing top-down des interface technologies sensors energy conversion technologies manufacturing complex fabrication venture backed cross selling restructuring partnerships mergers and acquisitions turnaround b2c pricing cost of capital mobile apps margin saas expansion-stage 48 hours in the valley 48hrs c100 start-ups mentorship founders quantitative metrics predictors future performance financial oversight ceo performance management chairmanship management oversight high-tech supervisory board m&a business liquidity lean agile methodologies high recruiting product manager training promotion early-stage early stage high technology venture technology entrepreneur finance early stage technology ventures operational monitoring and reporting venture capital backed business governance 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