RE: The Boeing Mind Map story

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

Hi Janice,

Thanks for the sleuthing! I don't think these case studies include the
story I'm looking for. I suspect it's either apocryphal or heavily
embellished.

Happy Tuesday,

Dan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janice Gelb
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 5:45 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: The Boeing Mind Map story
> 
> Dan Goldstein wrote:
> > I've seen versions of this story on various Web sites: Using a 
> > 25-foot-long Mind Map, 100 Boeing engineers were able to learn a 
> > particular process in a few weeks, instead of a few years 
> -- thereby 
> > saving $11 million.
> > 
> > I wasn't able to find as reputable a source as, say, a Boeing press 
> > release or a newspaper article with quoted sources. Most of 
> the sites 
> > I found with this story were trying to sell something. Does anyone 
> > know for sure if it really happened? Any Beignets on this list?
> > 
> 
> Couldn't find anything from Boeing itself but I did find what 
> appears to be a pretty well-sourced article about how this 
> technique was used at Boeing:
> 
> http://www.leadershipcriteria.com/articles.htm
> 

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