Summary: In this episode Marcel and Todd talk about management lessons learned during the Apollo era space program and how they can still apply in today’s management environment. Please listen to “Management Lessons of the Moon” by Andrew Chaikin YouTube video for full context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaskWhy5pYE The following topics are covered: - The legacy of the Apollo era management - The importance of a clear goal from the top - Having sufficient resources to achieve your goals - Using a Systems thinking approach - Configuration management - Ensuring optimum solutions can win - Designing for simplicity and redundancy - Testing under realistic conditions - The importance of what-if thinking and mentality - Team accountability and trust - Luck We hope you enjoyed this episode. As always please feel free to give us feedback and share. Show Notes Discussion on Apollo 11: Management Lessons of the Moon by Andrew Chaikin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaskWhy5pYE The Challenger Disaster: You’re wrong about - The Challenger Disaster - 3rd Jan 2019 by Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-challenger-disaster/id1380008439?i=1000465289942 Other, material of interest Apollo 1 fire radio transmission (be warned, it’s not a comfortable file to listen to): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=274lQSbpkRg Highly Recommended! Epic Apollo 11 documentary made solely of original material on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81078076 Expanded show notes and leave questions or comments for this episode at: https://burnupmedia.com/2019/02/23/ep23-learnings-from-the-space-industry-part-1of2-apollo-11/ Subscribe to the podcast at: http://theburnup.com/ Follow The Burn Up on Twitter: @burnupmedia Connect with us on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/burnupmedia Email us: podcasts@burnupmedia.com Read Marcel's Blog at www.thedigitalbusinessanalyst.co.uk More interesting stuff on our reading list: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4905904-m?shelf=software-consulting This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Further Information at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
