CONTACTS 
0201 - Chips & Tech.                      408 434 0600
020101 - Mr. Morris E. Jones
020102 - Sr. Vice President =4283 Ext

SUBJECTS
PMI Event Program, Planning Jul Event, Speakers, Morris
Survey of Attendees, Welch Management Method
Meeting Notes, confirm understandings
Management productivity, Making more money
Notice Provisions Accomplished by SDS
Welch Management Method, Automate Plan,
Grove Management Method, Thorough Notes,
SDS Counterintuitive Writing More Saves
Common Sense Shocked by New System of
Andy Grams Follow Up Action Items Implemented by Welch Management Met

1912 -    ..
1913 - Summary/Objective
1914 -
191401 - Follow up ref SDS 11 0000, ref SDS 7 0000.
191402 -
191403 - Morris did not have time this evening to discuss the survey.  He
191404 - pointed out his objections and lack of faith in SDS and Communication
191405 - Metrics.  He explained that Andy Grove, CEO with Intel, uses a manual
191406 - form of the SDS "Welch Management Method."
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191408 -
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1916 -
1917 - Discussion
1918 -
191801 - I asked Morris if he has any ideas to contribute to a survey to be
191802 - included in a PMI publication for input to support his presentation at
191803 - Asilomar.  We reviewed his concern about audience participation, ref
191804 - SDS 8 line 309. that led to consideration of a pre-event survey do
191805 - support his presentation, ref SDS 10 line 488.
191806 -
191807 - Morris said he just returned from Sacramento.  He has been away from
191808 - the office for several days working on a new product project.  He has
191809 - not picked up his voice mail and has focused on the Asilomar matter.
191810 - He is very tired this evening.
191811 -
191812 - He was not prepared to consider in depth a survey.
191813 -
191814 -
191815 -  ..
191816 - Andy Grove uses Welch Management Method
191817 -
191818 - Morris said Intel is a well managed company.  He said Andy Grove has a
191819 - strong reputation within the industry for keeping good records of
191820 - meetings and phone calls, at least on follow up action items, which
191821 - reflects Forbes ASAP article reviewed on 960304. ref SDS 8 8582.
191822 -
191823 - Morris related Grove's reputation for sending "Andy Grams" which is a
191824 - way of describing follow up requests for status of action on pending
191825 - matters.  These methods are part of the SDS design that Morris calls
191826 - the "Welch Management Method." see on 911123, ref SDS 1 4930
191827 -
191828 -     Andrew Grove's book "Only the Paranoid Survive" published in
191829 -     1996, advocates trying new methods, p 129, especially when
191830 -     things are going well. p 128  He attributes his success to
191831 -     writing copious notes of meetings and checking to clarify
191832 -     meaning. p 135, 145. Grove says this takes discipline. p 145
191833 -
191834 -         See article on industry at ref SDS 8 8582.
191835 -
191836 -     [On 960419 cited Grove in letter to PMI Comm. to advertise the
191837 -     Asilomar Conference. ref SDS 13 3428]
191838 -
191839 -     [On 960421 developed request for quote from Grove to support
191840 -     Asilomar Conference. ref SDS 14 4572]
191841 -
191842 -     [On 960507 asked Dave Vannier for quote from Andy Grove to support
191843 -     the Asilomar Conference. ref SDS 15 5849]
191844 -
191845 -     [On 971222 Andy Grove is Time Man of the Year. ref SDS 17 5900]
191846 -
191847 -     [On 980307 review of Grove's book shows he supports aspects of
191848 -     Communication Metrics. ref SDS 18 0000, ref SDS 19 3101]
191849 -
191850 -     [On 980904 objection to citing Grove as authority on good
191851 -     management practice. ref SDS 20 2880]
191852 -
191853 -     [On 990526 Grove was cited on investing to experiment with new
191854 -     management methods. ref SDS 21 3660]
191855 -
191856 - This tradition is a core aspect of Communication Metrics facilitated
191857 - by the SDS program, which was discussed with Intel at ref SDS 12 3004.
191858 -
191859 - It reflects Continual Learning ideas from article reviewed on 940508,
191860 - ref SDS 3 3381; and ISO and PMBOK management standards reviewed on
191861 - 950701. ref SDS 4 2846
191862 -
191863 - It offers a strong basis for Intel to present SDS in its presentation
191864 - to show how technology can support the methods used by Intel's leader.
191865 -
191866 - Morris spent a lot of time this evening, maybe an hour, pointing out
191867 - that SDS and Communication Metrics are unproven.  He noted that
191868 - powerful arguments have convinced only a very few to use SDS, and this
191869 - fact informs him that the Welch Management methods do not improve
191870 - management performance, as I claim.  He asked for an example of where
191871 - earnings have been improved and pointed to the lack of users and my
191872 - own situation as evidence the ideas are incorrect.
191873 -
191874 -      [See later report that chip industry rejected VLSI for a long
191875 -      time because very bright and successful executives thought it
191876 -      conflicted with "common sense," yet that did not mean VLSI was
191877 -      not sound engineering.  It was different, counterintuitive, like
191878 -      SDS, ref SDS 16 line 247.]
191879 -
191880 -      [On 980307 Andy Grove's book seems to support the "Welch
191881 -      Management method" ref SDS 19 3101]
191882 -
191883 - I mentioned the opportunity of Asilomar is to bring experts forward
191884 - who can penetrate the ignorance, fear and denial that permeates many
191885 - executives under cover of "common sense."  SDS reflects "uncommon
191886 - sense," as seen from Andy Grove's reputation for using strange work
191887 - practices, cited by Morris.  Can we bring Andy's secret for success to
191888 - a wider community and thereby lift the fortunes of all?
191889 -
191890 - Morris described SDS in 1991 as applying technology to the "Welch
191891 - Management Method" at ref SDS 2 4930, but recognized that other
191892 - executives "don't work this way."  They use "Feel Good Management"
191893 - methods.
191894 -
191895 - Common sense tells executives that SDS does not fit the "Feel Good"
191896 - management mode; they recognize that implies discipline endemic to
191897 - applying sound management practices consistently, which in turn yields
191898 - the benefits of sound investing.  More writing in SDS saves time and
191899 - increases earnings, as described in the POIMS and NWO papers, ref OF 1
191900 - line 625 and, ref OF 2 line 270.  This aspect of investing, however,
191901 - is counterintuitive.  It conflicts with common sense, and so
191902 - executives are afraid.  However, it appears from Morris' report this
191903 - evening that Andy Grove uses the Welch Management Method.
191904 -
191905 - Might Andy be interested in how to use it better by applying
191906 - technology to support his successful leadership practice, and making
191907 - it possible for his troops at Intel to do the same?
191908 -
191909 -      [On 980307 Andy Grove's book seems to support the "Welch
191910 -      Management method" ref SDS 19 3101]
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