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The Smart Mission NASA’s Lessons for Managing Knowledge, People, and Projects

Edward J. Hoffman

Why human skills and expertise, not technical tools, are what make projects succeed. The project is the basic unit of work in many industries. Software applications, antiviral vaccines, launch-ready spacecraft: all were produced by a team and managed as a project. Project management emphasizes cont...

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Mick Unplugged

In the episode, Matthew Kohut referenced the title as an earlier work co‑written with a leading knowledge expert, using it to illustrate how leaders can deepen knowledge sharing within organizations. He highlighted the book’s relevance for demonstrating practical knowledge‑management strategies.

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Episode: Matthew Kohut: Why Your Open Door Policy Isn't Eno...

Matt referenced this earlier work, noting it was cowritten with LarryPrusak and used to illustrate how leaders can deepen knowledge sharing inside organizations.

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I'm going to tell the story of one of my coauthors in a book I wrote called The Smart Mission. My late coauthor and mentor, Larry Prusak, was probably one of the world's leading authorities on the whole idea of knowledge in organizations.

It's apocryphal, but I know the person who this worked with, who actually had this happen. A knowledge expert was talking to the leader of a Japanese corporation...

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