4. • President of Afterburner
• USAF F-15 Mission Commander
• U.S. Presidential Escort Missions
• Air Force Academy Graduate
• M.S. Aerospace Science / MBA from UT
• Instructor Pilot of the Year at USAF Training HQ
• Embedded with Silicon Valley Tech Company in 2015
Joel “Thor” Neeb Atlanta, GA
5. The New Standard
The Opportunity
Teams that are Winning
Three Steps to Impeccable
Impeccable Execution
7. The New Standard
• The emergence of the service model
– Oracle offering “Uber”, not selling cars
– “We got an app for that”
8. The Opportunity
• “Cost Center” to “Competitive Advantage”
• Create Agility and Innovation
– Amazon “Because you liked…”
• Elite team
9. Teams that are Winning
Fighter Pilots
(Anonymous Tech
Company)
10. 1. Define “Impeccable”
2. Identify the errors (and successes!) early
3. Iterate to create agility
Three Steps to Impeccable
11. Three Steps to Impeccable
1. Define “Impeccable”
• Identify the “implied promise” from the market
• Create the vision for success
• Create clear benchmarks
Common Pain Points
“My team doesn’t understand that the bar has been raised.”
“What got you here won’t get you there”
12. Three Steps to Impeccable
2. Identify the Errors (and Successes!) Early
– Create clear plans
– Identify the inevitable pop-up threats
– Use Debriefs to identify execution gaps
13. Three Steps to Impeccable
3. Iterate to Create Agility
– Learn from the past
– Apply the Lessons Learned in new plans
– Translate the Lessons across the teams
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