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"Top ten lessons for managers: Deep dive into interpersonal communication", IEEE Engineering Management Review, June 2017.
"Excellent execution and teamwork", IEEE Engineering Management Review, September 2015.
"Innovation Processes for SMEs: Moving from Serendipity to Strategy," with Mila Božič, ECIE, 6th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2011.
"Your Engineering Career: Keep on Pushing", IEEE-USA Today's Engineer, March 2012.
"Innovation Processes for SMEs: Moving from Serendipity to Strategy," with Mila Božič, ECIE, 6th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2011.“Retaining and Retraining: An Innovative Approach to Educating Engineers in a Changing Economy,” with C. Polito, Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Engineering Education (EDUCON), Madrid, Spain, 2010.
“Leadership: so easy even an engineer can do it!” with C. Polito, Proceedings of the International Engineering Management Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2008
“Building an Effective Engineering Organization,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Engineering Management Conference, Salvador, Brazil, 2006
“The Future of the Software Industry: Lessons from Hollywood,” Proceedings of the IEEE UT Engineering Management Conference, Austin, TX 2006.
“Being Open: Managing Innovation,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Engineering Management Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, 2005.
“Communicating the vision in an ambidextrous organization: connecting with both sides of your brain,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Professional Communications Conference, Limerick, Ireland, 2005
“An innovation framework: the foundation for two complementary approaches to innovation management,” Proceedings of the UT/IEEE Engineering Management Conference, 2005.
“Understanding, Innovation and the Network of Beliefs,” With A. P. Martinich, STIQUE 2004. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Linking Systems Thinking, Innovation, Quality, Entrepreneurship and Environment, Maribor, Slovenia, 2004.
“Managing Innovations, Standards and Organizational Capabilities,” Proceedings of the IEEE-International Engineering Management Conference 2002. Cambridge, UK. 2002.
“Innovations, Legal Systems and Prosperity: A Systems Approach,” With A. P. Martinich, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Linking Systems Thinking, Innovation, Quality, Entrepreneurship and Environment – STIQE, Maribor, Slovenia, 2002.
“Innovation and Project Management,” Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Decision Making in Urban and Civil Engineering, London, 2002
“Innovations, Standards and Property Rights in Communications Technology,” Proceedings of the Economic and Business Historical Society, Chicago, 2002.
“Future Trends in eLearning: Lessons from History,” Proceedings of the Global Summit of Online Knowledge Networks, Adelaide, Australia (2002),
“Commercializing and Managing Innovations,” Proceedings of the Southwest Business Symposium, Enid, Oklahoma (2002),
“Project Management in an Era of Increasingly Rapid Change,” With Jean McWeeney, Proceedings of the 28th Annual Project Management Institute 1997 Seminars & Symposium (Chicago: Project Management Institute), 1997.
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