Workforce Demographic Changes
Cure for Project Management Headaches
PE Magazine interviews Phil Tunnah, MWH program manager, and Russ Snow, MWH national conveyance practice leader, to highlight the woes and remedies that engineers face when managing projects. Using examples from past experience and their current work on the Southern... read moreMake BIG DATA work to your advantage
Author: Vivek Jade It’s a data-filled world: when we make a purchase, switch on a light or simply turn on a tap, we leave a data trail in our wake. There are major challenges to find and interpret the information we seek, and to channel information clearly. Further,... read moreThe Need for Further Collaboration, a Noticeable Emerging Trend Throughout SIWW
A key emerging trend MWH Global has been tracking, and we have seen truly highlighted at Singapore International Water Week 2012, is the need for further collaboration between engineering consultancy firms and technology businesses. Solutions to mega trends including... read moreBuilding a Networked Organization: Restructuring the IT Department at ABC Consulting
Organizational network mapping allows you to view how information flows within your organization. This case study, prepared by Rob Cross of the University of Virginia, describes how network mapping informed decisions to reorganize MWH’s global IT organization. Read... read moreThe Organizational Network Fieldbook: Best Practices, Techniques and Exercises to Drive Organizational Innovation and Performance
After conducting organizational network analysis, many companies struggle with how to put the results into action. MWH authored 2 chapters of the Organizational Network Field book, sharing success stories on how a network view of the organization led to increased... read moreNASA Knowledge Forum #4
NASA created the 1-day Knowledge Forum format in 2009 as a way to bring together practitioners from industry, government, and academia who deal with knowledge related challenges. The fourth Knowledge Forum event was hosted by MWH in April 2011 at their global... read moreHow Organizational Network Analysis Facilitated Transition from a Regional to a Global IT Function
An abstract in MIS Quarterly Executive on how MWH had a five-year journey in applying organizational network analysis (ONA) to help it transform from a regional to a global IT function by selectively investing in and tracking the improvement of its collaboration and... read moreThe Impact of Energy on Projects
A by-lined article by MWH Knowledge Integration Manager, Christie Dowling in NASA’s ASK Magazine on how the energy of outstanding performers can be measured. Read The Impact of Energy on... read moreEngineering Firm Charts Ties
To boost productivity, MWH asked employees which colleagues they talk to, and whom they turn to for help. Read about why MWH is among a growing number of companies using the mapping technique in a featured article in The Wall Street Journal. Read the... read moreThe Office Chart That Really Counts
Businessweek highlights how MWH reorganized separate the information technology groups into a single global division using insights gained through network analysis. Learn... read moreOur Thought Leaders
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