Thursday, May 4, 2006: Dr. B. book review, with MA Beyster and Peter Economy (co-writer).
I’ve been asked what SAIC’s secret sauce is. Some say it’s the company’s entrepreneurial culture, others say it’s employee ownership. I personally believe that the secret sauce behind SAIC’s success is the PEOPLE.
What do you think?
Click on the comments link to share your thoughts.
Here are a few more responses to some of your postings, including some additional thoughts on Marc Warburton’s post.
Marc Warburton:
I don’t believe the ever-changing SAIC model broke down at $4 billion. Others may feel differently. However, the model did need revision — especially in view of Sarbanes-Oxley. I hope the choices that were made work out. Employee ownership seems to be alive and well in the U.S., but it is never an easy alternative to work out, and needs adjustments along the way.
Mike Flanagan:
I “secretly” enjoyed working with you in the systems integration business area. There was so much to learn and marketing success required the help of a vast array of hard-working people. As you well know, service-oriented architectures and managed services began for large projects a few years ago. SAIC adopted it reasonably fast, and it still seems to be popular. I’m curious about where it’s going, and I hope you, Scott Dowell, and others will find it worthwhile to bounce your ideas off of those of us who want to continue learning. I will keep my eyes open for any neat ideas our blog readers might find interesting! Will set up a special track on this blog if there is enough interest. I’m certainly interested.
Bill Scott:
When I think about interesting subjects to discuss on this blog, employee ownership is high on the list. I will try to make it one of the themes of my blog, and hope you and other readers do some thinking on the subject. No Black-Scholes remarks, please. You don’t need a Nobel Prize!
– Bob