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The Advanced Composition Explorer Story: A Gentle Touch

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You don’t persuade your management to do something it usually does not want to do just by sounding..

 
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  ASK Magazine
Coming Up ACEs
By Todd Post
If you're like me, you find the science on NASA missions fascinating. The scientists themselves are almost as interesting to me as the worlds they study.
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  Stories
 
  Story: Test What You Fly?
Test What You Fly?
By Donald Margolies
In this case, I was willing to take the risk of not testing what I flew.
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  Story: A Gentle Touch
A Gentle Touch
By Allan Frandsen
Throughout, a gentle touch paid off, and kept everyone working together toward the same goal.
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  Story: Customer Responsiveness
Customer Responsiveness
By Mary Chiu
Overall, I think the team, myself included, became a lot better at approaching communications during this experience.
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  Story: Two Outs, Bottom of the Ninth
Two Outs, Bottom of the Ninth
By Frank Snow
With the loss of the second Flight Ops Team lead, and only eight months to prepare, I had a sinking feeling in my stomach.
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  Special Feature
 
  Special Feature: Simplify and Succeed
Simplify and Succeed
By Art Levine
To my surprise, the rest of the project team took the idea seriously. Suddenly I realized, Hey, why not?
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  Features
 
  Feature: What Has He Done for Me Lately?
What Has He Done For Me Lately?
By W. Scott Cameron
I realized the written and verbal communications response time was suddenly being measured in days or minutes.
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  Feature: How Do We Work Together?
How Do We Work Together?
By Terry Little
Actions speak volumes in a government-contractor relationship.
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  Practices
 
  Practice: The Tried and True
The "Tried and True"
by Frank Snow
The best way to smooth out differences between team members about work is to round people out.
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  Interview
 
  ASK Talks with Judy Stokley
ASK Talks with Judy Stokley
Air Force program manager Judy Stokley reflects on her leadership in reforming one of the largest weapons systems programs in the US military.
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