TMB Culture of Learning
TMB Distinguished Speaker Series
In 2020, TMB is investing a lot of resources (time and money) in improving our ability to effectively and efficiently manage and deliver company products and services for both our government clients and our employees. You see this in our changing from Flores to TASC; changing our IT services provider from CWPS to Intellectechs; implementing online recruiting and employment candidate management via iCIMS; and finally using ADP to more automate and streamline our HR and payroll functions.
We are also investing in our employee’s skills knowledge and training. Your senior managers hear me often talk about wanting to establish and sustaining an active, vibrant “Culture of Learning” within TMB and our employees. I believe continuous learning is the life blood that keeps our day to day work personally interesting and improving the products and services we provide our clients; thus, improving our ability to re-win current work and win new work. You now see more and more invitations to attend company training events such as “Advance Excel”, “Congress 101”, etc. These events take time and effort by various TMB Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to organize and present. We fully understand that some topics might not interest you and some that might interest you are not available when you are available. But the important thing to take aboard is that we are going to keep providing those opportunities for you to learn.
One such opportunity to learn that we are establishing is the “TMB Distinguished Speaker Series.” I am personally taking onboard the task of getting this “idea” up and running. The intent is to seek out leading voices in our industry to come talk to us. I envision speakers to include retired Navy Admirals, senior current military personnel, executives from other companies, and technical experts in emerging areas. Right now, I am working to schedule one Speaker per quarter. We will try and schedule the event during lunch time, but it will depend on the Speaker schedule as you can understand. This effort is just another component to stimulate and sustain a Culture of Learning.
Our first “TMB Distinguished Speaker.” Rear Admiral Pete Williams, USN, RET, is scheduled to come and discuss “Model Based Systems Engineering”. System’s engineering may not directly relate to your job as a BFM analyst for IWS 1.0. However, I guarantee what IWS 1.0 decides to spend its money on in the future may be influenced by “Model Based Systems Engineering” as it is gaining traction in the Navy. This an opportunity to hear from a senior industry and former Navy leader about “something” new.
In closing, we’re starting this speaker series to stimulate and grow our “Culture of Learning.” As the company Chief Learning Officer, I hope you participate in all our learning experiences, as your time and workload permit. Thank you and send me suggestions you might have.
~ Dan Clague
