Corporate Culture Continued from page 35 the origin of rules that have stood for a long time. Such rules tend to achieve the status of dogma and dogma is never questioned. That is how he shared this lesson of culture: beware of dogma as it usually isn’t. My friend explained that culture could be thought of as blinds on a window. The sun outside can be harsh and blinding, making it difficult for people to work in a room. By slightly closing the blinds, we can cut some of that harsh light, making it easier to live and work. Unfortunately, the more you close the blinds, the more you cut off the outside world and the more difficult for people inside to see the changing world outside. If you draw the blinds all the way down, you may work in perfect comfort and harmony inside the room, but you will never see the bulldozer that’s about to level your house. The harsh lesson was that a culture not care- fully monitored will inevitably have the blinds drawn down sufficiently that the group will be resistant to change or exhibit a failure to rec- ognize or respond to change. Through my friend, I was able to learn that culture is predictable, and it is not magic. It is a sci- ence, and it is manageable. What tools do you use to measure, man- age, and direct your culture? Charles Justiz is a pilot, professor, PhD and the author of Specific Impulse. A graduate of the Air Force Academy and a former officer of the United States Air Force, Justiz spent tours of duty as an instructor pilot at Webb Air Force Base as well as doing flight test at Eglin Air Force Base. Retired from NASA as of June 1, 2010, he was rated as both an instructor pilot and an examiner pilot in the Astronaut T-38, the Shuttle Training Aircraft (with more than 25 years of experience and 15,000+ Shuttle approaches), the C-9 and in the 747 Shuttle Carrier. Congratulations NATA on 75 Years FCC / FAA License Assistance ASRI provides complete management of aeronautical en route and other aviation- related radio licenses including: • UNICOM • Land Mobile • Aviation Terminal Use • Aeronautical Utility Mobile In dynamic environments, it is easy to lose track of radio station license expiration dates, construction deadlines, and tower regulations—that could result in a violation of FCC rules. ASRI handles all aspects of radio licensing so that you can focus on your business Aviation Spectrum Resources Inc. 180 Admiral Cochrane Drive Suite 300 410-266-6030 [email protected] 36 Annapolis, MD 21401 Aviation Business Journal | 4th Quarter 2015
