Visit to China

We went to China over the New Year and I had a really good visiting the sights around Beijing.

Riding the Trike!

FW: Oakland Zoo

 

 

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Posted on: Thursday, July 03, 2008 9:07 AM
Author: Justin Hutzley
Subject: Oakland Zoo

 

B-school has been over for a couple of months and now will be a good time to rejuvenate my web presence by writing a blog entry.  I have met many great people in my job and I am glad to hear from old friends.  It has been amazing drawing from my MBA experience now that I am in my new job.  It really was a great foundation for the miles of work in which I now find myself.  I have a four-day holiday weekend and took a family trip to the Oakland Zoo today.  It was a rather short but fun trip. We got into the Zoo and started past the monkeys, snakes, etc. They have a Children's Zoo area and we went there next. Part of the children's area has a series of lily pads that children use to cross from one side of a small pond to the opposite side.  There were many children crossing the pond.  I was standing back from the pond watching my son, while my wife was snapping up photos on the other side.  After Danny crossed over several times on the lily pads, he began to be more confident in moving from lily pad to lily pad.  Suddenly he was in the water racing across the pond, past the sign that warned, "No wading in the pond" and he climbed up on to another lily pad that was apparently more decorative than practical. Now upon a lone lily pad in the middle of the pond Danny was soaking wet.  Some of the other kids observed him and encouraged him to come back across.  Daniel just stood there and was not sure how to handle to situation.  I took of my shoes and waded in to remove him from the lonely lily pad that he could not escape. Often leaps we make from one path to another, sometimes we get wet, and from time to time we need a little assistance.  I am thankful for all my friends in the MBA program who help me make it across the finance, operations, marketing, human resources, and accounting waters the last two years and I am already finding that type of support as I am now learning to leap in a new company, industry, and job. Best, Justin Hutzley

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FW: Return to Provo

 

 

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Posted on: Saturday, September 01, 2007 1:05 PM
Author: Justin Hutzley
Subject: Return to Provo

 

I am back in Provo after a very fun and successful internship at NASA / Kennedy Space Center, FL. The internship was perfect for me because the work I was able to do was meaningful and was the type of work that interested me as an organizational behavior major. The people I worked with were fantastic and the whole experience will always be memorable.  I was able to work on developing a "corporate university" concept for Kennedy Space Center.  This required me to gain a lot of new knowledge and define a process for this to occur.  A book that I found invaluable was edited by Mark Allen.  It is called: The Next Generation of Corporate Universities.  It builds upon the earlier work of Jeanne Meister and setting a good foundation for those considering a corporate university. In addition to reading I explored the current state of leadership development at Kennedy Space Center, explored a variety of existing initiatives related to knowledge management and other examples of internal and external learning initiatives.  As part of my work on the corporate university I met several times with senior level leadership, and was able to provide input directly to them regarding this project. I was also able to work on projects analyzing data from change project surveys, conducting and analyzing exit interviews for KSC employees, and I evaluated a different training programs, making a presentation to the director of Human Resources. I even got to learn a little about SPSS (a very cool statistical software package). The internship experience was so successful because I had great mentors and colleagues to work with.  This really helped me get started on the right foot and provided unique opportunities to really see how the work gets done and to participate in a variety of ways. In addition to the job it was a fantastic experience for the Space Junkie in me.  I was able to tour several historical launch sites including the sites where the first American (Alan Shepard) was launched into space and where the first American (John Glenn) launched to orbit the earth.  I was able to see two shuttle launches and one shuttle landing with the best seats in the house.  It was a great summer. Now I have driven the 37 hours or so back to Provo and we are getting ready for school to start next week.  I have purchased my books, and am getting everything in order.  But today we took a break and enjoyed the BYU win over Arizona for the football home opener.  It looks like another great year!

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FW: Summer Internship

 

 

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Posted on: Saturday, September 01, 2007 12:44 PM
Author: Justin Hutzley
Subject: Summer Internship

 

Ok.  I finished my 2nd semester at BYU and am now working at NASA at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  I am working in organizational development and I love my job.  I have only been on the job for two weeks now but there is a good variety of projects and the opportunity to make a difference in the organization.  My department provides organizational design, development, and training to employees, conducts off-site retreats, and provides leadership education to the organization. My projects include an center-wide analysis of education and training efforts, conducting employee exit interviews, and data analysis of change efforts for departments.  I have also been providing input on leadership education at KSC. The work is varied and it is great to see rocket and shuttle launches. My co-workers are all brilliant and I am enjoy working with different organizations and departments.

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FW: Change Presentation - November 10th

 

 

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Posted on: Friday, June 15, 2007 10:50 PM
Author: Justin Hutzley
Subject: Change Presentation - November 10th

 

Friday we had an executive from Wal-mart speak to our MBA class.  He spoke about understanding reactions to change, the steps of change management, and being a champion of change.  Here are few thoughts:   The same change can bring about anger, shock, or excitement in different people.  Understanding how others will feel about changes will help you be able to relate to others and manage the change process.  By seeing the change from another point of view you can improve the probability of success and build a greater understanding of why the change needs to happen.   Being a Change Agent:   1.               Find one of two ideas that will have the greatest impact - don't waste time battling for insignificant change when the greater impact can be had with other change efforts. 2.               Create a clear vision - change must be communicated simply and effectively and should be able to be explained by others. 3.               Identify people who can help - get the key decision makers on board, CEO, division leaders, etc. 4.               Eliminate Barriers - remove barriers that fight or block change. For example, there may be someone so invested in the old process that they will constantly fight and complain about a new way of doing things. 5.               Be the Champion of Change - don't allow yourself to get stuck in the day to day; remember to put your efforts into activities that will impact and lead change.   A piece of advice as we go out into the world: "Be humble a lot was accomplished before you were born" - the point was that we can go out and make great contributions, but we need to remember that a lot of good has been done by those who have already been there.

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FW: Projects and Internships

 

 

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Posted on: Friday, June 15, 2007 10:50 PM
Author: Justin Hutzley
Subject: Projects and Internships

 

The MBA program is exceeding my expectations and is providing a great depth of knowledge.  The opportunities are great and time quickly passes. The semester is will be coming to an end in a few weeks and I have been working on several group projects that will be coming due next week.  For the first semester we work in groups of five students for the entire semester.   One group project we are doing is for our finance class.  We are analyzing financial statements, forecasting, and getting insights into some of the business complications and capital budgeting issues involved.  This is challenging for me, but I am learning a lot and am defiantly making progress.   One of the assignments my group is working on is for our HR class.  We interviewed a change agent with in a bakery and are seeing how the change models we have studied are applied to situation in real life; what was done well and what could be improved.  We have also done a lot of case studies in the program evaluating different HR principles.   Today we met as an Organizational Behavior / Human Resources track and discussed internships and some of the many opportunities that are present.  2nd year students shared many of the insights they have gained from the process they have been through when looking for their internship and jobs. Last week I was able to go to lunch with a few other students with a recruiter from Ford.  The company is going through a lot of changes to say the least and is looking for innovative talent.  These are great opportunities.

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