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<div class="text-with-summary"><p>I am Harry Hertz, the Baldrige Cheermudgeon, and Director Emeritus of the Baldrige Program. I joined the Program in 1992 after a decade in management in the analytical chemistry and chemical sciences laboratories at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the home of the Baldrige Program. I started my career at NIST (NBS) as a bench analytical chemist.</p>
<p>My favorite aspects of the Baldrige Program are: (1) the opportunity to interact with leading thinkers from all sectors of the U.S. economy who serve as volunteers in the Baldrige Program, who participate in the Baldrige Executive Fellows Program, and who represent Award applicants at the forefront of the continuous journey to performance excellence, and (2) the intellectual challenge of synthesizing ideas from leading thinkers and from personal research into <em>Insights on the Road to Performance Excellence</em> and other blogs that tackle challenges at the “leading edge of validated leadership and performance practice,” and contribute to&nbsp;the continuous revision of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework.</p>
<p>Outside of work I spend my time with family (including three beautiful granddaughters), exercising, baking bread, traveling, educating tomorrows leaders, and participating on various boards and board committees.</p></div>
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<div class="text-with-summary"> Yes, I have a wicked dream. NO, not that definition of wicked. I mean wicked in the sense meant by scientists when they discuss “wicked problems.” Wicked
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