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SUMMARY:The Say-Do Gap: Why Execution Breaks Down—and How to Fix It
LOCATION:FoundrSpace Coworking
DESCRIPTION:Saved in Palaner as: saved\n\nPalaner match: 30% · why: lots of
  people going\n\nJoin us for a candid and highly practical session with Dr
 . Dmitri Kossakovski\, an engineering and business leader who has spent hi
 s career working in environments where execution failure isn’t just costly
 —it can derail products\, delay critical systems\, and cost companies thei
 r competitive edge.\n\nFrom NASA/JPL to Fortune 500 companies to venture-b
 acked startups\, Dmitri has operated at the intersection of deep technolog
 y and real-world delivery across domains including automotive\, medtech\, 
 sensors\, and advanced materials. And across all of these environments\, h
 e kept seeing the same pattern: Teams that look productive on paper—but qu
 ietly drift off course week after week. Plans are made. Status updates are
  shared. Progress appears to be happening. But underneath it all\, the gap
  between what’s said and what actually gets done continues to widen. Inste
 ad of accepting this as the norm\, Dmitri began tracking that gap. What st
 arted as a simple weekly habit—recording what was planned\, what actually 
 happened\, and what comes next—evolved into a lightweight system he now ca
 lls the “Say-Do Gap\,” and a tool he describes as a “Project Reality Ledge
 r.”\n\nIn this session\, Dr. Kossakovski will break down the methodology b
 ehind the Say-Do approach\, explain why simple tracking habits often outpe
 rform complex project management systems\, and share what he learned build
 ing a product on nights and weekends while leading high-stakes R&D organiz
 ations.\nThis is not a talk about theory—it’s a practical framework for an
 yone who wants to execute more effectively in the real world.\nWhether you
 ’re leading a team\, building a company\, or simply trying to execute more
  effectively in your own work\, you’ll walk away with a practical approach
  you can apply immediately.\n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker\n\nDr. Dmitri Kossako
 vski works at the intersection of deep technology and strategic business d
 evelopment\, with over 20 years of experience spanning R&D leadership\, te
 chnology partnerships\, licensing\, and M&A.\nHe holds a PhD in Physical C
 hemistry from Caltech and an MS in Applied Physics from Moscow Institute o
 f Physics and Technology\, along with an Executive MBA from the Drucker Sc
 hool. His career spans NASA/JPL\, Fortune 500 companies\, and venture-back
 ed startups across domains including semiconductor materials\, advanced co
 atings\, thermal systems\, sensors\, and medical devices.\n\nOn the busine
 ss side\, he has negotiated more than 25 transactions—including licensing 
 agreements\, research partnerships\, and M&A—with organizations such as MI
 T\, KAIST\, Kyocera\, Infineon\, the DOE\, and DARPA. He co-founded Pacifi
 c Scanning Corp (acquired by Agilent Technologies) and was part of the lea
 dership team behind a successful exit at iGlass Technology. He currently c
 ontributes to strategic investment initiatives in medical innovation and s
 erves on the boards of multiple startups. He is the author of 30+ U.S. pat
 ents.
URL:https://www.meetup.com/innovation-friday-coffee-meetup/events/314546338
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