Remove the obstacles preventing creativity.
Have you ever been stuck in a good rut? Have you caught yourself in the middle of an incident investigation, and the root cause continues...
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- Aug 6
- 3 min
Entropy and the puzzle
What is your approach to solving a puzzle? I assume it starts with flipping over each cardboard-brown piece to make the patterns face up....
- Jul 23
- 3 min
Stagnation is the middle name.
Mastering a presentation takes time. Intensively interrogating each slide to enhance the message of the slide deck can take months and...
- Jul 2
- 3 min
The designed route, may not be what is typically taken.
There is an office complex over 100 years old just outside of Chicago. Still occupied, it is an office complex for a leadership team that...
- Jun 21
- 3 min
Be good faster.
What does be good faster mean to you? Since I heard this, I have been stirring on it. Challenging myself with the interpreted wisdom, I...
- Jun 11
- 3 min
Lead with safety by discussing yesterday's incidents second.
Think about a recent morning meeting that you have been part of. I will assume that most of us start with safety at the forefront of this...
- May 28
- 4 min
Mildew on roses makes no wine.
I try to make time daily to walk up and down production lines. I learned early on to use all of my senses during these walks to indicate...
- Mar 19
- 3 min
Forging with dissent
Do you remember the scene in Animal House when Stork redirects the band during the parade? Under the direction of Marion Wormer, he takes...
- Feb 26
- 5 min
A problem brought to you may not need your help to solve.
My mother, sister, and I were conversing recently through Facetime while sipping on our coffee-flavored coffee of choice. And as mothers...
- Feb 5
- 5 min
What the water does is what counts.
Read any report, and the collateral damage of COVID can be seen and felt everywhere. Read research on COVID’s impact on workplace morale,...
- Dec 4, 2022
- 6 min
I had missed why I need to vacation
With the end of the year coming, there are a variety of staples that seem to exist year after year in the manufacturing world. We...
- Nov 20, 2022
- 3 min
This training is boring, so let's rip it up.
Like many people, I would have to imagine that most of us get sick of the same stagnant training approach that has been in place for what...
- Nov 13, 2022
- 4 min
Empowerment sure sounds like the power formula
Within organizations, we routinely hear the notion that we want our organization empowered to make decisions. This could be identified in...
- Sep 11, 2022
- 4 min
Conforming to wrong is wrong
In the 1950s Solomon Asch conducted a social experiment referred to as the Solomon Asch - Conformity Experiment. It was an experiment to...
- Aug 28, 2022
- 5 min
Yup, I did my first TikTok to explore the effectiveness of training videos.
Regardless of the type of manufacturing that we are in, it is safe to assume that we have plenty of standard operating procedures (SOPs)....
- Aug 14, 2022
- 4 min
A crispy approach to dehydration
Manufacturing and summertime mean one thing, it’s hot. Most people might complain about how hot it is after mowing a quarter-acre yard in...
- Aug 7, 2022
- 4 min
The impact of "when" recognition is given on retention
There are various data points and case studies on the benefits of recognition. Whether it is a form of financial recognition to an entire...
- Jul 31, 2022
- 6 min
Let's stop people from dying immediately after retirement.
revision 1 - 9.24.2023 The heavy manufacturing industry is a challenging business to be in and may not be a popular career choice. A...
- Jul 26, 2022
- 4 min
I forgot. What do you do after a conference?
I assume most attendees of organizations are required to that write some form of “trip report” that reflects on the take-aways of a...
- Jul 17, 2022
- 4 min
You just drifted. Stay focused.
Organizations are becoming more connected than ever before with the complete office packages of Microsoft or Google. We can work on...
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