This morning was 14 degrees Fahrenheit, yet the sun showed off its superpower by making the recent 4 inches of snow sparkle in every...

No sitcom will ever eclipse the number-one ranking that I give to Cheers. Combining the humor and witty dialogue within a diverse group...

You may have recently completed a Lego set gifted to you for Christmas. In our case, The Mandalorian Helmet sits on a shelf with the...

Imagine you are in a small house in the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Boston. Starring out the window, you see rows of red-brick houses,...

Charles Darwin is known for his insight into evolution and natural selection. In the mid-1800s, Darwin began to challenge how organisms...

Performance goals Performance goal season is wrapping up. With a few days remaining, you summarize your annual performance to each goal...

Within practically all computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS), there are mechanisms to do preventive maintenance (PMs). These...

A decade ago, I vividly remember facing a dilemma where neither option was good. A department I was responsible for had a basement with...

During onboarding activities of new employees, I remind each new hirer that they have a superpower. It is a superpower that the current...

I have been on a housekeeping mission as of late. It has not originated from a whitepaper that talks about 5S strategies for millennials....

The score was 8 to 1 in the middle of the fifth, and the Pittsburgh Pirates were losing. Not exactly surprising considering the team’s...

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...

Two weeks into a new job a decade ago, I was given the results of a third-party audit. Handed to me by the lead auditor in a nicely...

OEE, overall equipment effectiveness, remains one of my favorite key performance indicators and is commonly used throughout manufacturing...

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....

Mastering a presentation takes time. Intensively interrogating each slide to enhance the message of the slide deck can take months and...

I have been writing blogs for almost two years, and each organically emerged from something I experienced, witnessed, or discussed. Each...

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...

The next time see a fire extinguisher in a public area, take a few seconds to scrutinize its inspection tag. The majority of you,...

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...

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...

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...

We are more connected than ever with the ability to conduct virtual meetings. In seconds, we can FaceTime, Teams, or Zoom with one...

Could you walk into a manufacturing facility and get an accurate read on the maturity to plan and execute planned outages with a single...