Formula 1 Gearbox Designs
As mentioned in my last blog, Formula 1 gearboxes are now highly integrated into the overall car design. The days of a “spec” transmission from […]
Month: May 2015
Short Lived Gearbox Designs
“All memorable quotations referring to gearboxes involve expletives.” Peter Wright The author of Formula 1 Technology, Peter Wright, went to work for Motorsports legend […]
Applied Science, Part Two
My previous posting on engineering vs. science reminded me of a professor who insisted “real engineers” had to be able to reason things back to […]
Engineering vs. Science
History shows that engineering (using an idea without necessarily understanding it) usually gets the drop on science (understanding an idea without necessarily having any idea […]
Final Points…
W.Edward Deming’s quality management system was credited with resurrecting and changing Japan’s manufacturing economy after World War II. Experts think it was what finally made […]
Business of Sports, Cont.
Picking up from last week on W. Edwards Deming… We’re constantly hearing sports terms and metaphors used in business communications. Sooo, certified, card-carrying contrarian that […]
Applying Business Metaphors to Sports
We suffer through lots of sports clichés in business articles and motivational speeches. What if the reverse were done to sports teams? I am a […]
Building Your Team
The National Football League (NFL) held its annual draft of college players here in Chicago this past week. It is probably the most publicized human […]