Gear Expo Swag Report
Soon you will be reading lots of stories about the 2017 AGMA Fall Technical Meeting and Gear Expo in our magazine and online reports. BUT, […]
Month: October 2017
Staying Engaged
I recently got a phone call with questions about a drawing from 1981. The caller saw “Schultz” in the signature block and thought it was […]
Storage Problems
One of my favorite science fiction books is A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr., originally published in 1960. This post-apocalyptic tale of […]
Gear Expo Day 1
The first day of Gear Expo has been a resounding success. We’ve heard from a number of exhibitors who all report that business is good, […]
Automation, Regulations and Job Creation
Robots, self driving cars, and artificial intelligence are popular topics in business publications. Depending upon the writer’s perspective, they are either the greatest thing since […]
Thinking Big
My local newspaper’s lead story today concerned the explosive demolition of a highway bridge in nearby Tionesta, PA. As luck would have it, our most […]
Appreciating the Shiny Stuff
I lament the rise of the “Service Economy.” This past Friday was National Manufacturing Day; I did not know that until my editor brought it […]
How Much Education is Enough?
My last posting may have left you thinking I was anti-intellectual. Far from it; my point is that education is fundamentally different than training. Training […]
Education vs. Training
Buried deep within the never ending debate on job growth is a fundamental misunderstanding on the difference between education and training. I am a strong […]