Keeping the Gears Turning
NY Governor Cuomo just used a gear analogy in his daily coronavirus briefing and it seemed to baffle many of the reporters present. It was […]
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Working from Home
Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis Many of you are working from home this week, some for the first time. As a veteran of this challenge, I […]
Developing the Farm Team
If you think your operation is the “big leagues”, what are you doing to develop your “farm team?” American readers know all about our baseball […]
Known Unknowns
In my last posting I mentioned the need for humility and skepticism. Before anyone think this is heading off into political commentary, let me explain […]
Worthy Apprentices
I have been posting about role models and mentors this year; now it is time to change the focus to the best ways to leverage […]
Reluctant Role Models
It has become commonplace for athletes and celebrities to insist that they do not want to be role models. They say this even when announcing […]
Role Models
“Who’ll be my role model now that my role model is gone? [You Can Call Me Al, by Paul Simon] We have started a new […]
Words to Avoid this Time of Year
Continuing from my previous post… Perhaps I should have started this weeks’ blogs with these thoughts. But that may have allowed some of you engineers […]
A Sprint to the Finish?
You take your eyes off the calendar for a moment and find yourself with only a short count of days before 2019 comes to an […]
An Attitude of Gratitude
I apologize to our international readers if you find this posting a bit “North American”- centered. Americans are celebrating our annual Thanksgiving holiday; Canada gets […]