Where Did All the Dealmakers Go?
An old business associate called the other day with a training request. To the best of my knowledge, he’s among the last “manufacturer’s representatives” that […]
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Patience in a World of Overnight Delivery
A consultant gets used to receiving emergency calls. Typically they are requests for help in getting a wayward project back on track or to fill […]
Company Pride
This belt buckle found its way to me recently when my daughter’s in-laws moved into a new house in the Chicago suburbs. The couple emigrated […]
Public Education
A friend asked me how I could have kept busy designing gears for so many years because; all of those needed were certainly designed by […]
Appreciating the Gory Details
Big equipment often requires special processing equipment. Those 300-ton locomotives used unique heat treatment on the gears which required the design and construction of an […]
Honoring Anachronisms
Who hasn’t imagined themselves on the deck of a magnificent sailing ship? (On the deck; only crazy people dream of risking life or limb up […]
Situational Ethics
Recalling Solidarity protests while watching the Hong Kong Airport occupation reminds me that change is messy. As much as we Americans would like to point […]
Expanding Your World View
Thinking about the Solidarity movement reminds me of just how limited my world view was in 1981. I read several newspapers every day during my […]
A Global Gear Community
Roman Cisek’s journey from Poland to the United States is an example of how the gear trade has become one big international community. A few […]
Gear Origins: Roman Cisek
I was lucky to get a job as a design engineer – drive train department with a big construction equipment manufacturer (HSW) in Poland, right […]