The origins of a reliability engineer may go back to Royal Engineers disposing of unexploded bombs. These Royal Engineers mastered their craft at mitigating risk, recognition of patterns, and iterating their skill-set. Similar to Reliability Engineers in manufacturing, there needs to be a skill set fully dedicated to similar situations.

A challenge to overcome the cognitive dissonance of an organization.

Justice Potter Stewart said, "I know it when I see it" when ruling on Jacobellis vs. Ohio. His opinion is applicable to a lot more.

What did you do when TikTok was down? Do you see the irony in that?

Recently, I realized I was part of the last generation that embraced what “live” was while watching a collection of live SoulHat videos ...

A conversation with someone at the end of their life is hard. Yet, it is probably harder for them to explain their emotions to others. Draw.

These are my Top 10 lessons learned from the service industry that are applicable to manufacturing.

Growing up in Texas, I vividly remember finding a Lubber Grasshopper struggling in the middle of Pine Island Bayou on a hot and muggy...

I remember my first breakdown like it was yesterday. It was a Sunday when I responded to a breakdown of the cold mill's left-tilt...

Need an escalation policy being a first time manager? Try this list that includes some of the basics for someone in manufacturing.

Creating a conversation is simple as three. Try something new, something different, something you read. Or try, high, low, flamingo.

Each Friday, I typically call a friend to catch up. I reach out to them, re-calibrating memories of old stories when camera phones...

If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, you most likely know what the green mushroom provides the gamer in Mario Brothers. If you played the...

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

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

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...

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....