Using Field Manual No.3-24 as a guide to transition a project from engineering to operations can improve an organization's effectiveness

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...

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

Learning through experience is exponentially more valuable with a mentor, as long as you want to be the mentee.

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...

Performance goals Performance goal season is wrapping up. With a few days remaining, you summarize your annual performance to each goal...

I have been on a housekeeping mission as of late. It has not originated from a whitepaper that talks about 5S strategies for millennials....

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....

There is an office complex over 100 years old just outside of Chicago. Still occupied, it is an office complex for a leadership team that...

What does be good faster mean to you? Since I heard this, I have been stirring on it. Challenging myself with the interpreted wisdom, I...

Do you remember the scene in Animal House when Stork redirects the band during the parade? Under the direction of Marion Wormer, he takes...

My mother, sister, and I were conversing recently through Facetime while sipping on our coffee-flavored coffee of choice. And as mothers...

With the end of the year coming, there are a variety of staples that seem to exist year after year in the manufacturing world. We...

Within organizations, we routinely hear the notion that we want our organization empowered to make decisions. This could be identified in...

In the 1950s Solomon Asch conducted a social experiment referred to as the Solomon Asch - Conformity Experiment. It was an experiment to...

There are various data points and case studies on the benefits of recognition. Whether it is a form of financial recognition to an entire...

I have heard the argument for years, that connecting an EBIT improvement with overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) improvement is...

My zipper broke on my winter jacket the other day and I was able to contact the manufacturer, work through a claim, and have it repaired....