We’ve all met thousands of people over the years. Some stay in our lives, others leave. Does your “inner onion” reflect net value to you, …
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Are Your Relationships Worth It?
The Power of Cross Training Matrices
Organizations that want to be agile must have, among other things, agile employees. Cross training is well known, but few consider it strategically, as it …
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Decisions can be made quickly
We all agree that speed is important to business success. Yet, when it comes to making decisions we seem to take forever. Why is that? …
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It’s time to understand Pareto
The Pareto Principle is well known but our changing world now requires us to truly understand what is behind it. In many cases what was …
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Will Technology Kill the Small Manufacturer?
In August of 1981 a massive assault on the music business model began when MTV went on air for the first time. It’s inaugural video: …
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What Have You Done For Me Lately?
Being constantly good is not good enough. Expectations rise. The common question is ‘what have you done for me lately?’ What have you done for …
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Complacency
The variety of challenges you face today can easily be overwhelming. Tariffs. Low labor rate countries. China. Shortage of skilled people. But none of those …
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A Rose Is a Rose; A Skunk Cabbage Is Not a Rose
By changing what we call something, we don’t make it any more valuable. Yet in many companies today we use popular words like transformation and …
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How To Learn From a Plant Visit
I’ve yet to visit an operation where I couldn’t learn something. It’s all about preparation, focus, and expectations. Consider these ideas on how to maximize …
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Quality and Education Are Free
Phillip Crosby stunned many when in 1980 he published the book Quality is Free. In manufacturing we believed there was a choice between quality and …
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