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Don’t Accept False Choices

May 12, 2021

When I was growing up in manufacturing a primary point of friction between leadership and production workers was “quality or quantity.” Leaders did not understand …

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How Fast Should You Improve?

Mar 31, 2021

Today’s topic is “how fast should your company improve?” While the bottom-line answer is the same for most all manufacturers, it is worth first looking …

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AI for Manufacturing Leaders

Feb 24, 2021

Since IBM’s Watson, many have hoped that Artificial Intelligence, or AI, would be able to rummage through a pile of data, pick out what is …

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Problem Solve, or Innovate?

Jan 6, 2021

There are those who say problem solving looks backwards and innovation looks forward. I would argue that sometimes effective problem solving requires innovation and sometimes …

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Digitization of Manufacturing

Dec 9, 2020

One of the many challenges of being a smaller manufacturer is that customers expect just as much value from you as from anyone else. No …

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Evolving Business Models

Aug 26, 2020

It is very likely that your business model will have to change within a few short years. Here I share 3 quick examples to help …

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Lead With Speed

Aug 19, 2020

I am writing a book under contract with Taylor & Francis. In doing so I am leveraging several of Alan Willett’s Lead With Speed insights …

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Should You Defund Innovation?

Jun 17, 2020

To ingrain a new culture, and for many companies that is a culture of innovation, we know we must quit doing what we’ve always done …

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Creating Profitable Innovation

Nov 29, 2017

Consider these 6 building blocks to successful innovation. It’s not starting from a blank sheet of paper, nor waiting for lightening to strike. It’s a …

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Culture: A Critical Success Factor in Mergers and Acquisitions

Nov 1, 2017

Have you ever wondered why some cultures morph into their surroundings, while others do not? Failure to sufficiently consider differing cultures during a merger and …

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