Lean

G iven that AI has been this century’s biggest disruptor for nearly every industry in the world, it has been met with justifiable levels of angst, anger, questioning, and skepticism. It’s as if our world has essentially been turned into a version of Jurassic Park, where, instead of dinosaurs, we…

Highly reflective metallic surfaces are among the most challenging inspection targets in machine vision. Reflections obscure details; defects often become visible only from certain angles, and the quality of manual visual inspections fluctuates throughout the workday.

The Austrian…

In my earlier writing, I’ve leaned on Ludwig Wittgenstein’s ladder. This is the closing move of his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, where once you have climbed through the propositions you discard them because they have “served their purpose.” I’ve used this language game often enough that I…

As AI matures, enterprises and customers are rapidly deploying agents seeking to unlock the next level of automation and productivity. Agentic AI shows potential to handle a multitude of use cases, from buying personal items on Amazon to customer service applications to enterprise security and…

Projects go off the rails all the time. Some statistics I’ve seen say only one in eight projects can truly be declared successful.

Why are we so horrible at executing projects, especially when we have all these “tried and true” project management methodologies?

There are…

Establishing a long-term improvement effort is one of the best investments an organization can make. This is because almost all industries and businesses today are in, or facing, a major digital transformation where business models, services, and working methods are rapidly changing. To succeed…