Torque wrenches—and the people who use them to build and maintain planes—are unsung heroes of the skies.

No amount of pacing and hand-wringing will change the current economy or the pace of inflation. Smart business owners focus on what they can control rather than worrying about what they can’t.

The era of the unlimited, always-on, general-purpose AI agent is ending. Subscriptions weren’t priced for behavior that never sleeps, and a monthly plan burning thousands of dollars in computation was never going to survive the unit economics.

Happy spring! Here’s a story about “Toast Kaizen” that I’ve never told.

Jack Welch, the legendary General Electric CEO, was infamous for firing the bottom 10% of his workforce every year, without exception. The company’s market cap rose substantially during Welch’s tenure, but his “rank and yank” ritual was divisive.

Software is eating the world, venture capitalist and entrepreneur Marc Andreessen famously declared in 2011. The ensuing 15 years proved him prescient.

Growth has a way of outpacing the quality systems built to support it: more products, more sites, more users, more regulatory requirements, and the quality team is expected to absorb all of it.

The era of corporate AI theater is ending.

The next Coordinate Metrology Society Conference (CMSC) takes place July 20–24, 2026, at the Fairmont Dallas in Dallas. If you want to know why it matters and who might be there, read on.

Hexagon is showcasing innovation in metrology with the launch of APOLLO, a platform designed t