Companies seem to try everything imaginable to fix their workplaces, except the only thing that matters: Naming the right person manager.

“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.”
—Eleanor Roosevelt

The other day, while skimming LinkedIn, I came across yet another one of those cheesy quotes that, unfortunately, have become all too common on the site: “Surround yourself with people on the same mission.” I proceeded to get into an online discussion with several pe

I’m starting a new series (thought provoking or maybe just provoking…) about some of the oxymorons we find in the “traditional” manufacturing world.

The Oasis of the Seas is the largest passenger ship in the world with a gross tonnage of 225,282 and room for more than 5,400 passengers.