Are Quality Professionals Compensated Fairly?
Amid uncertainty in manufacturing, AI adoption, labor market fluctuations, and salary disparities across industries and geographic regions, quality professional compensation can be difficult to calculate.
Effective Maintenance, Repair, and Operations
The cornerstone of efficient industrial and facility management, maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) cover all activities related to e
If It Ain’t Broke…
For many hundreds of years, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” has summarized the predominant approach to process operation.
The Form of Decency
I am a longtime admirer of George Spencer-Brown’s “Laws of Form.” In this article, I explore how his notion of reentry helps illuminate the paradoxes and blind spots
How Primacy of Purpose Can Make Your Strategy Successful
There’s an old army saying, “No plan survives first contact with the enemy.”
The State of Industrial Maintenance 2025: A MaintainX Survey
When I talk with maintenance leaders, I hear urgency. Pressure is mounting. They’re being asked to cut costs, attract skilled workers, and embrace AI—and fast. Yes, pressure turns coal into diamonds. But constant pressure can wear down even the best teams.
No Substitute for Experience
Last year, after many years of physical therapy, cortisone shots, and experimental treatments to prop up my failing knees, I decided to go bionic and get full knee replacements.
From Retail Shelves to Factory Floors
In the early 2000s, at my former company, my team was tasked with creating educational products for a major national educational toy brand.
<em>Kintsugi</em> Leadership: A New Frame for Quality, Resilience, and Trust
In today’s competitive manufacturing landscape, resilience is the new quality. And one of the most powerful lessons in resilience doesn’t come from a factory—it comes from an art form.
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