A Step in the Right Direction: Building a Better Army Boot
Perhaps for as many as 40,000 years, people have been protecting their feet with some type of covering, initially using animal hides and fur.
The Manufacturing Landscape: Looking Forward, Looking Back
I find that every so often it is good to step back and think about the current state of manufacturing in the broadest sense.
Handling Product Recalls and Product Liability Lawsuits
The manufacturing industry, stock market, and new product development have really taken off in the past four years, and there’s a lot of focus now on moving offshore manufacturing back into the United States.
When It Comes to Leadership, This Is What Really Matters
When I first started out as an executive leadership coach, not many CEOs saw the importance of leadership coaching or development.
Trustworthy AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to grow the economy and improve our lives, but along with these benefits, it also brings new risks that society is grappling with.
Maximal Productivity, Part 1
Workplace productivity is a huge challenge for nearly every company, business, and organization.
Offshoring, Reshoring, or Rightshoring?
After two decades of offshore productions in low-cost countries, manufacturers are now struggling with the rapidly growing salaries and countereffects of cheap production.
Paper Is Expensive
Believe it or not, paper is very expensive. Although the going rate for a ream of standard copy paper is only about 10 bucks, the expense of relying on paper for your medical device quality management system is downright outrageous.
Is a Four-Day Workweek Possible?
When Microsoft gave its 2,300 employees in Japan five Fridays off in a row, it found productivity jumped 40 percent.
Where AI Can Help Your Business (and Where It Can’t)
Machine learning, the latest incarnation of artificial intelligence (AI), works by detecting complex patterns in past data and using them to predict future data.