How to Persevere When Facing a Work Grind
It’s called “work” for a reason. Most days we’re able to “work” through it and find enjoyment in what we do. But occasionally we’re faced with a grind that saps our strength and threatens to derail us.
Why Women Are Avoiding Jobs at ‘Flat’ Workplaces
Promoting a “flat hierarchy” with fewer layers of managers might sound modern and progressive. It promises agility, equality, and empowerment.
Exascale Simulations Underpin Quake-Resistant Infrastructure Design
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This illustration featuring earthquake simulation data from the San Francisco Bay Area shows how seismic energy is shaped and directed by local geology, and how buildings and infrastructure respond to intense ground shaking.
Simulations still can’t predict precisely when an earthquake will happen. Still, with the incredible processing power of modern exascale supercomputers, they can now predict how they will happen and how much damage they will likely cause.
Stress: A Productivity Killer Hiding in Plain Sight
At Ramirez & Co., a midsize business with decades of wins, leadership thought its biggest challenges were competitors, technology, and the market. Close, but no cigar.
The Waste in Work’s Clothing
In my Labor Day article, “Celebrating Our Frontline Scapegoats,” I observed that of the seven wastes, the one most people recognize is defects.
Effective Operations Hack: Live Satellite Images With Global Coverage
Organizations today face a problem that’s both simple and enormous: They operate in a world that moves faster than the systems used to track it.
New Research Could Lead to Greener, Faster Metal Production
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Guangwen Zhou, a SUNY distinguished professor at the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science and deputy director of Binghamton University's Materials Science and Engineering program, is co-author on a new study in Nature that could lead to greener and faster metal production.
Most metals found in nature are actually in their oxide forms.
3 Business Lessons From a Cracked Tooth
After a couple of heart attacks, I’ve learned to eat much healthier. But finding snacks can be challenging once you remove Doritos and Cheetos from the equation.
The Secrets of Visionary Leaders Who Think Possibility Before Productivity
Productivity looks good on paper. It’s measurable, visible, and in many organizations, it’s worshipped. But here’s the problem: Productivity isn’t the same as progress.
Wearable, Implantable, and Ingestible Medical Devices
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NIST researcher Kamran Sayrafian developed a computational model of the lungs with different levels of excess fluid. The long-term goal is to develop a device that could alert the patient or medical provider when it detects pulmonary edema in the user’s lungs.
A few years ago, I heard on the news that many people were being hospitalized with a condition of excess fluid in the lungs, called pulmonary edema.