Happy THANKSGIVING 2019!
Today is Thanksgiving Day (in the US), a wonderful holiday of good cheer and gratitude. One of the opportunities of this day is to...
BEFORE They Ask!
Before who asks? Your boss or some other stakeholder (who can significantly influence your project). Asks what? There can be a few...
Process INVESTING!
Process INVESTING! What’s this about, you say. Interestingly, INVESTING is very similar to the concept of Process Stewardship, a frequent...
The Window is CLOSING!
What window is closing? The window on opportunities to DRAMATICALLY increase profits and reduce risk, that’s all! Something called the...
IDEAS and PROFIT$
Robust manufacturing processes WIN. Period. Full stop. Winning in this context means high profits, happy customers, happy operators, and...
ICE! Balloon
“The Ice Balloon” (by Alec Wilkinson) is an amazing book. It recounts the Heroic Age of Arctic Exploration. The hero was S. A. Andree,...
Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda…
Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda… These all point to one thing: REGRET! Regrets should be minimized: that’s fairly indisputable. Interestingly,...
ACTIVATION! Energy
All chemical reactions require some energy to be supplied to get started. This “law of nature” is called the Activation Energy. Striking...
The Research -> Production TANGO
The Tango is a flamboyant dance, and a memorable performance depends on both partners knowing the steps and being able to execute them....
Changes in LATITUDE…
I talked about “The Process Perspective” in the inaugural issue, 74 weeks ago, but have not talked about it much since. It is worthy of...

