Creating brand-new and novel industrial processes requires thinking and acting differently. It is a difficult “high wire act” to pull...

Last week I spoke about the power of “back of the envelope” calculations. This week, I’d like to give a fun example of such a...

The dictionary defines a calculation as “a mathematical determination of the size or number of something.” Nothing tricky there. My...

Today is Thanksgiving Day (in the US), a wonderful holiday of good cheer and gratitude. One of the opportunities of this day is to...

The dictionary defines a spectator as “a person who watches at a show, game, or other event.” It is always interesting to me how many...

A manifesto is defined as “a public declaration of policy and aims…”. I’d like to offer a manifesto for those building great...

The title of this week’s newsletter is in Latin. It translates as: Our skill isn’t worth a damn unless what we have made will work. This...

This week I’d like to talk about something a little different than usual. Cleverness and genius are overrated. What’s that? How can I say...

“You don’t realize how easy this game is until you get up in that broadcasting booth." - Mickey Mantle I really like the above quote. It...

I want to talk about baseball cards this week, as strange as that sounds. I have an acquaintance who was offering to help me with my...