A curious question to ask is are your business systems producing “good enough” to be considered perfect by your customers? If not, begin looking more closely at the defects these systems are producing, as well as excessive deviations.
Book Review: SYSTEMology: Create Time, Reduce Errors and Scale Your Profits with Proven Business Systems, by David Jenyns
The book, SYSTEMology, presents a viable solution to business owners trapped in their business’ day-to-day operations. Managers who spend all day putting out fires will also benefit from implementing the SYSTEMology framework. I am confident the book will provide enough inspiration to tweak your business processes to give you time to breathe.
Changing How Leaders Lead to Improve Business Performance
5 Benefits of Microlearning
It’s Time to Embrace Live Online Learning
We’ve all been thrust into the world of remote work to some degree or another. Having virtual meetings on Zoom, praying for stable Wi-Fi, and curbside delivery and pickup. Even though we were quickly pushed into this change because of a global health crisis it’s essential to let your employees know you care about their growth and development by keeping learning front and center.
6 Everyday Exercises for Generating Innovative New Ideas and Solving Old Problems
Advocate for Females in STEM / Manufacturing
Women are under-represented in STEM and manufacturing jobs because of the outdated misconceptions and stereotypes about what it’s like to work in the industry. Leaders in manufacturing are doing a good job of trying to get the word out about how good a career in manufacturing can be. Yet, it’s not enough. Let's do more to band our voices together to spread the word to young women about how wonderful a career in STEM/manufacturing can be.
5 Tips to Engage and Effectively Manage People Remotely
The 4th Industrial Revolution and the Impact on Labor
Emerging technological breakthroughs in fields such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics, 3-D printing, and autonomous vehicles are changing entire systems of production and management. They are also changing the labor market. All machines have the capability to make humans more employable, create more exciting and safer jobs, improved lifestyles, and a steady expansion of knowledge and wealth.
13 Days of Women Who Make Presents ... Bonita Richter, A Cardboard Box
13 Days of Women Who Make | Day 8 Today I’d like to share a short story I wrote that was inspired by the book, Women Who Make, a book about women who are leaders in manufacturing. The poem is, “A Box,” and is about memories from the time I worked at our family business, Troutman Industries, Inc., in West Lawn, PA.