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The Pain of Change: Five ways to ease the discomfort of organizational change
Change is hard. Years ago, I was lucky to have an employer who saw leadership potential in me. They sent me to an eight-week leadership course to help me develop management skills. On the first day of the course, the facilitator asked the group how we felt about...
The Fallacy of the Born Leader
A few months ago, I had a lively debate of this age-old question: are leaders born or made? That is, are leaders born with traits that they can seamlessly translate into natural leadership abilities? Even after all this time, I’m still thinking about it. The...
Is Your Data Telling the Whole Story?
It has become a bit of a cliché in data science blog posts to say that about 80 percent of a data scientist’s time is spent cleaning up the data (and the other 20 percent is spent complaining about cleaning data), but it is a fairly apt description of my life in this...
Mindful AI for Meaningful Work
In this digital age, most of us work with advanced technology in some form or another. The typical office worker, and I include myself in that category, uses tools like email, text, Excel, Word, and Slack, among others. The product of our efforts usually includes...
Industry 4.0: It’s about people
With all the talk about Industry 4.0, sometimes is difficult to separate the value from the hype. As a standalone term, it can seem like a daunting, gigantic concept that can prompt reactive tactics and spending. The average business might...
How Manufacturers Stay Productive When Santa is Coming
The holiday season in manufacturing is a double-edged sword. While I’m a sucker for Christmas carols, holiday parties, and general merriment, this time of year can be fraught with seasonal issues in the manufacturing industry. The National...
Lean Healthcare: From the shop floor to the emergency room
Two weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking on a panel at a hospital’s continuing education session for physicians. While normally the event tackles clinical subjects, this one was a bit of a departure. I was invited to speak about artificial...
Gamifying the Shop Floor (Part 2)
Keeping employees engaged and motivated, especially in manufacturing, can be a steep hill to climb. We already know that engaged workers perform better than the disengaged – organizations with engaged employees outperform those with low employee engagement by 202%....
Transforming manufacturing with gamification
Employers and managers know firsthand how engagement plays a large role in productivity. Troubling, a recent Gallup poll reports that engagement levels in the U.S. hover around 30 percent, leaving 70 percent of us disengaged at work....
Addicted to My Phone? Six things I learned when I forgot my smart phone
Last month, the unthinkable happened. In my haste to catch my early morning flight, I forgot my cell phone at home. My phone is my tether to everything – family life, office work, meetings, Crossfit sessions, and ordering Reisens. As I started...
In Defence of Middle Managers: 5 reasons why we should give them a break
Is there any other company role more universally ridiculed than the middle manager? These poor souls work tireless to climb the corporate ladder but, halfway through, realize that it can be a thankless job. I should know. I spent a good chunk of my career as a middle...
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The Pain of Change: Five ways to ease the discomfort of organizational change
Change is hard. Years ago, I was lucky to have an employer who saw leadership potential in me. They sent me to an eight-week leadership course to help me develop management skills. On the first day of the course, the facilitator asked the group how we felt about...
The Fallacy of the Born Leader
A few months ago, I had a lively debate of this age-old question: are leaders born or made? That is, are leaders born with traits that they can seamlessly translate into natural leadership abilities? Even after all this time, I’m still thinking about it. The...
Is Your Data Telling the Whole Story?
It has become a bit of a cliché in data science blog posts to say that about 80 percent of a data scientist’s time is spent cleaning up the data (and the other 20 percent is spent complaining about cleaning data), but it is a fairly apt description of my life in this...
Mindful AI for Meaningful Work
In this digital age, most of us work with advanced technology in some form or another. The typical office worker, and I include myself in that category, uses tools like email, text, Excel, Word, and Slack, among others. The product of our efforts usually includes...
Industry 4.0: It’s about people
With all the talk about Industry 4.0, sometimes is difficult to separate the value from the hype. As a standalone term, it can seem like a daunting, gigantic concept that can prompt reactive tactics and spending. The average business might...
How Manufacturers Stay Productive When Santa is Coming
The holiday season in manufacturing is a double-edged sword. While I’m a sucker for Christmas carols, holiday parties, and general merriment, this time of year can be fraught with seasonal issues in the manufacturing industry. The National...
Lean Healthcare: From the shop floor to the emergency room
Two weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking on a panel at a hospital’s continuing education session for physicians. While normally the event tackles clinical subjects, this one was a bit of a departure. I was invited to speak about artificial...
Gamifying the Shop Floor (Part 2)
Keeping employees engaged and motivated, especially in manufacturing, can be a steep hill to climb. We already know that engaged workers perform better than the disengaged – organizations with engaged employees outperform those with low employee engagement by 202%....
Transforming manufacturing with gamification
Employers and managers know firsthand how engagement plays a large role in productivity. Troubling, a recent Gallup poll reports that engagement levels in the U.S. hover around 30 percent, leaving 70 percent of us disengaged at work....
Addicted to My Phone? Six things I learned when I forgot my smart phone
Last month, the unthinkable happened. In my haste to catch my early morning flight, I forgot my cell phone at home. My phone is my tether to everything – family life, office work, meetings, Crossfit sessions, and ordering Reisens. As I started...
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