Manufacturing has always had an element of matchmaking at its core. As a supplier, you want to be found quickly by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), prime contractors, and tier one and two suppliers. Buyers want to find companies capable of doing their work.
Jennifer Weeks
A 23-year western drought has drastically shrunk the Colorado River, which provides water for drinking and irrigation for Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and two states in Mexico. Under a 1922 compact, these jurisdictions receive fixed allocations of water from the river – but now there’s not enough water to provide them. Continue reading
There are thousands of studies on leadership. We have a multitude of postings on social media as well as a myriad of academic tombs, dissertations, and theses as to what leadership is and sometimes what it isn’t. People strive to understand leadership be it inspirational, transformational, situational, charismatic, transactional, autocratic, democratic, strong, or weak…the qualifiers go on. Continue reading
What image does the word ‘entrepreneur’ conjure up in your mind? Maybe Silicon Valley vibes? Sneakers. White tees, a big open-plan offices, Solving the world’s biggest problems, or is it more pin strip suits… doing deals and making money!? Those were the images that came up for me… Continue reading
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Søren Kierkegaard – Philosopher
Several years ago, there was an ad for Putnam Investments:
“You think you understand the situation, but what you don’t understand is the situation just changed.”
Amen! This seems to be a fundamental Disruption Rule: When I think I’ve just got it, ‘got’ and ‘it’ both seem to have changed. This could be on a global, business, and personal level. Continue reading