Life is a mountain. You have heard this before and know there are ups and downs, and also a sense to reach our peak potential, what we want our lives to become. So why bother making the climb?The Appalachian Mountains were my backyard as a child. And every season, rain, Read more…
“HOW IS THE REAL WORLD?” I am frequently asked this now, being out of school and seemingly off to the race toward retirement.And my response used to typically be, “Well, I’m far from the playground I used to play on. I’m far from the mountains I used to ski, Read more…
The recent election made many of us reflect in the mirror that morning of who we really are. And also that following night when we turned on the TV trying to see if that was ourselves on the screen. And through the stories and tales of great wealth and the Read more…
When I first started at GMHT, there were no daily morning meetings, there wasn’t a clear focus on why goals were important to track and strive towards, and there wasn’t a shift report to document downtime and nonconformances. It’s been over a year and a half and the things I Read more…
Recently I’ve been working with a colleague at GMHT who has a black belt in jujitsu. Despite our different backgrounds of engineering and martial arts, there is similarity. The philosophy in jujitsu is control and practice of simple techniques to become better and better. Applying that to becoming better and Read more…
– positive benefits of task group incorporating ideas and questions from the suppliers in the aerospace quality management system requirements – meeting people you haven’t seen in years and the importance of remembering their names and what they enjoy pursuing in their lives – heat treating is really cool and Read more…
Meeting today our focus was on: – incorporate not only managers but one person from shop floor for each meeting. Lab inspector joined us today – refine what GMHT “values” as their KPIs (key process indicators) – teamwork is leadership in action. Being the example instead of just talking about Read more…
“IQ tests pay more attention to verbal ability… Infant tests pay more attention to perceptual-motor development and measures of social interaction.” (p. 151) My question: What is an important measure today? Is intelligence just “verbal ability”? My speculation: Obviously not. Verbal ability is not the only measure of intelligence today. Rather Read more…
An initial comparison of process engineering and philosophical engineering. In the heat treating world of processing parts for aerospace companies, there is a standard that is required for all companies processing parts that go into a plane, that must be met. The importance of following the aerospace management system AS9100D, Read more…
Recently reading research identifying a disconnect of Millennials not wanting to use Enterprise 2.0 systems at their “job”. That is they don’t see posting stuff on Facebook about how boring their meetings are. Or possibly afraid to share how cool an experiment went. Or proud of a report they got great Read more…