I recently began reading “Courage is Calling” by Ryan Holiday. Then yesterday, as I was reflecting on where I was spending my discretionary time, I realized I had slowed way down on my book reading. In fact, I remembered I had only partially read “The Obstacle is the Way", another Ryan Holiday book. So in that moment, I resolved to finish the stack of half-read books sitting on … [Read more...]

I don’t do a lot of social media. I had to turn down the noise last year so I could focus. It was a very good decision for me personally. The one network where I do continue to participate is LinkedIn, where I keep in touch with people from my professional life. While browsing my feed for the latest news from my contacts, I came across a post about someone who had suddenly … [Read more...]

Years ago, I had a live podcast on Blog Talk Radio. I really enjoyed conducting live discussions and interacting not only with my guests, but also with the listening audience. One evening as I was going about my business, I suddenly realized I was more than an hour late for a LIVE episode on Blog Talk Radio! I was shocked at myself. This was the first time I can recall … [Read more...]

Welcome to the first edition of the Five-Minute Gemba, a bi-weekly newsletter designed to help you accelerate your Industry 4.0 Journey. The other morning, I woke up at 4 AM with my brain spinning, in full problem-solving mode. A technical issue I had encountered for one of my CIMCO Machine Data Collection customers evidently was prioritized in my slumbering brain. I had … [Read more...]

Recently, I experienced a real life episode of “The Old Woman Who Swallowed the Fly.” As the nursery rhyme goes, her story starts with a problem (swallowing a fly), and quickly escalates as she attempts to resolve it. Eventually, after swallowing a horse, she dies. Luckily for me, I didn’t actually swallow a fly and my story has a happy ending. Here’s how my nursery rhyme … [Read more...]