Don’t Waste a Crisis!

“Never waste the opportunity offered by a good crisis.” — Niccolò Machiavelli It’s been a frenetic two weeks for me. How about you? All of us started by making sure our loved ones and those close to us were safe and as healthy as was possible. My...

Cyber Attackers are Coming After You

Cyber-attacks are the most serious existential threat to Wisconsin’s Small- and Medium-Sized Manufacturers (SMMs). These attacks are ubiquitous and morphing from static, targeted efforts focused on individual opportunities to dynamic threats with wider impacts. The...

We Need Everybody!

Wisconsin faces a serious obstacle to our economic growth aspirations. An aging population and historically low fertility rates combine to create a huge shortage of the people necessary to keep our workforce strong. This Body Gap creates strong headwinds to future...

Leadership On and In the Field

I try to get out of my bubble as often as I can. Several weeks ago, I attended Manpower’s “Women in Manufacturing” summit in Milwaukee to expand my thinking. I was not disappointed. One of the panels challenged the traditional view of leadership. That view defines...