Serious Message from the East – Engage!

Many of you chide me about my connections to the Harvard Business School – most of time deservedly so. It’s a unique place moderately connected to reality – especially our reality here in the Midwest. There’s definitely an East Coast bias and many times the graduates...

Cybersecurity Excitement

Learning new things excites me. A recent trip to Detroit proved it again as our MEP National Network team worked to make sense of cybersecurity for Small- and Medium-sized Manufacturers (SMMs) across the country. It’s a fascinating quest because the subject area is so...

Field Trip to a Digital Leader

I’ve been a change catalyst my whole career, turning around businesses in multiple industries. Bringing companies back from the edge of death creates unique challenges in both financial and cultural management – maximizing cash flows and building strong teams. I’ve...

Linear People. Exponential Change.

I had great fun last week keynoting the Additive Manufacturing Conference at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), partly because engineering is a bit of an alien profession to me. Engineers pursue detail with a passion, while I’m more of a big-picture guy. It...

WCMP Announces New Board Member

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing & Productivity (WCMP) elected Jeffrey Clark to its board of directors at a recent board meeting. Clark is the chief executive officer of Waukesha Metal Products headquartered in Sussex.  His leadership helped...