Recent Blog Posts
Talent Management and the Economics of (In)tangible Value
There’s an old saying about economists that crops up every now and then, and goes a long way toward explaining why economic analysis sometimes get a bad rap. The saying is that an economist
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Let’s Make it in America!
Made in America is more than a slogan. For some, it’s a movement about American innovation and an opportunity for all of us to understand the value of U.S.manufacturing. It’s our continuing ability to
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Just Do It, One Important Step at a Time
On September 20th I attended a meeting at the U.S. Senate Building to discuss two reports that offer a path forward to increase the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing. I was struck not by the
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IBEX: Weaving a New Tale about American Manufacturing
John Fernsell, CEO of Ibex, is an iconoclast. That makes him both relevant and successful. Fernsell, a Boston investment banker turned manufacturer, has headquartered his company in White River Junction, Vermont. That unusual choice
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Manufacturing is Looking Good
This is it: the final countdown to the first ever national Manufacturing Day on Friday. And we’re getting the party started early. In fact, manufacturers around the country have already started with plant tours
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What Do Apple Computers, Wegman’s and MEP Have in Common?
How about best-in-class Net Promoter Scores. Read on: Many, many organizations attempt to measure and manage their performance through some form of customer satisfaction survey and most of them do it rather poorly. Some
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I See No Mountains
I was reading a front page article in the September 8, 2012 edition of the Baltimore Sun in which a chief economist with the National Association of Manufacturers was quoted as saying that “manufacturing
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The Newest American Idol
How would you like to have scores of Americans knocking on your firm’s doors, hoping for a peek inside? They’d ask to see what cool new technologies you are using, what new products you’re
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