Six narrator audiobook released
Crossroads 2070 is now available in audiobook format from Amazon, Audible and iTunes. A team of six narrators collaborated to…
What’s This About Three Futures?
About Crossroads 2070 Crossroads 2070 fast-forwards you to each of three possible futures that you will experience through a single…
Crunching Data to Increase Plant Safety and Reliability
Dean Whitford recaps a Cybertech Automation project that helped identify a major facility’s potential systems misalignments by building an evergreen…
Crossroads 2070 available November 2023
Crossroads 2070 is now available in the Amazon Kindle bookstore in eBook, paperback, and hardcover. Hardcover format is not currently…
I Need an AI to…
Ever since deep learning reenergized AI in 2009, a growing part of the population sees artificial intelligence (AI) as the…
Be Prepared for a Job Change and Minimize Your Downtime
If you are between jobs, you have my utmost sympathies. In 2013 I experienced unwanted downtime–herein is a summary of…
Management Math: 90% = 100%
As managers, we are responsible for both our own work and for the work of others. When we have a…
Employers & Managers: Know Your Role in the Career Cycle
Angry, betrayed, and surprised. This is how I felt when a big customer of my first business poached the technician…
The 180 Minute PM Workshop for Small Projects
Would your organization benefit from a half day project management training session for small projects that includes a template project…
Trust Versus Policy: Where’s the Line?
Attempting to control behavior through policy may not have the productivity impact you desire.In managing people, I have realized yet…
We All Need to Be Risk Managers Part 2: Professional Life
This is the second article in a two part series on personal and professional risk management. See Part One, Personal Life,…
We All Need to Be Risk Managers
We all need to be risk managers to some degree–both in our personal lives and in our professional lives. This…
Professional Certification Cost / Benefit
To certify or not to certify, is that your question? This article examines the facets of your decision.
A World without Work – Alternate Ending
Daniel Susskind’s book “A World without Work” is an in-depth analysis of the effect that automation technologies, primarily AI and…
Management Dilemma: Journey versus Destination
An article for people leaders regarding the journey versus destination dilemma.
My Dogs Chose Me
My pack has included a dog for all but a handful of my five decades of life, but I have…