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Design Thinking Tools

Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting to the South Texas Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (STS AIChE) for the professional development hour. I love to help people learn how to solve problems more creatively, so we discussed and practiced several different design thinking tools for innovation. My thanks to Babak… Read More >

Job Crafting to Increase Creativity

Working as product, project, and engineering managers, we often balance quality with deadlines. Product concept tests must be completed before the engineer designs for the plant can be locked in. Customer testing – while ongoing – must be limited by budgets and workforce availability. These trade-offs are frustrating to both managers and new product… Read More >

Continuous Learning for Innovation Leadership

Learning today takes very different forms than it did 10 or 20 years ago. In the past, learning was primarily delivered in a classroom and was delivered based on a schedule given an employee’s tenure with the firm. Skills transfer occurred from an expert teaching novices. Today, learning materials are delivered in short cell phone… Read More >