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What seems missing is the appreciation for skills that are developed over time, by trial and error, and by exposure to the work and skills of others. The value of this type of skills training is hard to quantify – which may be why it has been priced out of many organizations.

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How Asset-Intensive Organizations Can Stay Ahead of Digital Transformation

July 3, 2017

It’s not uncommon for problems to be addressed by throwing resources at them: devote more time to study it, spend more money to fix it, or demand more effort to resolve it. But, expending more resources is not always the wisest course of action, and much of that valuable time, money, or effort may end up wasted.

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Accomplishing More with Existing Resources

June 6, 2017

Who has not been made to feel that he is the problem for an airlines(or bank, or insurance company) trying to fulfill its lofty mission statement. The notion that a commercial enterprise may assert its authority to punish a private citizen, a customer, is in line with the idea that we can be unified and fulfilled by commerce.

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8 Strategies for Achieving Business Longevity

May 14, 2017

Cool Hand Luke portrayed the power of an establishment to define individual autonomy. Today, technology is the establishment threatening to define individuals’ agency.

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Five Secrets for Finding and Keeping Top-Notch Talent

April 24, 2017

We have institutionalized infrastructure spending. It’s difficult to anticipate how increased outlays of public funds will engender new growth opportunities, rather than become absorbed by existing projects and programs.

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Wise Investment? Or Impulse Spending?

April 24, 2017

It’s common still to hear analysis of “the emerging global economy,” but it is not emerging: global economics have shaped the health of our civilization and the wealth of individuals everywhere for nearly two decades now.

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Free Trade vs. Fair Trade, Again

March 14, 2017

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Analyst: Why Metals Production is Recovering

Dec. 10, 2013

Alan Beaulieu reports for IW that mining machinery inventories point to growth ahead.

Alan Beaulieu

Alan Beaulieu, "Make Your Move" columnist for IndustryWeek cites leading U.S. economic indicators showing mining machinery new orders up 5.6% from last year, and mining machinery inventories up 9.6% from 2012.

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