Issues and Ideas

Take steps to understand your circumstances, and prepare people to deliver the results you want. Develop curriculum Define the knowledge Build learning maps

We did this to ourselves, and we deserve what we’ve got — and what’s still coming A smog of dread Isolated and resentful Lost civilization

There is emptiness in the way we portray success — and the emptiness is evident in the way we feel about that success, and about ourselves Blissful self-absorption A society shaped by consumption We should demand more

You must apply the same creativity and organizational energy you apply to meeting customers’ expectations for quality and service Engage and educate Secure your networks, cloud Fine-tune mobility

Few new technologies have roiled manufacturing (and most other industries) as much and as completely as the Internet of Things, since, well, the Internet itself. From its inauspicious beginnings,the promise of IoT has captured the imagination of...

To keep up with the pace of change in design, production, and performance – understand how it works Acknowledge the consumer From CMMS to IoT Products becoming “Smart” Closing the skills gap

Domestic policies and global macroeconomics are guiding large U.S. businesses to prioritize savings over growth. Default market skeptics No normal standard of growth Deloitte’s depressing outlook

Engagement starts with feelings, continues to trust, and is fulfilled by performance Flexibility and independence Compensation and incentive Satisfaction and potential

We need a new adaptation of global free trade in order to outpace those who would manage trade to expand their own influence. Cold-calling and reshoring Localizing supply-chain decisions Equating job-creation with economic progress

Now is the time to change the way you innovate, design, manufacture, and market products Shorter innovation Effective product design Working within the budget