The Roots of Innovation
December 20, 2016Innovation Mindset
Photo by Joshua Sortino on Unsplash Lately, I’ve been paying attention in this blog to examples of innovation that may not be the first on the process engineers’ radar — such as from surfer Kelly Slater or Ford’s use of tequila plant fibers in partnership with Jose…
Being a Doer and The Blues Brothers.
November 29, 2016Industry Focus
Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash Loyal followers of this blog already know some of my background and likes. Now, you get to learn that I’m a big fan of John Belushi and The Blues Brothers. I link this to my years spent living in Chicago and my Master’s Degree earned from…
Process Engineering Choices
November 8, 2016Industry Focus
Photo by Caleb Jones on Unsplash Have you ever heard of “analysis paralysis?” It’s a state process engineers might know well. Being confronted with so many different approaches and varied equipment available, we can be left stuck wondering what to do next. The recent BHS…
Surfs Up to Innovation!
October 25, 2016Innovation Mindset
Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash Innovation is all around us. We encounter its results regularly in our jobs as engineers. But, thinking about the concept more broadly for this blog, I was struck by an example from a Business Week article on Kelly Slater. Now, I’m not a…
Informal Entrepreneurs & Innovation Everywhere
October 4, 2016Innovation Mindset
Photo by Mehdi Mirzaie on Unsplash I recently read a book called The Misfit Economy. The non-fiction book, by Alexa Clay and Kyra Maya Phillips, published by Simon & Schuster, looks at innovation from businesses on the fringes of society. I encountered this book on the way…