Innovative Thinking, Sustainability & Tequila
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Over the years, I have had the opportunity to travel and do a lot of business in Mexico. I have learned a great deal not only about our field, but also about various tequila. Customers often have different favorites, and there's always time to discuss the…
The Roots of Innovation
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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…
Surfs Up to Innovation!
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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
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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…
Your next idea could come from a Whopper.
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Any process engineer with a love for creativity will appreciate this Business Week article about The DNA of Strawberries.
The article features Phil Stewart, a fruit breeder for Driscoll’s (“the largest player in the $5.6…