I recently returned from a quick trip to Beijing – and by quick I mean that I spent almost as much time traveling to and from China as I actually spent on the ground.
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One Company’s Journey
NRG Systems has been implementing Lean Manufacturing for almost 15 years. During this journey our focus has changed significantly. In the beginning, with considerable determination and effort, we successfully implemented several key Lean tools.
Cycle Begins Again
I may not have lived through the Arab Oil Embargo, but I am old enough to know that we’ve been here before on national energy policy.
Remembering Fall 2010Late last fall at the AWEA Fall Symposium, I had the fortune to hear former Secretary of State General Colin Powell’s plenary address. He was terrific — insightful, witty and articulate.
Owen Clay speaking with his engineering team
How to build acceptance for something new
As a director of engineering for a manufacturing and technology firm, I find myself performing a balancing act.
Context
As I write this, the nuclear power plants in Fukushima, Japan have poisoned the farmland and homes on the northeast coast of Japan for at least a 15 mile radius and now threaten to release significant radiation into the ocean on the northeast coast of Japan with unfathomable damage.
I recently became chair of the American Wind Wildlife Institute. Being chair of any organization comes with a certain level of responsibility. Sometimes it helps to remind myself that having all the answers is, thankfully, not one of these responsibilities.
I recently watched a CBS News 60 Minutes show titled "The Age of The Millennials," also known as Generation Y (those born between 1982 and 1995) and how to understand this generation as they are entering the workforce.
I strongly believe (always have) that every person wants to do a good job when they come to work. In life in general, we want to be better tomorrow than we are today – this is just human nature.
The wind is howling in Vermont’s biggest snowstorm of the season. I dressed for work as usual this morning, but when I opened the garage door, the wall of snow was higher than my car.