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How to Avoid Over-Engineering (and Overspending) to Take a Path of Lesser Resistance By Paul Tibbert, CEO of GRID Dr. Spencer Silver, a 3M scientist working in a laboratory, didn’t set out to invent the Post-It Note. But when his colleague, Art Fry (another 3M scientist), discovered a practical application for a solution Silver had stumbled upon by mistake, a…
Read moreSolving Problems at Their Origin Effects Durable Change, Often at Lower Long-Term Cost By Paul Tibbert, CEO of GRID The formation of a river delta makes obvious where sediment ends up, but it tells you next to nothing about where it came from, or even how long it’s been there. When business leaders try to solve big problems by taking…
Read moreA Better Way to Manage Projects, Develop Teams, and Nurture Expertise By Paul Tibbert, CEO of GRID Hurry up and wait. Feast or famine. All or nothing. I doubt that many would advocate an on/off approach to resource allocation in the business world. However, the recent turn of a new calendar year brought with it a surprising number of conversations…
Read moreWe are, and have been, in a highly dynamic environment for the better part of three years, from the pandemic to supply chain disruptions, and now from persistent inflation to highly volatile economic conditions worldwide, ranging from global markets to rising interest rates. How should corporate leadership defend their businesses against this volatility that is wreaking havoc? Take a cue…
Read moreHow to Take a More Proactive Approach to Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions By Paul Tibbert, CEO of GRID The Locus of Control is a concept that defines the degree to which people believe that they control events in their lives, as opposed to external forces (beyond their influence) controlling their destinies. I’ve been thinking about this concept a lot lately,…
Read moreRethinking the “All Silos are Bad” Article of Faith By Paul Tibbert, CEO of GRID Maybe silos aren’t so bad after all. In the business world, the word “silo” has received (perhaps earned) a bad reputation. The notion that organizational departments get entrenched in their own priorities and their own objectives at the expense of the greater good for the…
Read moreKnowing When AI is the Right Tool…and When it Isn’t By Paul Tibbert, CEO of GRID “By far, the greatest danger of artificial intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.” — Eliezer Yudkowsky, artificial intelligence theorist Artificial intelligence, or AI, is perhaps one of the most discussed, broadly embraced and eagerly adopted disciplines in all of…
Read moreHow to Remove the Two Most Common Barriers to Innovation and Invention By Paul Tibbert, CEO of GRID If you were to ask most senior leaders and members of the C-suite at corporations large and small whether they wanted their companies to innovate, you’d likely get a resounding affirmative in response. Yet, in survey after survey, like this one conducted…
Read moreManufacturers Adopting a Mindset Shift to Serve the Entire Product Lifecycle and Increase Customer Affinity By Paul Tibbert, CEO of GRID It wasn’t that long ago that the manufacturing process was considered a closed timeline, with a defined beginning and end: You’d make the product, sell the product, and ship the product. Process over. But that wasn’t necessarily the end…
Read moreBroad Application of Federal Security Standards Urges Compliance for Both Strategic and Business Reasons By Paul Tibbert, CEO of GRID It dawned on me—as I locked the house on the way out the door, packing the car for a long weekend away—that too many companies and professionals are leaving their data “homes” with what might be the same false sense…
Read moreAccording to Supply Management, an authoritative voice in the realm of supply chain management, the future of supply chain optimization has officially become the critical present. Now is the time when solution providers should offer strategic, tailored and easily deployed packages to help businesses accelerate their supply chain. More presciently, industry observers further contend that companies harnessing the power of…
Read moreWe may have reached the point where the potential that modern technology makes available to automotive manufacturers is outpacing OEMs’ and suppliers’ ability to adapt and adopt. Cars that talk to us. Cars that can listen to us. Cars that can self-diagnose. Even cars that can drive themselves. The ability to access, mine, understand and visualize literally hundreds of thousands…
Read moreThe Oil and Gas business has been rightly billed as “the most productive business in human history.” Dramatic innovations in drilling technologies – aka “fracking” – have expanded America’s energy industry to new heights, so much so that in 2011, the United States was a net petroleum exporter for the first time since the Hoover administration. This huge push in…
Read moreIt wasn’t that long ago that the most disruptive piece of technology to enter the classroom was the Smart Board. After some initial reluctance, educators quickly embraced the new instruction paradigm, and adoption of a once seemingly intimidating piece of technology became quite commonplace. In fact, in many (if not most) K-thru-12 classrooms, the entire curriculum is now oriented around…
Read moreIn June of 2013, the United States eclipsed more than 3,000 craft breweries from coast to coast – a first since the 1870s. No matter where you look – from Cibola, TX to San Diego, from Pilar, NM to Brooklyn – craft breweries are popping up left and right. And they’re packed. Even smaller cities like Albuquerque, with a total…
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