by James Reyes-Picknell | Mar 17, 2024 | Executive Insights
The hare moves fast with its big hops but tires quickly – like a sprinter, the hare gives it all, then takes a long break to recover. The tortoise is like a long-distance runner at a pace that can be sustained for the long haul. At the end of the race, the tortoise...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Feb 21, 2024 | Executive Insights
Society’s tolerance is shrinking when it comes to wrong-doing in cases of industrial accidents, particularly when they harm people or the environment. Profits do not matter more than people and our plant, yet companies don’t always behave that way. Increasingly more...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Feb 12, 2024 | Executive Insights
In the maintenance and reliability (M&R) companies hire managers or superintendents to care for and safeguard their valuable physical assets. Are your people Roustabouts or Shepherds? Is their focus on fixing fences and calling the vet to treat diseases or...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Feb 6, 2024 | Business Case & Finance, Executive Insights
Industrial operations that use physical assets for production or service delivery need their assets to run optimally, and cause minimal operational disruptions when they don’t. Spending too little overall, or on doing the wrong things, always backfires. These...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Jan 30, 2024 | Assessment, Business Case & Finance, Executive Insights, Management Insights, UPTIME
Businesses often attempt to maximize profits for owners or shareholders by taking measures to reduce costs. A reactive approach to plant and equipment breakdowns is very costly, and it reduces outputs. By failing to do what it takes to become proactive, they take...