by James Reyes-Picknell | Apr 16, 2024 | Executive Insights
If you place a frog in boiling water, it will jump out. If you put it in cool water and gradually heat it up, the frog won’t notice and will boil to death. In the same way, gradual, harmful changes in production operations are difficult to spot. Typically significant...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Apr 1, 2024 | Executive Insights
Are you struggling to achieve your corporate Sustainability and Net Zero goals? Are you are still trying to figure out how to achieve them? Take a moment to consider this. You already have a massive investment sunk into energy consuming physical assets. Replacing, or...
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...