by James Reyes-Picknell | Dec 20, 2024 | Business Case & Finance, Education, Executive Insights, Management Insights, Reliability, UPTIME
Today’s Gremlin – Don’t sweat the small stuff, gets us into trouble by skipping details and steps, that are important, often to save time. Don’t sweat the small stuff cuts a lot of corners, and makes a lot of mistakes through that carelessness....
by James Reyes-Picknell | Dec 18, 2024 | Business Case & Finance, Education, Executive Insights, Management Insights, Reliability, UPTIME
Today’s Gremlin – Cheap Charlie, is a well intentioned but often mis-guided Gremlin. He or she can be many people and we’ve all dealt with them before. “Cheap Charlie” is someone who truly believes that not spending leads to profits. This...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Dec 16, 2024 | Change Management, Executive Insights, Management Insights, Reliability, UPTIME
Today’s Gremlin – It’ll never work here is the first one we’ll deal with. We’ve all run into him at one point or another. “It’ll never work here” is someone, or many, who has / have been around for a long time. This is...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Dec 12, 2024 | Management Insights, Reliability, UPTIME
“Gremlins today” is a series of short articles on problems that plague industrial operations the world over. Originally, Gremlins were fictitious mischievous trouble makers who caused Royal Air Force aircraft breakdowns during World War II. Author Roald...
by James Reyes-Picknell | Nov 25, 2024 | Executive Insights
What do you want: low cost, low risk, high performance? If you focus on only one of those, you will certainly be disappointed. For instance, a focus on low cost will increase risks and diminish performance. How does that happen? To achieve low cost, you can stop or...
