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“Old is Gold” – Lessons learned from TB12 and Superbowl LV by Paul Hogendoorn I confess I am a big Tom Brady fan and was rooting for him to get number seven. Yes, I am in awe of Patrick [...]

Three Reasons for Manufacturing’s Resilience By Paul Hogendoorn The manufacturing industry in North America has proven to be very robust, resilient and durable during the Covid crisis. Even [...]

The Critical Value of Purposeful Work How do your end up building a motorcycle in your family room? (Its not actually too difficult to explain). My wife and granddaughter have kept me plenty busy [...]

Does Data Lie? By Paul Hogendoorn Does data lie, or does it always reveal the truth? It’s an interesting question, at an extremely interesting time in world history. Readers of this column are [...]

Technology Adoption Has to Start at the Top – Addressing the Technology Adoption Gap By Paul Hogendoorn It’s been an interesting summer, to say the least. The challenges, solutions and new [...]

The Rule of 3’s: Insights for Recovery or Re-invention  By Paul Hogendoorn  There’s a time to brainstorm, a time to gain buy in from your leading group, and a time to act.  There are some people [...]

Pushing the reset button By Paul Hogendoorn I write this column as I enjoy 14 days of self-isolation. It is a forced (and not entirely unwelcomed) “pause” that has given me much time for [...]

Gamification: Why it Matters to Manufacturing By Paul Hogendoorn Think about the importance of people in your manufacturing business for a moment. Yes, they are your employees, and yes, they are [...]

Zero to One: Getting difficult projects started By Paul Hogendoorn The hardest thing to do is often just to get started. Stepping into the unknown, or perhaps looking forward into a big, [...]

Redefining Success By Paul Hogendoorn As far as achieving success in manufacturing is concerned, it is often said that “what gets measured gets improved” and, “you can’t hit a target you don’t [...]