Perspective.Priority.Practice. Breaking a habit or creating a new habit is difficult. That’s why New Year’s resolutions are so tough to create. Our “lean” manager Steve Roberts shared some psychology that he learned recently by listening to a sermon. The speaker was talking about 3 P’s: Perspective, Priority and Practice. According to the speaker, the mistake […]

I trust you will observe Independence Day with the honor it is due. It was a day of great courage. Great Britain and King George were oppressive. Frustrated by the lack of regard, angered by the injustice and determined to rectify those matters, all the leaders in the colonies said it was time to be […]

Here’s how lean works: I’ve been in Maine to tour our operations there and visit with the team before their annual maintenance week. Most of you haven’t seen our other facilities. If you could see all of them, you would be surprised about how different each of them is. They are distinctive by the raw […]

The other side of knowing what to do is doing what you know. In safety, we average three accidents a week. Most occur when someone failed to follow the defined safe practice. Rare is it that the hurt employee says that he didn’t know better. Disappoint a customer with poor quality? We knew better. Disrupt […]