The contours of history are best seen from many perspectives. To suggest I’m a history buff is not unreasonable: I enjoy the subject and have read quite a number of history books over the years. But I am more interested in understanding what it means to be human, which is why, perhaps, I find history …
Our work life ought to be a journey of self-discovery. In last week’s article, we took a brief look at my background and the industrial application of science to product development. This week, we’ll pick-up the story and cover something I discovered along the way about myself and my work. The Joy of Work To …
To make for a better future, we need to think like entrepreneurs. SMSBF’s theme for this month is, “Entrepreneurial Spirit”, which is certainly a mouthful. Without going further, let’s take time to define what we mean by entrepreneurial spirit, and from there, how it could be lived-out. Type the term “entrepreneurial” into your Google search …
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Essay by Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Director In last week’s article, we covered the joy I discovered applying science to industrial product development. In this piece, we’ll pick-up the story and dig a bit deeper into my life’s story. Following in the Footsteps When I started work in the paint lab, my career plan – which …
Essay by Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Director In our last article, we took a broad, philosophical swipe at the notion of science, the acquisition of knowledge and how it is these things are, for the most part, shaped by a 17th century view of the cosmos. In this article, we’ll look again at knowledge and what …
Essay by Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Director Happy New Year! Now that we’re back from the holidays, we’ll pick up where we left off in our tour of the world of quality management. In our last article, we established a foundation for why it is Deming thought in terms of continual, rather than continuous improvement. In …
Essay by Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Director This week, our journey in the realm of quality management takes us onto an important side road. Last week, we left off with a brief introduction to Dr. Deming and his seminal position within the history of quality management. We’ll come back to Dr. Deming time and again on …
Essay by Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Director This week, we’ll pick up where we left off in our journey through what the International Standards Organization (ISO) calls “Quality Management”. In this article, we touch upon what’s happened since the 1987 issuance of the ISO9001 standard and how these changes are reflective of the notion of “continual …
Essay by: Mike Shesterkin, Exec. Director, SMSBF “What is sustainable business?”, is an often-asked question. Perhaps another way of putting it is to ask: What’s the difference between, “sustainable business”, and “plain ol’ business”? The best way I’ve found to get at these answers starts with what I learned a number of years ago from …
Engagement is one of those words we often hear, but probably don’t share a common understanding of its meaning. Not long ago, I brought up engagement during a discussion about setting goals and metrics and was immediately challenged to describe how it could be accurately measured. In the virtual environment, terms such as “impressions”, “open …
