Better Operations Blog (BOB)

Our thoughts and experience about Teams, MOS, Performance Learning, Productivity, Leadership and Management in Heavy Industry

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Why Your AI Investment Will Probably Gather Dust on the Shop Floor

The $9,999 Question Operations Leaders Should Be Asking There's a story that every maintenance manager…

The Grey Tsunami is coming at your Production Machines

Your Most Experienced Maintenance Technician Just Gave Notice. Now What? If you're in maintenance, you've…

Legacy vs. Ubuntu, how can Rassie’s Springboks transcend his cult of personality.

Comparing All Blacks and Springboks Culture Photos like this are painful for kiwis, but despite…

Do you want Oprah (chatGPT) or Neil deGrasse Tyson (Claude) helping your engineering team.

Which AI Do You Want on Your Team? A Heavy Industry Perspective Picture this: you're…

ChatGPT Is Awesome, BUT Not for High-Stakes Work Decisions

AI tools like ChatGPT are incredibly powerful, they can draft emails, analyze data, and solve…

Make the boat go faster, together.

Sailing Beyond Limits: Leadership Principles of Team New Zealand In the world of sailing, few…

What can Operations Teams learn from Google and “Project Aristotle”

In 2012, Google launched Project Aristotle, a two-year study aimed at uncovering what makes some…

Take the Red Pill

Red Pill Or Blue Pill, As a Leader You Create The Environment Where Your Team…

What’s in your Short Interval Control (SIC) Burger

Some years ago a wise operations leader told me that if he could only implement…

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