Socrates Says

AVID – An Academic Powerhouse Curriculum Designer Caroline Slee-Poulos is back with a guest blog on the topic of AVID – An Academic Powerhouse. When you get right down to the nitty-gritty of things, Socrates was right. No, I don’t mean our Owl, Socrates, the Learning Without Scars logo. I do mean the ancient Greek […]

Unraveling Mysteries: The CSI of Industrial Component Failure Analysis Guest writer Jim Dettore gets into the nitty-gritty of CSI with “Unraveling Mysteries: The CSI of Industrial Component Failure Analysis.” Introduction:  In the world of engineering and manufacturing, industrial component failure can be a perplexing puzzle to solve. Just like a crime scene investigation (CSI) unfolds […]

The Top Three Heavy Equipment Jobs That No One Knows About Guest writer Isaac Rollor is back this week with a blog post on the top three heavy equipment jobs that no one knows about – other than technicians!  Most of my blogging in the heavy equipment world focuses on issues related to heavy equipment […]

Wait…Wait! Don’t Sign It! Guest writer John Anderson is back, with a word of caution this week, in “Wait…Wait! Don’t Sign It!” Well at the very least let’s think about it first. Given all the changes in Dealer Systems over the past few years, you will no doubt be looking to either renew your existing […]

A Tabletop Exercise: A Survey Within a Survey Guest writer David Jensen continues to make observations from rural New Mexico with “A Tabletop Exercise: A Survey Within a Survey.” As a first responder in the Fire Service, a firefighter learns the value of a tabletop exercise. An actual tabletop containing several buckets of sand provides […]

Combat the Mid-Year Slump Guest writer Jennifer Albright is back this week, with practical words on how we can all combat the mid-year slump. And suddenly…we’ve entered the second half of the year. In January many of us are full of New Year, New Me attitude and full of energy in anticipation of everything they’re […]