Opinion

Who doesn’t want lower taxes lower, lighter regulations, cheaper energy, a cleaner environment, and better education?...More

For manufacturers, the next assumption to be overturned will be the precedence of productivity as a strategy for success....More

For several years U.S. manufacturers have been encouraging each other with the effects of “reshoring”: It’s a positive vibe that has transferred beyond the manufacturing world, into research centers, media, government, and so on....More

Talking to “members of the C-suite” and senior managers can be stressful, but it can be the difference between a successful career and a going-nowhere job. When face time is limited, how do you make the most of these conversations?...More

Typically, when a year begins to wind down I work to draft a timely column, often drawing on my own philosophy that time is an artificial construct and years are no more (or less) relevant to gauging our success or failure than months or days, etc. But, just before time began to run short this year, I spent an hour with a man on the brink of retirement – and that has shifted my perspective....More