During more than a decade of teaching technical project management to graduate engineering students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, professors Jeffrey Russell, Wayne Pferdehirt, and John Nelson found themselves circling around a new approach to …
Professional Development
What’s So Special About Water Reclamation?
Water reclamation is vital to public health and recovering essential environmental resources, impacting the lives of Americans everyday. Besides being important to our well-being, water reclamation is a capital-intensive industry that encompasses a number of …
What’s Positive Train Control?
American rail systems are essentially safe. According to the Federal Railroad Administration, there has been a 14 percent decrease in the number of train accidents in the country between 2014 and November 2017. Nevertheless, between …
Peterson: Demand For Rail Workers Growing
More baby boomer-aged rail workers are retiring, and at the same time, more rail projects are popping up. The result? “The gap in the railroad industry of need compared to available talent is widening, since …
Effects Of Winter Driving In Wisconsin
Winter is a big deal, and driving in winter conditions is one of the most important concerns of the season. In the last five years, Wisconsin has averaged over 18,600 motor vehicle crashes during …
How To Use Data To Spark Change: Lessons From Mercury Marine
For Trevor Schwartz, who works as the Maintenance, Metals and Tool Repair Manager at Mercury Marine in Fond Du Lac, Wis., changing the paradigm shift is the hardest part of his job. “We’re all …
How Sub-Zero And Wolf Decreased Maintenance Downtime
Eighty-five percent planning, 15 percent emergencies. That’s how Mark Long and Dave Burgette at Sub-Zero and Wolf in Madison, Wisconsin, would ideally like to spend their afternoons. Long, Maintenance Supervisor at Sub-Zero and Burgette, General …
Why Situational Leadership?
By Rick Huber, PhD How do you coach and mentor workers with different levels of competence, motivation and confidence? Try using the situational leadership model. With this model, you’ll be able to diagnose the needs …