Best Practices for Management of Organizational Change (MOOC)

July 14, 2025

Organizational change (i.e., any change in position or responsibility in an organization, structural organizational change, or an organizational..

Why the Time is Now for Mobile Conduct of Operations

October 5, 2021

Today, many companies have specialized handheld devices for leak detection and repair and warehouse inventory; heads-up displays to access..

A Connected Workforce Drives Successful ORM

July 6, 2020

By Dan Miklovic, Founder and Principal Analysasdt at Lean Manufacturing Research, LLC; and a member of The Analyst Syndicate. In my previous..

Mitigating Risk to ALARP Levels Through Operational Risk Management

June 10, 2020

By Dan Miklovic, Founder and Principal Analyst at Lean Manufacturing Research, LLC; and a member of The Analyst Syndicate. In my post, “Operational..

How Connected Workforce and Conduct of Operations Work Together to Deliver Operational Discipline

April 23, 2020

Many companies today are focusing on Operational Discipline, which is a positive for our industry. If you accept that Operational Discipline is..

Connected Workforce: Key to Effective Decision Support and a Profitable Plant

March 19, 2020

First, what is a Connected Workforce? In short, a Connected Workforce is one that, through the power of mobile and wearable devices, is able to send..

Monitoring Organizational Performance – Necessary Metrics

May 9, 2019

There are many ways to monitor the performance of your organization. Today we want to highlight 3 ways that are fundamental to understanding how well..

Conduct of Operations – You Need a Management System

September 19, 2018

If your company is within the United States and is governed by Process Safety Management (PSM), you are required by OSHA to have PSM Systems such as..

Improving Human Performance

September 3, 2015

Human error has been estimated to cause up to 80% of incidents in chemical and petrochemical plants. Companies wanting to make improvements in their..

Why Hiring Potential Friends Is Smart Business

June 30, 2015

Organizations need to recognize the vital role that employee friendships play in boosting productive, can-do attitudes in the workforce. Fostering a..