An Interview with TBM Prior to the American Manufacturing Summit 2019, Generis Group spoke with TBM Consulting to discuss merging digital technologies in manufacturing and the industry’s labor shortage. In this Q&A, we discuss how manufacturers prepare for, evaluate and implement digital solutions, the digital collection issue, machine maintenance programs, and the manufacturing industry’s labor shortage and leadership gap. This is an excerpt from the interview we did with TBM Consulting: “Emerging digital technologies are upending production and supply chain practices and promising a range of new capabilities for manufacturers. How should manufacturers evaluate and implement such solutions?
Read More →Process Based Leadership
Prior to the American Manufacturing Summit 2019, we spoke with Competitive Solutions to discuss their Process Based Leadership model. This Q&A e-book explores the challenges manufacturers face when implementing transformation, what steps manufacturers need to take in order to implement transformation, and the benefits of leveraging Competitive Solutions’ Process Based Leadership model. This is an excerpt from the interview we did with Competitive Solutions: “What challenges do companies face in implementing transformation? The number one challenge companies face in implementing change is transformation is not starting with the leadership team. CSI prefers to work first with the leadership of an organization to ensure they have the skills necessary to “lead by example” and mentor the general population of employees. Our deployment approach is a “Level Based” and pragmatic process. Launching with the Site Leadership Team and building both ownership and capability within the team, validating team progress and proficiency, and then migrating the deployment to the next level within the organization has been the hallmark of CSI’s success. Keeping the implementation simple, succinct, and sustainable have proven to be the keys to CSI’s organizational transformation success.” Click through to access the full e-book here.
Read More →Generis Leadership Spotlight: Deneen DeFiore, GE Aviation
Deneen DeFiore currently serves as the Senior Vice President, Chief Information and Product Security Officer for GE Aviation in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is responsible for securing GE Aviation’s business operations, products, information and assets, as well as ensuring global regulatory compliance. Deneen serves as the technical expert and advisor to GE Aviation’s most senior leaders on cyber risk related to products, services and ongoing operations. In May 2019, DeFiore will join IT executives at the American CIO & IT Summit to discuss current trends, strategic insights and best practices in trending technology, cyber-security, risk management and managing talent. She will join other inspirational leaders in IT at the Women in Leadership Roundtable, where the discussion will focus on cybersecurity and data management. We spoke with DeFiore ahead of the American CIO & IT Summit to discuss her career, the changing IT industry, and the advice she gives to young women entering tech. “There are so many more opportunities for women in technology as the scope of tech has expanded. Women in the field are flourishing and doing amazing things.”
Read More →Female Leaders Soar To Top In Aerospace and Defense Industry
Women make up more than half of America’s workforce, but when it comes to securing leadership positions at top companies, they’re greatly outnumbered. When Forbes released their Fortune 500 list in 2017, the number of female CEOs reached an all-time high of 32. In June 2018, that number slid down to 24 – just 5% of the list. That’s a one-year decline of 25%. The already small roster of Fortune 500 companies led by women shrunk even further this October after PepsiCo Inc. Chief Executive Indra Nooyi stepped down from her role, leaving the number of top-level Fortune 500 women at a mere two dozen. Across the board, the percentage of chief executive positions held by women is declining, but one typically male-dominated industry is tipping the gender scales the other way.
Read More →LEADERS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY: INTERVIEW WITH CHERYL THOMPSON
Cheryl Thompson is the Director of Prototype at American Axle & Manufacturing and Founder of CADIA (The Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion & Advancement), an organization dedicated to doubling the number of women leaders in the automotive industry by 2030. Cheryl has 30 years of experience at Ford Motor Co. and has held positions in skilled trades, operations, engineering, and leadership. She is a Six Sigma trained and certified Black Belt and is the winner of two Diversity and Inclusion Awards from Ford Motor Company. In November, Cheryl will join us at the American Automotive Summit to speak about the components and decision-making tips that are critical to any team’s success as well as the mistakes that leaders should avoid.
Read More →5 Rules of Engagement for Breakout Performance
Whether you work at a small tech startup or a large, established manufacturer, there is an implicit understanding that business success can be easily quantified. Whether you are a CEO or a sales representative, the common wisdom is that there are identifiable numbers that can objectively determine if you are a success or a failure. In a world full of endless layers of nuance and opinion, tangible metrics of business performance are irresistibly attractive. However, there are serious limitations to taking such a binary approach to measuring success. This black and white approach to measuring business success is actually counterproductive, particularly if the goal is to achieve transformative performance improvement.
Read More →Leaders in Aerospace & Defense: Interview with Rod Skotty, President, MHSco
Rod Skotty is a veteran helicopter pilot. After leaving active duty in 1985, he joined Lockheed Martin, and became President of the Maritime Helicopter Support Company (MHSCo), a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, in 2004. MHSCo has provided performance-based logistics support for over 550 Navy helicopters. Worth nearly $5 Billion, MHSCo is the largest logistics enterprise in naval aviation and key to the MH-60 enjoying the highest readiness and lowest cost per flight hour in the Navy’s inventory. MHSCo has been recognized as a superior supplier to the Navy since 2014. Rod has worked within the defense industry worldwide, including senior management positions for Lockheed Martin in the U.S., U.K., and Canada while residing in those countries. He now lives and raises beef cattle on his farm in upstate New York.
Read More →A History of Innovation at Mayo Clinic: Interview with Mark Wehde
This October, Mark Wehde, Section Head of Technology Development at the Mayo Clinic Division of Engineering, will join us at the American Medical Device Summit in Chicago to talk about how engineers at Mayo Clinic have teamed with physicians for over 100 years to find new ways to better care for their patients. In advance of the summit, we spoke to Mark Wehde about this relationship and the culture of innovation at Mayo Clinic. What does it mean to you to ‘innovate’? For most from my generation, technology has grown up around us. The things we take for granted today were only barely imaginable 30 or 40 years ago. To this day I still find it amazing that I can walk into our lab and make a radio. I can make an ECG monitor. I could make a respiratory monitor. This afternoon. To me, that is one of the singular pleasures of being an engineer – we can make the things we use.
Read More →Shaping Tomorrow’s History – Today: In Conversation with Jonna Gerken
For more than six decades, SWE has given women engineers a unique place and voice within the engineering industry. It is an organization centered around a passion for members’ success and continues to evolve with the challenges and opportunities reflected in today’s exciting engineering and technology specialties. Jonna Gerken is the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) FY18 President. In this capacity, she leads a 40,000-member international organization which encourages more women to enter and stay in engineering fields. She is also the manager for the Program Chief Manufacturing Engineering (PCME) team at Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation (UTC). Her team ensures all engine components meet manufacturing readiness levels appropriated to their life – cycle stage. Jonna will be the Manufacturing Stream Chair at our upcoming 2018 American Aerospace & Defense Summit taking place December 12-13, 2018 in Glendale, AZ. We spoke with Jonna prior to the summit to learn more about her role at SWE and her thoughts on diversity in the workforce.
Read More →Leading the Pack: Jane Chase, Institute of Packaging Professionals
For many leaders, networking, coaching and mentoring have been powerful forces that have shaped their careers and transitions to leadership roles. The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) is an organization dedicated to creating these networking and educational opportunities that help packaging professionals succeed. Jane Chase’s support of IoPP spans more than 20 years, during which time she served both at the local level as President of the Minnesota Chapter and at the national level since 2002. She is a national Past President and currently serves as the Institute’s Executive Director. In addition to her work with IoPP, Jane’s professional career includes a breadth and depth of experience involving ever-expanding roles in Quality Assurance, Operations, Processing and Packaging within multiple large CPG organizations known for innovation including The Schwan Food Company, SC Johnson, General Mills, Conagra Brands, Ecolab, and US Foodservice. We spoke with Jane about how networking, coaching, and mentoring have shaped her own career, how she would define a great leader, and what is unique about being a leader in the packaging industry.
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