How Standards Proliferate

I thought I would take a momentary break from the inbound marketing content and post something from my engineering roots – standards. I’m heavily involved with the International Society of Automation and one of their key missions is developing automation industry standards. However, this could just as easily apply to any number of standards that … Read more

ISA: One Member’s Vision

The ISA (International Society of Automation) is facing a challenging time.  As I prepare to attend the Fall Leaders’ Meeting and ISA Expo in a few days, I know that major cuts and dramatic changes are in store.  Depending upon how you look at it, I am personally either blessed or cursed not be part … Read more

Sell Scarcity, Give Away Abundance

Note: This post is part 1 of 4 in a series of posts. The parent article is “ISA: One Member’s Vision.” Many thanks to Jim Pinto for bringing this into focus for me with his recent InTech article, “Sell scarcities, not abundance.” I’ve taken the liberty of expanding on his thesis by leveraging the concepts … Read more