Automated ride-hailing services, products delivered to your door by drones, flying cars, air taxis, space travel, hyper speed ground transportation, biosensors to drive optimal performance, decisioning through AI... oh the future is grand! We are clearly in an innovation renaissance with new technologies advancing at a rapid pace. Systems are becoming inherently more connected. Systems continue to move to augment and in some cases take control of the decisioning process. O

Photo by Alex Iby on Unsplash Sometimes a key statement becomes a memory that last a lifetime. I had been selected to become an engineering co-op student in my hometown at the local plant. I had spent the summer working on the shop floor before I headed out to college and the company had me rotate through almost every operation. It was a great place to cut my teeth. They had induction welding, tig welding, milling, drilling, turning, grinding, paint, and assembly all under

The stories of Digital Disruption are prevalent. We can all name companies that have been overcome by new entrants such as Kodak, K-mart, Sears, Nokia, Blackberry, Blockbuster, Barnes & Noble, etc. Also, we can look at companies that are cannibalizing themselves to compete in today's digital environment with companies like Netflix, Walmart, and Kroger. Engineering will not escape the trend of digital disruption. Never in our history has the opportunity been greater than to

Do you ever turn it off? Does it ever become so much that you just start to tune it out? Do you cover your ears? Cover your eyes? Try not to laugh? Has it all become too much hype? Ya, we live in an over-hyped, hyper-exposed, is this "real" or "fake" society. It becomes hard to discern what is truth vs. fiction, when you should take action or wait for the "next big thing". So, ya I get it... I understand your plight... I understand why you think the sky may not be fa