Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFinding Your Niche: Right Customer—Right Seat
Episode 314
Gino Wickman and Jim Collins popularized the term, "Right people, right seat" in reference to getting the right employees in leadership positions. Bu…
4 years, 4 months ago
Time Management for the Manufacturing Leader
Episode 313
Do you struggle with time management? Do you find yourself overwhelmed and exhausted at the end of the week with an endless backlog of things to do? …
4 years, 4 months ago
Manufacturing Lessons from King Richard
Episode 312
"King Richard" is a movie about Venus and Serena's dad, Richard Williams. I remember watching their rise in tennis and was fascinated by this movie t…
4 years, 4 months ago
Implementing 5S: Simple Tips to Get You Started
Episode 311
5S is a methodology that I decided to implement when Carr Machine & Tool moved to a new location. We were meticulous about each decision we made so t…
4 years, 5 months ago
Get It Before It's Gone! How to Extract Wisdom from Your Colleagues Before They Retire
Episode 310
There's so much wisdom my generation needs to extract from our older colleagues before they retire. Many young people in this industry are naive beca…
4 years, 5 months ago
What the Heck is a Samurai CNC Machinist?
Episode 309
How do gaming, programming, and the world of a machinist look intersect? In this episode of MakingChips, Steve Courchane—the CNC Samurai—shares his "…
4 years, 5 months ago
Can You Scale Rapidly After 100 Years of Slow Growth?
Episode 308
If your business has been slow-growing or stagnant, can you ramp up your growth? Matthew Nix would know—he's grown his family business by a 100x mult…
4 years, 5 months ago
"People, Process, and Performance" A Special Live Event Interview
Episode 307
Today's episode of MakingChips is recorded at a special LIVE Tri-State Manufacturing Alliance (TSMA) event in conjunction with the Evansville Regiona…
4 years, 5 months ago
Why is Travel so Important for Manufacturing Leaders? A Special MakingTrips Episode
Episode 306
We're on a five-hour drive to a speaking event for the Tri-State Machining Association (TSMA) so we thought, why not do an episode on the importance …
4 years, 6 months ago
What to Do When an Employee Leaves
Episode 305
What do you do when an employee resigns? How do you handle their departure in a dignified way? What do you do when you have to let someone go? You ha…
4 years, 6 months ago