Well, I’ve been awfully spotty posting here. That’s because I’m writing seven full-length articles a month about manufacturing over at Forbes.com. I published my 50th a few weeks ago, and the ideas just keep pouring in.
It has been loads of fun (and lots of hard work, yes). Almost my whole career, three decades now, has been in food manufacturing. I’ve gotten to see lots of cool stuff and places, but it’s a pretty limited world when you compare it to the broad swath of industrial production. Now I’m getting to learn (from afar, mostly) about pretty much every aspect of manufacturing, from heavy equipment to 3D printing to apparel to aircraft assembly.
My favorite parts are all the spellbinding stories behind the products, and all the great people I get to talk to and learn from.