by Todd | Apr 11, 2026 | Leadership
The Defeated Dad I walked through my front door still on a work call, trailing corporate debris like a man who hadn’t gotten the memo that the office ended forty four miles ago. That’s not a complaint. That’s called carrying the cross of career and...
by Todd | Mar 30, 2026 | Karelin Method
Stagnation often hides in the data you’re ignoring. I found a load cell that weighed meat to a third decimal point—a feature the sales team forgot existed. We didn’t cut costs; we sold the precision. Look for the anomaly; that’s where the profit is...
by Todd | Feb 27, 2026 | Leadership
The 80/20 Matrix of Profitability: Customer Value vs Product Profitability STAGNATION ASSASSIN / CHAPTER 4 / TARGET SELECTION THE 80/20 MATRIX OF PROFITABILITY Analyze customer-product combinations. Identify your profit engine and your value destroyers. CUSTOMER VALUE...
by Todd | Feb 27, 2026 | Leadership
Most manufacturing leaders consume information the same way they run their plants—reactively. Something breaks, they search for a fix. A competitor makes a move, they scramble to respond. A technology trend explodes, they panic-subscribe to whatever podcast the...
by Todd | Feb 27, 2026 | Leadership
The manufacturing keynote speaker market is saturated with people who have never set foot on a factory floor. They’ll dazzle your audience with AI predictions, Industry 4.0 buzzwords, and TED-talk-quality delivery—and your team will return to their desks Monday...
