COVID-19: A Booster Dose for 3D Printing?
3D Printing: The Third Industrial Revolution They say diamond cuts diamond. Well then, can one disruption kill another? Seems so. Widely regarded a disruptive innovation, 3D Printing is one technology…
Traditional Production Methods and Materials for Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC): A Literature Review (APA Format)
Abstract Developments in material technology have always propelled the progress of human civilizations. Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC) has rapidly evolved across the past twenty years and is now a…
Optimism: The Best Economic Medicine
Infectious Fear: Across Time & Place “. . . . and you always fear what you don’t understand . . . ” thunders Carmine Falcone (played by Tom Wilkinson) to…
Lessons from The Godfather: Push Back Bullies, Tactfully
“Give them (the wolves) an inch and they’ll take a mile.” “ . . . . And then if we let them push us around on the little things they…
Lessons from the Godfather: Never Underestimate Your Opponent, Never Insult his Emissary
“There is no greater danger than in underestimating your opponent.” Lao Tzu “You can start by acting like a man,” Don Corleone yells at a dejected Johnny Fontane. A famous…
Lessons from The Godfather: Winning Battles is Useless if they Cost You the War
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” Winston Churchill “I’ll pour it on, and then those ba$*@rd$ will come…
Lessons from The Godfather: Angry Decisions Invite Disasters
So terrifying is the bullet ridden face of the slain Sonny Corleone, even the seasoned undertaker, Amerigo Bonasera, gasps with horror – against his will and despite years of professional…
Lessons from The Godfather: Excessive Favoritism is Not Just Bad, its Cancerous
In the first article of this series, Lessons from The Godfather: Make an Offer he Can’t Refuse, we explored the implication of the takeaway in the routine but critical activity…
Lessons from The Godfather: Make an Offer he Can’t Refuse
“The Godfather is the I Ching. The Godfather is the sum of all wisdom. The Godfather is the answer to any question,” says Joe Fox (played by Tom Hanks) in…
Ocean Cleanup Project: As Eco-friendly as it Gets
Innovation & Greek Waters Genesis of the Ocean Cleanup Project makes one wonder: What is it about Greek waters? Archimedes saw water spilling out of his tub at a public…