In my earlier post I shared three really great take-a-ways from the speech Blaine Millet of WOM10 gave at the recent NIA Committee Meeting in Washington DC. I promised I would share a few more after my earlier post, “NIA “talks” Social Media“. So here are a few more “gems” I took away from the… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: November 2011
NIA “talks” Social Media…
This week we had the National Insulation Association (NIA) Committee meetings in Washington DC. In addition to our “shop talk” and “industry talk” we had the opportunity to be exposed to both the current and future state of social media by Blaine Millet, President and Chief Advocate of WOM10. This is an area most organizations… Continue Reading
Left to their own “devices” – employees are very creative…
I will be the first to admit our industry on the whole, that being mechanical insulation (contracting & distribution), is lagging behind the technology curve somewhere between 5 and maybe 10 years. We have embraced some aspects of technology, but are still way behind. But there are some bright spots even though we might be… Continue Reading
Innovate to solve tomorrow’s problems today…
The title of this post is actually a part of one of our customer’s tagline that has always struck me as being what all of us desire to happen – they just make it happen. When we talk about Simplivative, we are talking about how to take the “complex” to “simple” and “innovate” along the… Continue Reading
Culture is key to Innovation
I saw an interesting article that I felt compelled to tell you about since it was so “spot on” with what we blog about and do inside EJ Bartells. We get to share a myriad of stories about our customers, employees, suppliers, partners, etc. and how they have taken simple ideas and turned them into… Continue Reading