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What Will Your Workplace Legacy Be?

March 15, 2016

I must admit, I never really pondered this question. Until last week, when I came across an article entitled A Fake Crisis, Leadership and You. The article

A Slice of Math Functions for Pi Day

March 14, 2016

Happy Pi Day! No, not pie day, Pi Day. That Greek character pi, π, that you’ve heard of but aren’t quite sure what the big deal is. Pi is the ratio of a circle

Government Agencies and Great Customer Service: A Match Made by Baldrige

March 10, 2016

A recent report found that many federal agencies are not providing great customer service. Government for the People, issued last month by the nonpartisan and

Funding U.S. Manufacturing Innovation with SBIR

March 9, 2016

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a highly competitive program that encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research

Building Excellence . . . While Winning Award

March 8, 2016

Two recent articles on Baldrige Award recipient Charleston Area Medical Center Health System (CAMCHS) illustrate a continuous improvement journey that has

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Weighing My Career as a Metrologist

March 7, 2016

As happens with most every metrologist I know, I fell into metrology (the science of measurement) quite by accident. My degree was in chemical engineering, and

“What’s So Cool About Manufacturing? Everything!”

March 4, 2016

As said by one of the students interviewed on her participation in the 3rd annual What’s So Cool About Manufacturing Student Video Contest in the Lehigh Valley

What Is It Like to Train as an Examiner?

March 3, 2016

For years, professionals with a passion for continuous improvement have taken advantage of a program that allows them to train like Baldrige examiners--to get

Happy Weights and Measures Week 2016!

March 1, 2016

Like many of you, I venture out on Saturday mornings to get groceries and gas. Until my college years, I never thought much about whether or not I paid the

American Idol?

February 29, 2016

When I first heard about the new television show entitled "American Idol" some fifteen years ago, I thought this was a series I would enjoy watching. I thought

Rules of Engagement

February 25, 2016

The staff at the Baldrige Program take the Baldrige Excellence Framework and its Criteria seriously. Not only do we promote it, but as a small, revenue

Measures for Success in the Fight against Cancer

February 24, 2016

I came to NIST in January 2015, not as a physicist, analytical chemist, or engineer, but as a biologist, a fit that surprised some of my friends from grad

Got Evidence? How to Improve Forensic Science

February 18, 2016

On TV crime shows, forensic evidence is collected, analyzed, the suspect positively identified, arrested, convicted, and imprisoned—all in under an hour. There

Baldrige as a Framework to Improve Physician Engagement

February 18, 2016

In 2016, what issues will keep the C-suite in health care organizations up at night? One common thread among those issues will most certainly relate to their

New publication: January workshop next steps

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: NIST’s efforts in defining measurement science and metrics in digital identity management must be aligned with the

The Periodic Table: It’s Elementary!

February 12, 2016

Of all the many useful and interesting periodic tables on the Internet—the periodic tables of the animals, vegetables, and minerals—and U.S. Presidents, Vienna®

Export Your U.S. Manufactured Goods and Services

February 12, 2016

This article originally appeared in Export Finance Solutions, The Official Blog of the Export-Import Bank. Guest blog post by Nathaniel Hojnacki, Business

Which Way to Operational Excellence?

February 11, 2016

Dorothy: Now which way do we go? Scarecrow: Pardon me, this way is a very nice way. Dorothy: Who said that? [ Toto barks at scarecrow] Dorothy: Don

Consider a Busy Restaurant Kitchen as a System

February 9, 2016

I am frequently asked about the meaning of systems perspective or about the difference between aligned processes ( alignment) and integrated processes (

Using Analytics to Improve Your Business

February 4, 2016

What benefit could come from organizations mastering the use of modern analytics, which is defined by James R. Evans as "the use of data, information technology

Another Reason Health Care Organizations Need the Baldrige Framework

February 2, 2016

A panel of patient safety experts recently found that a “systems approach” is necessary to ensure patient safety in hospitals and other health care

Only You Can Control Your Future

January 29, 2016

Or so Dr. Seuss was once quoted as saying. I don’t read Dr. Seuss as often I should, but it is not always good to put away childish things despite the

Celebrating Data Privacy Day and everything it stands for!

Happy Data Privacy Day! According to a recent survey of young Americans by Harvard’s Institute of Politics, 65% of respondents said they were "very concerned"

Where to Find Guidance to Gain a Competitive Advantage

January 28, 2016

Not too long ago, Industry Week hosted a webinar "Five Characteristics for Competitive Advantage: What Discrete Manufacturers Need to Grow and Flourish," and

Going Nuts over NIST’s Standard Reference Peanut Butter

January 25, 2016

Maintaining a social media account involves keeping track of the many random celebrations that can provide an excuse to post a story that otherwise might not

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