FEATURES

Digital platform aims to streamline nursing resident management

Nursphere’s intuitive interface replaces outdated manual processes
By Annajirao Challa, Wen Cao and Mohammad T. Khasawneh

Built for inclusion: Applying biomechanics to workplace design

Tools to adapt job needs to workers of different physical traits, abilities
By Ashley Mayo and James Rethaber

How to be a Lean Six Sigma champion

A review of best practices in Operational Excellence for executives
By Merwan Mehta

In a changing world, more leaders should think and act like farmers

Growing an organization requires planning, flexibility, experimentation
By Caroline Dickens and Susan O. Schall

AI and industrial engineering: History of a long partnership

By Adedeji B. Badiru

THE FRONT LINE

Top stories in this month's news from the field

• AI may be listening along with your doctor
• Filtering out false alarms is key to online diligence
• Survey: 82% of business leaders are all in on Gen AI
• Before the full burnout comes ‘quiet cracking’
• Alpha Pi Mu awards top-performing chapters
• Supply of power, not labor, drives industry strategy
• 3D spine model created to ease back pain
• LA shines a beacon into internet shadows
• ‘Catfish’ aim to lure both job seekers, companies
• Drones help city spot, solve energy leaks
• NASA explores vehicle alternatives for lunar landing
• Author: Lack of imagination limits AI’s scope
• Book of the month: Strategic planning tools and how to use them
  

PERSPECTIVES

Performance by Kevin McManus

The power and peril of outliers

Management by Carl Kirpes

What does it mean to lead an organization?

21st Century Engineering by Anirudh Dhebar

Recreational engineering: Observe, be curious, wonder

THE INSTITUTE

This month in IISE news ...

• Albert offers unique expertise as Annual keynote
• Student videos can boost ISE careers, earn cash prize
• HSPI networking events offer a world of connections
• Share ideas, fun at Applied Ergo networking events
• #AppliedErgo2026 tours include hospital, human factors lab
• IISE Training Focus: UPS, IISE partner to build Lean excellence
• Expert tips for job seekers making a career/industry change
• Year-end donations boost current, future ISEs