Performance by Kevin McManus

February 2023

Shaking snow globes, tilting windmills

If I had to sum up my industrial and systems engineering career, I would say it has all been about shaking snow globes and tilting at windmills. Our profession is one where the people we serve expect continual change. In turn, we regularly “encourage” people to change their daily work habits. Most balk at such interventions.


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