Speaking of Jack Kerouac, according to Alan Bisbort in Beatniks: a guide to an American subculture, Kerouac himself, in his signature generation defining work On the Road promoted the idea of what it means to be part of the ‘beat generation’ as having an indigenous sense of ‘beatific’ or bliss. Cross this with the literal […]
The Secret Life of Start-ups
Envision, right now, for the next four minutes, a previous 11 months of planning, scoping, decisions, scheduling, capital spends, more decisions, design, negotiations, still more decisions, equipment validations, yep, decide and finally, construction over [insert national holiday] by your team–and imagine today is the day. Maybe last night you experienced a restless attempt at sleep, […]
Embrace Your Inner Foodie
Whether you are in operations, sanitation, maintenance, quality, marketing, line management, warehouse, engineering, procurement, or an equipment or material supplier, you work long hours to put sprinkled pop tarts on the shelf. As a result of not being in the profession of banker, doctor, lawyer, fireman or teacher, what you do every day may not […]
The Pack-Ecosystem, Your Roadmap to Start-Up
I’ve noticed over the years, individuals (including myself) tend to develop and exhibit idiosyncrasies over time, which highly correlate back to the what, how and when climate of executing the daily duties in their particular profession. Some of the less neurotic traits are easy to conceal while other tics may absolutely give you away as […]
53 years and counting…
In the packaging world, as in many other industries, trade shows are an epicenter of emerging technology and relationship building. Participance is a luxury to some and mandatory for others, regardless, you should make the most of your attendance if you get to go. As a regular Pack Expo attendee in the US, I thought […]
