FINESSE Insights: How to Make Your Next Conference More Meaningful
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Tim Baumgartner
- Aug 28
- 4 min
Why Embracing These Four Things Makes an Effective Project Manager
Whether it’s a public or private sector role, there are key aspects of effective project management that apply across the board.
Jessica Morgan
- Aug 21
- 4 min
Rebranding Alice: 6-Points for Communicating Creative Materials
Managing creative projects requires FINESSE in communication.
CWF
- Jul 29
- 2 min
Six Helpful Guest Insights on Communicating Public Policy, Women in STEM, and Asset Management
Ask some of the best people you know for their advice. Great stuff bubbles up!
Jeff Lineberger
- Jun 27
- 6 min
The Power of Interest-Based Negotiation in Long-Term Planning
In interest-based negotiation, the primary goal is to uncover and address the true interests of the parties involved.
Ken Latino
- Jun 5
- 5 min
My Reliability Journey to Asset Performance Management
The lesson here is that everyone's ideas matter and everyone has an important role to play in asset performance.
Chris Millis
- May 20
- 4 min
Insights on Communicating as an Engineer, Elected Official, and Lobbyist
While engineers are often labeled as poor communicators, the ones who work hard can counter the stereotype and be influential.
Sanya Mathura
- May 3
- 4 min
Effective Communication Attracts More Women to STEM
Effective communication brings more women to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Tom Walker
- Apr 17
- 3 min
How Communicating Water Policy Using an Academic Lens Enables Better Decisions
Communicating water policy takes on many shapes and forms depending on the lens used to digest the information and then in communicating...
Stan Meiburg
- Apr 10
- 3 min
Communicating With the Government (or Bureaucrats Are People Too!)
Everyone has heard the punchline, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you”. Ronald Reagan famously used this as a laugh line...
CWF
- Apr 5
- 3 min
Eight Great Insights on Reliability, Maintenance, and Asset Management
Ask some of the best people you know. Give them the freedom of topic and format. Provide a few guardrails. See what bubbles up. The end...
Greg Christensen
- Mar 27
- 4 min
How My Passion and CMMSradio Help Maintenance & Reliability Professionals
Communicating the value of a CMMS is something our guest experts tackle countless times and from various perspectives throughout their...
Carl Carlson
- Mar 20
- 6 min
Why Questioning Is Important for Transferring Knowledge and Building Relationships
Using questions is a skill employed to improve the transfer of knowledge. Learning how to ask the right questions enhances personal...
Corey Dickens
- Mar 13
- 5 min
We Still Suck at Selecting Software. Mistakes We Keep Repeating.
We suck at selecting software. Often, we come in with the best intentions, real challenges to solve, and executive backing. Yet,...
Hank Kocevar
- Feb 21
- 6 min
Seven Ways to Successfully Craft and Communicate a Comprehensive Asset Maintenance Strategy
Is your organization grappling with the challenge of formulating effective asset (equipment) strategies? Are you facing resistance to...
Dr. Paul Martin Gibbons
- Feb 15
- 5 min
People Are Our Most Important Asset!
What is an asset? Typically, when you think of assets they are physical things like cranes or machine tools or perhaps information or...
Cliff Williams
- Feb 7
- 5 min
Communication Is the Essential Key to Unlocking Asset Management Value
Even though there is no particular section on communication in the ISO 55000 suite, when you read it, you quickly see that without...
Bob Latino
- Jan 17
- 8 min
Understanding & Communicating ‘The Reliability Approach’
The Reliability Approach… "Something understood and practiced by engineers and highly specialized technicians," is apt to be the first...
Fred Schenkelberg
- Jan 10
- 5 min
Why Listening is an Important Skill and How to Improve It
During a break between sessions at a conference, a colleague and I sat in a cluster of comfortable chairs in the hallway. We discussed...
CWF
- Jan 2
- 3 min
The Guest Insights of 2023 from Communicating with FINESSE
There are a lot of outstanding insights in the 2023 guest articles for improving communication and facilitation skills. Many gold nuggets...
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