PM-ing the Fuzzy-Front-End of Product Development

I’m going to begin this professional commentary on project management by telling you a story from my youth. So far back in my youth, in fact, I don’t even remember it firsthand. But it’s been relayed to me from a couple of different perspectives. I grew up in an A-frame home in a rural, wooded…

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How Did I Get Here?

Jeff Disher counseled me “Go to a four-year college, get an internship, and learn to tear things apart and fix them.” And that’s what I did. How and why did I become a DISHER team member? Last Friday, I found myself in front of the entire company at a staff meeting— a generally uncomfortable place…

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DISHER Egg Drop Challenge

Looking back over my life and career as a 27 year old engineer degreed in product design and manufacturing, one place I never thought I would find myself is here: DISHER Egg Drop Inaugural Grand National Champion, 2016. I won’t say it was historic, but I wouldn’t stop anyone else from making that claim or…

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