Leaders in oil and gas, as well as in related industries, have begun to predict that a super cycle is on the horizon. As demand outpaces supply, it’s quite possible that’s what the future holds. Here’s what your organization needs to know to stay on target for growth, and how Shea Writing & Training Solutions…
By Daryl Brister Shea Capability and Compliance Solutions, LLC The skills gap in our next generation workforce is well documented. But what may be less widely known is the impact safety competency has on new workers when individuals who could share their safety and technical knowledge are no longer working alongside them. This lack of…
You know that person? The one who points out the punctuation errors in movie captions, or edits their church bulletin during the sermon, or sighs when you type “should of” in a group email? That person is me. Those tiny details get under my skin like nothing else. I can’t count the number of times…
Imagine the following scenario: a company’s operating procedure has come up for its annual review and is distributed to the appropriate people, one at a time, for comments and updates. When the project manager for this review receives the document back, it no longer looks the same; tables have bullets and indents that do not…
In 1962, NASA launched the Mariner 1 spacecraft, beginning what was meant to be a mission to Venus over the next several months. That mission, however, ended much sooner than anticipated—less than five minutes after liftoff, to be exact. The abrupt end of Mariner 1’s mission was caused by a failure in its guidance system software, resulting in the…
Why is it critical to make sure you onboard all new employees in a timely and effective manner? One of the most frustrating aspects of running a manufacturing facility is losing people from the lines of your production floor. If you don’t have the right people in the right place, you risk missing production quotas,…