Posts by disheradmin
Paying it Forward: Access Granted
You don’t know what you don’t know. As I stood in front of a classroom of high school juniors explaining ACT testing strategies, I realized they really didn’t know. Not because they didn’t want to know how to perform well on the ACT, but because they didn’t have access to the tools to succeed. I…
Read MoreStewardship Brings Purpose
December is Stewardship month at DISHER! Stewardship is one of our 12 Culture Characteristics. If you were sitting in our company’s all-team meeting last Friday, you would have heard Kimberly and Chuck share why we embrace stewardship and stories of how we live it out— not just in December but throughout the year. One of the…
Read MoreHow New Digital Realities are Changing Product Development
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality are starting to revolutionize product development from user research and ideation to prototyping and testing.
Read MoreGreat Leaders Impact Many Stories
 At DISHER, we love stories. We tell stories in recognition of team members living out our mission and demonstrating our culture characteristics. We share stories of our accomplishments and a job well done. We communicate stories from our proudest moments and personal career journeys. During a DISHER Culture Tour, we tell the story of our…
Read MoreBe a Change Agent for Recycling
With China no longer accepting recycled plastics, we need to become better recyclers by specifying recycled content, reducing plastic use, making better choices, and sorting.
Read MoreManufacturing: Equip Yourself & Honor the Profession
Grow and learn about manufacturing and how to honor those in the field. Tour manufacturers, join maker communities, subscribe to resources, get educated, or volunteer.
Read MoreThe Art of Rejuvenation: Life is a Marathon not a Sprint
Dusk along the coast of Santorini on the Mediterranean Sea. My wife and I had the privilege to rejuvenate by taking a vacation to Europe this summer. Like many of you, we heard how awesome Europe is with all of its history, food, entertainment, night life, and more. We planned a two-week adventure down…
Read More3 Tips for Effective Problem Solving
The team at DISHER loves to problem-solve. We take on many roles with clients where we put our hours of problem-solving training and experience to work. Some of our favorite structured methods include: Six Sigma, Shainen, KT, Practical Problem Solving, A3 problem solving, and 8D problem Solving. However, the complete list of problem-solving tools is…
Read More3 Ways to Innovate Smarter and Faster
The pace of innovation can make your head spin. Just a little over a decade ago no one owned a smart phone. Only forty years ago—no one owned a computer. Today, over 60% of Americans are glued to some type of screen. Even colleges struggle to put together curriculums for careers that are coming. It’s hard to keep up, and the pace is only going to get faster. What is your approach to innovation?
Read MoreA Healthy Culture Reduces Ankle Biters
Meet Scout. Scout is an English Springer Spaniel. Scout is cute. Scout is a lot of work. My wife and I are dog lovers. We talked about our dogs on our first date. We always assumed that we would have a dog at some point during our married lives. Our first dog was Cooper.…
Read More