by dveech | Feb 23, 2021 | AT&T, history, industrial revolution, leadersights, Samuel Morse, telegraph, western union
I’m David Veech and this is Elevate Your Performance.I intended to share some thoughts about the birth of aviation today, but I didn’t want to neglect a very important late 19th century set of developments that rapidly accelerated the growth of the economy...
by dveech | Feb 22, 2021 | automobile, car, Ford Motor Company, history, industrial revolution, leadersights, learning
I’m David Veech and this is Elevate Your Performance.The automobile industry literally changed the face of America. This single enterprise led to more technological innovations in manufacturing, metallurgy, electronics, oil refining, distribution systems,...
by dveech | Feb 16, 2021 | Gratitude, history, industrial revolution, leadersights, lean, learning
Today I want to pick up from the last episode, where I talked about the birth and growth of Iron and Steel, railroads, and the oil industry through the early 1800s; evidence of the first industrial revolution in the US.There’s no real date for when the...
by dveech | Feb 3, 2021 | culture, history, industrial revolution, leadersights, lean, productivity
As we’re moving through our American timeline from craft manufacturing to mass production, I’ve rarely studied the period between Eli Whitney’s milling machine and Henry Ford’s assembly line.The 19th century seemed to hide great strides in...
by dveech | Feb 1, 2021 | history, industrial revolution, leadersights, lean
I’m David Veech and this is Elevate Your PerformanceWe’re continuing the conversation about the industrial revolution, bringing us from the craft manufacturing age to the mass manufacturing age.The most significant enabler of mass production is the concept...
by dveech | Jan 29, 2021 | history, industrial revolution, leadersights, lean, learning
I’m David Veech and this is Elevate Your Performance.Last time I offered some thoughts on the craft age. Today, I want to start talking about how we ended up mastering mass manufacturing.As I mentioned last time, shifting population patterns, from rural...
