Last Saturday, I attended the Purdue Ag Alumni Fish Fry. This is an annual event that brings together over 1500 people who are friends of Agriculture and many, alumni of Purdue University’s College of Agriculture. As former President of the organization, I look forward to this event each year. At this year’s event, I thought
PTFE or polytetrafluoroethylene was discovered on April 6, 1938 by Dr. Roy Plunkett at the DuPont research laboratories and it was patented in February of 1941. You know PTFE as Teflon – the non-stick coating used on things like pans, griddles and grills. This chemical now has a growing list of uses based on its
By Rick Bommelje Listening is one of the most important skills we can develop in our lives. Most would agree with that statement, yet most would agree they could be better listeners. That wasn’t the case for the lead character in this book. Stu was a Sales Manager who, among other things, was clueless about
One of my TV memories growing up was of Lee Iacocca selling cars for Chrysler. As I thought about it later, he wasn’t really even selling cars, he was selling himself – asking the American people to trust him and then buy his cars. He brought Chrysler back from near financial death, wrote a business
I take notes in most every learning situation I encounter, including at church. It is a way for me to stay engaged and learning during an important 90 minutes of my week. Aaron Brockett, the lead pastor at Traders Point Christian Church outside of Indianapolis, has said something several times, something that has made it
By Sarah Miller Caldicott The premise is cool: learning about collaborative teams from the great grand-niece of Thomas Edison. I bought the book based on that premise and a recommendation. What I found was a book that has lots of insights about Edison and his working style, approach and beliefs. Since I have read quite
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