Witzshared

  • RBMB – Non Profit Safety

    My Thursday thoughts for National Safety Month.  It Really Burns My Butt when I read about a tragedy like this and decided to do something about it. Any workplace tragedy is just heartbreaking for everyone involved, the company, fellow workers, friends and the family most of all.  However when it… Listen ⇢

  • Companies Behaving Badly-Functionality

    Functionality – the quality or state of being functional a design that is admired both for its beauty and for its functionality; especially   Welcome back.  Hope your Memorial Weekend was restful and reflective.   This episode of Companies Behaving Badly began with a seed planted by a blog post… Listen ⇢

  • Companies Behaving Badly-Customer Service?

      Welcome back. “When you blame, you open up a world of excuses, because as long as you’re looking outside, you miss the opportunity to look inside, and you continue to suffer.” ― Donna Quesada, Buddha in the Classroom: Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers Well folks, a lot has happened since… Listen ⇢

  • Companies Behaving Badly-Justified

    Welcome back. We’re continuing on the theme from last month of “boys will be boys”, and yet trying not to beat a dead horse.  When it comes to the thought process of “boys being boys” there happens to be one major fatal flaw and that is the ability to justify… Listen ⇢

  • Companies Behaving Badly-Leadership Lost

    Welcome back. “One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” —Arnold Glasow “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” —Lao Tzu It… Listen ⇢

  • RBMB-What’s Wrong With Having Fun?

        It was finally shut down day.  After 10 days straight of production on graveyard, it was over and the only thing standing between me and some much needed sleep and family time was the morning production meeting. This rotation, I would be in the first group out the… Listen ⇢

  • Companies Behaving Badly – Backup Failed

    There has been an alarming rash of workplace accidents recently, involving vehicles backing up resulting in the deaths of workers.  Even though poor weather conditions were partially to blame, complacency also has a hand in this.  We’re all guilty of rushing around and under constant pressure to get the job… Listen ⇢

  • Companies Behaving Badly-The Art of the Pop-In

      The art of the Pop In – One of the most valuable things I learned as an employee through years of observation is that boys will be boys at any age, so when I joined the ranks of management I made sure to implement another concept I learned, the… Listen ⇢

  • RBMB-Exceeded Limitations

    We all deal with limitations of one sort or another and at times we have depended on machinery of some type to help us compensate for those limitations.  However, we tend to become enamored by their speed and strength and forget that those pieces of industrial powered machinery have limits themselves as… Listen ⇢

Meet the podcast host, Naomi Ellis.

Join Naomi's warm insights that turn complex biographies into relatable stories that inspire and educate the public.

Subscribe Now