5 tips to instantly become more innovative By Susan Robertson, Harvard lecturer and innovation consultant When you really need new ideas or fresh thinking or a creative solution to a challenge, a typical, day-to-day approach in your thinking is not the optimal process. Using the same old thinking will simply lead you to the same old ideas you’ve already had or tried before. … [Read more...] about Old Thinking Won’t Lead to New Ideas
Recruiting & Training
Finding & Keeping Good Salespeople, Part 2
By David M. Fellman This is the second part in a two-part series. Part one, in the May/June 2022 issue of PostPress, focused on hiring salespeople. Part two focuses on retention. Having (hopefully) found yourself a good salesperson, how do you keep that person with you? It’s pretty simple, really. First and foremost, you make sure your expectations and your salesperson’s … [Read more...] about Finding & Keeping Good Salespeople, Part 2
Finding & Keeping Good Salespeople
By David M. Fellman This is the first in a two-part series. Part one focuses on hiring salespeople. Part two focuses on retention and will appear in the next issue of PostPress. “As I look at the industry,” a printer told me, “I see great things being done on the printing end. We have fantastic capabilities. We’re just not very good on the selling end or at sales … [Read more...] about Finding & Keeping Good Salespeople
The Workforce Solution is Career Awareness
By Donna Painter, assistant professor, Department of Applied Engineering, Safety & Technology, Millersville University Currently, there is a lot of unpredictability in the future of the print and finishing business, but there is one thing that is known for certain – an infusion of skilled young talent is needed to continue to innovate and thrive. While struggling to manage … [Read more...] about The Workforce Solution is Career Awareness
Recruiting the Next-Generation Workforce
By Brittany Willes, editor, PostPress Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, one of the key issues facing leadership across nearly every industry was that of recruiting and retaining the next generation of employees. For the print finishing and binding industry, workforce development is especially crucial as the older generation – often with decades of specialized knowledge and … [Read more...] about Recruiting the Next-Generation Workforce
Label Academy Launches Virtual Master Classes
Global training provider for the label and package printing industry, the Label Academy, London, UK, will start offering its master classes to an international audience online outside Labelexpo shows for the very first time. This is in response to the increased appetite for digital learning. The Label Academy’s in-depth and expert-led master classes in English have proved … [Read more...] about Label Academy Launches Virtual Master Classes
FSEA Launches Online Learning Experience
The Foil & Specialty Effects Association (FSEA) is launching a free online event to provide resources for print decorating, finishing and binding providers. To be held virtually on June 23 and 24 at www.fseaconference.com, the FSEA Online Learning Experience will provide education on topics that are critical to the success of small- to mid-sized specialty … [Read more...] about FSEA Launches Online Learning Experience
Top 5 Skills Required for 4th Industrial Revolution Success
The skills gap continues to widen and is expected to endure, according to the latest skills gap study conducted by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute (2018). These findings were based on a survey of more than 400 US manufacturers, interviews with manufacturing industry executives, economic predictions by Deloitte’s economics team and analysis of secondary data. While just … [Read more...] about Top 5 Skills Required for 4th Industrial Revolution Success
New Coalition Addresses Communications Industry Concern
A group of concerned associations, educators and industry representatives has formed the Graphic Communications Workforce Coalition. As stated in its organizing documents: “The purpose of the coalition will be to coordinate the efforts of all organizations representing the broad scope of the graphic communications industry for creating awareness, recruitment of new people … [Read more...] about New Coalition Addresses Communications Industry Concern
5 Reasons to Hire for Skill Over Experience
by John Carrozza, principal consultant Riviera Advisors, Inc. When hiring a new person into your organization, it’s very likely that you will review the resume, CV or professional profile and assess how that experience might apply to what your team needs. This is a very logical approach to assessing talent; however, when you look at how quickly the skills to perform each role … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons to Hire for Skill Over Experience