Teslas Aren’t Built With Just Screwdrivers. What Do Your Work at Home Employees Use?
Google has said its employees can expect to continue working at home until the end of July 2021. Facebook says it expects […]
Ergonomics for Essential Transportation Workers
We hear a lot about our essential workers in healthcare, but there’s another group of essential workers for whom we need to […]
Addressing Job Demands–and Injuries, via Effective Ergonomics and PtD
Do you know what PtD is? A lot of people who should know, don’t know. PtD is “Prevention through Design,” and the […]
Do You Know Your Numbers?
What numbers do you know? What’s the price of gas in your area? Here outside Chicago, it’s about $2.37/gallon. We stopped for […]
You CAN Have Cake–And Eat It, Too!
A while back I conducted a three-day site visit at a client, where one day was comprised of assessments and two were […]
Working from Home is Here to Stay!
While the world begins to open up, studies are showing that as many as 30% of “new ” work-from-home office employees are […]
What is Psychosocial Stress?
Many people know what physical ergonomics stresses are, but there is another kind of stress that can also hurt us. That stress […]
Free Working from Home Ergonomics Webinar April 2, 2020 10:30am Central!
The pandemic in which we find ourselves has caused many organizations around the world to encourage working-from-home. While millions of people are […]
The Signs of the Times
As a BSA Scoutmaster, I have been working with our leadership team to keep things going during this Covid-19 Pandemic. We are […]
What “I Love Lucy” taught us about Ergonomics
Picture in your mind the 1952 episode of “I Love Lucy,” when Lucy and her pal Ethel took jobs at a chocolate […]
What is a Risk Assessment?
We often hear about “Risk Assessments,” but what are they, actually? Why are they important? And why should they be completed independently? […]
What is Ergonomics?
When I first became an Ergonomist, people often confused “Ergonomics” with “Economics.” They are different terms, and different professions, but actually they […]
