Jim Vinoski
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Jim Vinoski thinks he’s a pretty regular guy. Jim grew up in Michigan’s glorious Upper Peninsula. He’s married and has two sons, and now resides in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, area. He’s an avid cyclist, runner, and reader. He and his two boys are heavily involved in Scouting, with Jim serving as their Troop’s Scoutmaster. He’s a big WWII history buff and has never gotten over his 1980s fascination with heavy metal music. He has over 30 years of experience in manufacturing, in products ranging from plastics and paints to food and bourbon. (That last one was a heck of a lot of fun.) His focus has been in engineering (he holds a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering), operations, and management. He’s a veteran of such companies as Ralston-Purina and General Mills, and he’s currently responsible for all store-brand manufacturing of dairy and beverage products for a major regional US grocery chain. As a Forbes Contributor, Jim covers all facets of manufacturing. He’s explored everything in his column there from the success stories of numerous American manufacturers to the amazing innovations in our advanced technologies, such as 3D printing and artificial intelligence. Jim also blogs about everything under the sun at The Interface.
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God Bless Our Fast Food Workers
I’ve always been a fast-food fan. For decades now I’ve completely ignored the health...
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LinkedIn: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
I nodded along with pretty much every single word of this impassioned piece by...
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Another Covid Cycling Success
As I wrote previously (see below) I had my best cycling summer in over...
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I’m Grateful For a Campout
This past weekend was the first Scouts campout for our Troop since the pandemic...
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My Glorious COVID Cycling Summer
There are plenty of good reasons to hate every single thing about the pandemic....
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Leadership: Treat Your People like Dogs
Okay, that’s click-bait.
You should really treat your people like I treat my dog. (Well,...
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Bravo, My Fellow Upper Michigan Tourists: COVID Can Suck It
I grew up in the beautiful Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan. But like locals...
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Blood Is Thicker Than Water
I gave blood yesterday and thought about my Dad.
We lost him last August.
You can...
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Freedom and Childhood: What Have We Lost? And How Do We Get (Some of) It Back?
This isn’t about the virus–but the virus amplifies the whole challenge tremendously. I’ve been...
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In Dark Times, Read a Funny Book
Many years ago, the first time I moved my child-of-the-warm-and-sunny-South wife Volita to Michigan,...