The US is Ranked 12th in Talent, Topped By Those Pesky Socialist Countries. What’s  Gone Wrong? by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. In an IndustryWeek article entitled, “Top 10 Countries For Talent,” it was reported that the IMB…

The Connection Between Worker Capacity, Organizational Capacity and Output by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. The term “capacity” has many meanings. The business dictionary defines capacity for different applications, but generally defines it as “specific ability of an…

More Education Won’t Fix Flat or Declining Wages, But Appropriate Compensation and Stable Job Markets Can Make College Worth It by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. Having several degrees myself, I can say that I am a strong…

Eight Scenarios That Would Make You Wish You Had a Structured OJT System by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. I think one can confidently say that most employer’s focus on training the workers they need – to perform…

Is it Possible to Close the “Skills Gap” if Focused on the Symptom, Not The Cause? by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. There is nothing like the futility of trying to solve a specificproblem with a general solution…or treating the symptoms…

Yet Another Reason Structured On-The-Job Training Should Be Part of Any Company’s Business Model – New ISO 30414 Standards for Human Capital Metrics by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. A new reason has come to town to support…

Is It Possible To Improve Worker Performance Without Documented Task Mastery? by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. W. Edwards Deming said, “We are being ruined by the best efforts of people who are doing the wrong thing.”  The…

A Training Approach That Should Make the Bean Counters Happy by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc Whether out of deference or lack of awareness, it is an unspoken truth that more and more employers have been neglecting their…

When Wages Rise for Skilled Labor, Can Your Firm Maximize Worker Value and Minimize Investment? by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. Ideally, wages rise for most job classifications when conditions are right to match the rising cost of…

The US Workforce Competitive Advantage Has Declined For Decades – Not for Lack of Resources, Effort or Base Talent, But For Strategy by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc. The United States has, by objective measures, not done a…