This week has been somewhat different than a regular week. I have had to deal with all the normal day to day tasks (bidding, drawing, project managing, etc.) but one thing that has come up is thinking outside of the box when it comes to the industry we work in.
It all started in a random conversation with my boss about waterfall system he wants to build in his house. From there we went to random ideas that could be marketed and sold in the steel industry as well as outside the steel industry. We have now come up with a few ideas that I not only think are innovative and creative but are also not like most of my "million dollar ideas" that would never work anyway. These ideas seem to be actually possible and would be simple enough to build that overhead would be somewhat minimal.
This all may be a little comical that working in a steel shop we have sat and thought up some random ideas that might make a dollar, and it is, but I have taken a few things away from this. Thinking outside the box is a skill that can be applied in many different ways. In this scenario it has at least for the time led us down a path that could potentially be profitable. In more practical real work scenarios it is problem solving in situation where the obvious answer is not allowable. Whether it be loading a truck with steel, flying some balconies up to the top of a building, or hiring a helicopter to move a bridge over a mountain! Finding the ways to accomplish tasks in any and all circumstances is valuable.
Weekly Hours: 45
Total Hours: 367
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