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You Can't Skip the Map | Why Every Process Improvement Project Starts With a Map

If you work in process improvement (or lead any kind of transformative project) you cannot escape process maps. Just about every engagement I work on requires one, and they can easily make or break how a project turns out. I used to treat them as a formality, a box-checking exercise before the "real" work started. I don't anymore. Here's why, and how I actually use them. The Power of Zooming Out When a process breaks, our natural instinct is to zero in on the one step that's

Frank Visca

Sep 172 min read

From Map to Playbook: My AI Journey Behind Mach Maglev

The spark In college, I took an “AI in business” class, where we were tasked with creating a fantasy company and use our Artificial Intelligence (AI) knowledge that we gain from the semester to implement tools into the company. For me, I wanted a fast way to move me and my stuff from my home in New York to college in Florida, taking inspiration from Amtrak’s Auto Train, I thought of a futuristic maglev service to transport people and cargo long distances. I didn’t start with

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Frank Visca

Jan 116 min read

Struggle Is Success: How a Wind Turbine Project Turned Setbacks into Strength (Overcoming challenges)

Overview : A wind turbine project failed to spin, but it sparked transformation. Discover engineering lessons: Design for Manufacturing & Assembly (DFMA) and Design for Reliability (DfR), teamwork insights, and why struggle isn’t the obstacle; it’s the path to personal & professional growth in Overcoming challenges. The Big Idea: Building a Residential Wind Solution (Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine) We set out to build a vertical‑axis wind turbine (VAWT) that a homeowner could l

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Frank Visca

Dec 1, 20254 min read