Scaling UP! H2O

[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/9099236/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/f6931e/" height="90" width="100%" placement="top" theme="custom"] 080 Pinks and Blues: Filming Amines Episode 80: Show Notes Last year I had the pleasure of speaking at the AWT Conference in Orlando, Florida . I thought the informa...

079 The One with The Waste Water Guy (Part 2) Episode 79: Show Notes Nation!  you ask for it, so here it is!  An Episode series on Waste Water.   Every year the Association of Water Technologies (AWT) offers a training seminar on waste water.  The trainers that donate their time are top notch.  They explain everything a beginner would need to know to begin a career in waste water treatment.  Unfor...

078 The One with The Waste Water Guy Episode 78: Show Notes Nation!  you ask for it, so here it is!  An Episode series on Waste Water.   Every year the Association of Water Technologies (AWT) offers a training seminar on waste water.  The trainers that donate their time are top notch.  They explain everything a beginner would need to know to begin a career in waste water treatment.  Unfortunately,...

077 Pinks and Blues Episode 77: Show Notes Water treaters run test.  That's a fact.  However, the tests should never run the water treater.  How well do you know your tests?  Do you know how they work?  Do you know how to tell when your tests are "lying" to you?   Many of you have written in asking about specific testing questions.  Today's show will not only answer those questions but hopefully g...

076 The One with the Consulting Client Episode 76: Show Notes Have you ever wondered what would happen if someone found out about your short comings?  Maybe they could: expose you, take your business, tell your boss or even make fun of you.  Or maybe they could help you overcome those short comings?   Many get a frightened felling by the prospect of someone finding out we don't know something, or...

075 The One that's All About Corrosion Coupons Episode 75: Show Notes If you are an industrial water treater, most likely you have seen a corrosion coupon at some point.  However, if you haven't, today's episode will teach you all about them.   I remember a time when I placed an ad for my corrosion coupon lab in an industry magazine.  After we created the layout for the ad, the sales rep called me...

Water, Water everywhere...  Well, is it really?  As a Water Treatment Professional, we have a professional responsibility to look after this valuable resource.  It's not just a responsibility, it is in the DNA of our job.  Water Treatment is the original "Green" profession.  We were Green before anybody ever thought about being Green, even Kermit. If we do our jobs properly, we have a tremendous o...

AHSRAE and AHR combine their efforts to put on one tremendous trade show.  Many of us in the Scaling UP! Nation!  are not able to attend conferences such of this.  So, me being the nice guy that I am, take you onto the tradeshow floor via Scaling UP! H2O.   Join me as I talk to both vendors and water treaters so you can start thinking about that next thing that will help you succeed with a particu...

If you have ever been in a manufacturing facility, you've probably seen something from the LEAN process, even if you didn't recognize it.  LEAN is mostly thought of at a "streamlining" system used in the world of manufacturing.  And this is how I thought of it. Our guest today is Jason Burt of EHIIP Consulting.  And I know what you are thinking, Why are we talking about LEAN, we are water treaters...

As an industrial water treatment professional we all need water to do our jobs.  But because of our jobs we have a tremendous opportunity to lead the way in reducing the usage of this valuable resource. I am delighted to say that the Scaling UP! H2O podcast is reaching many nations and getting the attention of water treaters all over the world.   Because of this we were contacted about a water del...

When was the last time you spent time out of water treatment to work on water treatment?  Sometimes you must take yourself out of the work you are doing so you can do the work you are doing better. The AWT's Technical Training is the best opportunity available for this purpose. Whether you're a professional in the water technology field, a supervisor, or the owner of a company, the Association of...

Making 2019 a great year! On today's Pinks and Blues episode we will be answering the following questions: Q: How do I make 2019 better than 2018?  What am I not seeing that can help me do that? Q: Did you celebrate your accomplishments of last year? Q: Did you discover why you were success on your accomplishments and why you were not on what you did not accomplish? The reason this works so well f...

No matter what type of business you are in, we all share one universal issue:  How do we find the "Right People" to hire?  For those of you that don't know, I define" Right People" as people who enhance our culture.  I speak about this in more detail in episodes 44 and 45 .   Finding new "Right People" is an issue we are currently faced with at my company, Blackmore Enterprises, Inc.   The good ne...

Happy 2019! My personal mission statement is: To make each day better than the last! What are you going to do to make this year better than last year? Here are some things that might help you coming up in 2019 in the water treatment industry: January   * ASHRAE Conference ( American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers) - January 14-16, 2019 | Atlanta, GA  * ABMA Confere...

S-C-O-L-L Success: 39 shows this year Jumped from 5000 to 9000 subscribers Started the weekly format Challenge: Need more material for the weekly format Had to change my production routine to accommodate the weekly format Switch podcast hosting server because we were so popular Opportunity: Asked to speak in China Enhancing the website to make it easy for listeners to use Spoke with one of my hero...

On today's Pinks and Blues episode we will be answering the following questions: What should I do to go about taking the CWT examination? What is the difference from Free Chlorine, Combined Chlorine and Total Chlorine? And when would you use each of them? How do I get a Scaling UP! Shirt? Action list to taking the exam  Decide you will take it. Set a date. Create a plan working backwards from that...

If you have ever listened to this show, you have heard me say "Be the best you can be by being the best in this industry."  You also have heard me say "make the industry better because you are in it."  So... are you? This was the reason I started this podcast.  Scaling UP! H2O is my way of raising the bar in the water treatment industry.  Based on the feedback I have received, I think we are doing...

On today's Pinks and Blues episode we will be talking to some of the new Certified Water Technologists in our industry. Andy McGill Chandler Mancuso Conor Parrish Jeff Burton Kevin Thurston   Key Questions Why did you feel it is important to get the CWT designation? As a CWT, what is the biggest tip you can think of that people in the Scaling UP! Nation need to know about their test kits? How CWT...

Have you ever thought about what our water treatment control equipment allows us to do?  Yes, it feeds our products and bleeds the system, but what it really does is allow us to go home!  If we did not have something monitoring our program 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, we would have very different job.  I don't know about you, but I don't want to sleep in a mechanical room!  It is for this rea...

061 Pinks and Blues Episode 61: Show Notes   On today's Pinks and  Blues episode  we will be answering the following questions:      What are some of your tips for me to become faster at running my tests? How to get better consistency when multiple people are running the same test? Why do we filter some samples and some we don't filter? Why can you not take your sample if your missing that pill? W...

I'm willing to bet that when you think about public speaking, you get nervous or at least a bit uncomfortable.  The great Google says it is one of the top fears that most of us share.  And who can argue with Google?  I remember the first time I gave a water treatment speech in front of some of my father's clients.  It was not very good. In fact, it was downright bad.  However, that was my first, n...

On today's Pinks and Blues episode we will be answering the following questions: What are some of the items you've recommended on Scaling UP! H20? Titration - How can you find a new drop count when you change the sample size? How do I know if I am doing a good job since I am so new to the water treatment industry?   Timestamps Differences of RSI|LSI|PSI [0:03:22] Finding tools to help us [0:05:24]...

It doesn't matter what your job title is, you are a sales person.  Now granted, some are better that it than others, but we are all in sales no matter what we do.  I like to look at sales as something we do to help solve a problem for someone else.  Many look at it as I need to make this person do this, so I can make some money.  To those who say this, I say that if you motive is to help, the mone...

On today's Pinks and Blues episode we will be answering the following questions: How do you talk to customers that doesn't have time to talk to you? What is the difference of a free and total chlorine? What are some other things that we can monitor in the system to make sure that our inhibitor is working?   Timestamps How to talk to customers? [0:01:00] Building trust/relationship with customer [0...

One of my philosophies is "teach what you know." Which works out great for me because I have this podcast. I have always felt you know something better when you can teach it. As a teacher, you must be able to convey your point to who you are speaking with, anticipate their questions and make sure you increase the listening party's overall knowledge of the subject matter. Truth be told, this is how...