Scaling UP! H2O

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...

On today's Pinks and Blues episode we will be answering the following questions: What is the small blue pill in the bottom of a legionella sample bottle? I have a large territory that requires me to travel. On many days I find myself traveling back to accounts that are in the beginning of my route to check items I did a day or two before. What can I do to reduce that? Do I still need to come to AW...

What a week!  Day1: Pretreatment , Day 2: Boilers , Day 3: Cooling , Day 4: Waste Water and the last day...  Careers . Speaking for myself, I am so happy that I work in the Industrial Water Industry. After all, you most likely wouldn't be listening to me right now if I didn't. I am a Water Treater. And personally, there is no better job out there. Today we talk about careers in water treatment and...

Many of us in the Industrial Water Industry work in waste water. Today we are talking about what that means, and we get the following question answered: What are some tips to make sure a jar study mimics system conditions as closely as possible? A huge thank you to Kevin Cope. Kevin has 40 years in the waste water industry and it shows. I find it comforting that we all had a first day, even if it...

It's hard to believe, we are half way into Industrial Water Week.  Today's questions are all about cooling and we are joined by another mentor of mine, Jay Farmerie, CWT . The questions we will answer today are: Cycles of concentration in a cooling tower, if you can control your limiting factors, is there any reason to stop concentrating the water indefinitely? How do you weigh downtime against ma...

Day 2 of Industrial Water Week is here!   Today we celebrate by answering a few questions about boilers and I am joined by one of my mentors, Bruce Ketrick, CWT . Here are the questions we are answering today. What causing foaming in a boiler? Foaming is primarily caused by high solids. As the boiler concentration increases, the boiling bubble cannot "pop" as quickly and they begin to build up on...

Happy Pretreatment Monday! Today we will be starting off Industrial Water Week with Pretreatment questions for the Scaling UP! Nation! Here is the question I answer today: What can make a water softener pass hard water sooner than expected? Happy Industrial Water Week!   Industry Water Week .  Join me  each and every  day this week for a special themed ep is ode.       Timestamps Water Treatment H...

Scaling UP! Nation!, you know that I believe you get out of our industry what you put into our industry.  This is my normal response to when someone asks me why I train others, why I volunteer for trade organizations and especially why I do this podcast. I truly believe that you should teach what you know. Educate yourself and you get smarter, teach what you know, and you get even smarter (because...

Now we have a holiday dedicated just to us, The Industrial Water Treater! Join Scaling UP! H₂O as we celebrate Industrial Water Week October 1 -5 . We will have a new episode each and every day. Industrial Water Week: Your Holiday October 1, 2018 Celebrate water softeners, reverse osmosis, demineralizers, dealkalizers, filters, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, cold lime softeners, hot lime softene...

An introduction to a new Podcast for Water Treaters.

Scaling UP! The podcast for water treaters by water treaters. • Introduction and Welcome • Announcements/ Updates in the industry • Catalyst • Interview/Presentation • Pinks and Blues • Wrap up This was really the first episode of Scaling UP!  Even though it is Episode #2.  The first episode was simply a placeholder to allow me to get the Podcast registered on iTunes and Stitcher and also get the...

Join me as I interview Tom Tinney of Lakewood Instruments .  We explore what you should know about controllers.  Tom talks about basic functionality, advanced functionality, troubleshooting tips and just general information about the controller. Lakewood Instruments Newsletter Die Hard Movies, Can you find the Lakewood Controller? In this episode Tom mentions several items you should have in your...

Water treaters need to realize that everything we do is "green."  Our entire reason for being is to make the systems we treat more efficient.  If we do our jobs properly, we save the customer water and energy which in turn saves the customer money.  That's Being Green! Water Treatment is the original "Green" industry. I interview Charlie Cichetti of Green Building Education Services, GBES and Sust...