Scaling UP! H2O

Scaling UP! Nation, if this is new information to you, hang in there, and if this is old news, I know you're still going to learn something today. China has reduced its export of Phosphonates by 90% now through 2022 and water treaters everywhere need to be aware of what options are available to you so we can continue providing top-notch service to our clients.  I couldn't think of a better person...

Today is a special treat because today I have a friend and trusted colleague, Janet E. Stout PhD , president of Special Pathogens Laboratory and research associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. An infectious disease microbiologist, Dr. Stout is recognized worldwide for seminal discoveries and pionee...

If you've been having supply chain issues, you are not alone.  But you don't have to solve your supply chain issues on your own. On October 14, 2021, I hosted a Raw Materials Supply Chain Update Roundtable with Mike Standish of Radical Polymers, Jill Cavano of Scranton Associates, John Zibrita of Zibex, and Gary Garcia of Masters Company- these individuals let us know what they are seeing in the m...

As the fourth quarter of 2021 draws to a close, what are the things you are evaluating to make sure that Q4 ends well and that 2022 is going to be a more profitable year for you and your company? If you have ever wondered: how much money should the company have in the bank, why are we taking on more clients but not making a profit, or why are we spending more money on the company but not seeing th...

My name is Trace Blackmore and I've had the honor of celebrating Industrial Water Week with you each day this week! Each year that we celebrate Industrial Water Week , it gets better. Today is all about the fact we all have a career in industrial water treatment . Think about all of the jobs you could have had that are not this job, and how lucky are you that you chose a career in industrial water...

Today we continue Industrial Water Week 2021 with Wastewater Thursday . Scaling up Nation, if you don't see how awesome being a water treater is, you are not doing it right. Industrial Water Treaters are superheroes. You are a superhero! Like many of you, when I started in my career, I couldn't believe what my clients were throwing out, but once I realized that our clients were paying us so they c...

Today is all about cooling. I've always gravitated more towards cooling than any other aspect of water treatment. I am a student of all industrial water treatment areas, but there is just something about cooling that I have always connected with. Do you have a specific area of water treatment that you tend to lean towards? Well, today we are talking about cooling and here's a brief history lesson...

Welcome to the podcast where we water treaters learn and celebrate together! I'm your podcast host, Trace Blackmore . Yesterday we celebrated Pretreatment Monday and today it is Boiler Tuesday!  The dictionary definition of a boiler is quite dull and uninspiring, but for me, the boiler has been my backstage pass to some of the coolest manufacturing companies in the world! Boilers have allowed me t...

The time has come, we are kicking off Industrial Water Week 2021 with Pretreatment Monday!  Join us every day this week as we bring you a new podcast episode and a new mini-challenge from the man who started this holiday for us, James McDonald .  Don't forget to post your daily mini-challenge photos by tagging them with #IndustrialWaterWeek or #IWW21 . Your roadside friend, as you travel from clie...

Scaling UP! Nation, you know I love answering your questions, and today's listener submitted question made me chuckle and reminisce about high school science class when we swabbed d oor handles, toilets, keyboards, drink fountain dispensers, and about how, when I started, I made some basic mistakes with these relatively inexpensive and extremely easy to use tests that nearly everyone in industrial...

For those long-time listeners, you know that I am passionate about personal and professional development and leadership strategies, which is why I couldn't wait to share this interview with you! My guest today is Bill Eckstrom , he is the founder and CEO of EcSell Institute , the world's first and only organization to measure and quantify leadership effectiveness. He is considered one of the world...

Hey Scaling UP! Nation, have you ever had a goal, but you got in your own way of achieving what you set out to do? Yikes, I know I've done that from time to time. Wouldn't it be nice to find a way to get out of your own head and make better decisions so your relationships and company could thrive? If you answered "Yes" to either of those questions, then you are going to love today's guest. Let me...

Welcome to Scaling UP! H2O , the water treaters' podcast. For newer listeners, something I try to do at least once a month is to take listener's calls or show suggestions and answer them in episodes we like to call "Pinks And Blues". I LOVE taking your questions and talking about them on the show, and today is no different. We're talking about Concentration Ratio on today's Pinks and Blues Episode...

 As you know, we started this podcast to "Scale up our knowledge, so we don't scale up our systems". Many of you requested to have another episode about finances, and I couldn't think of a better person to have on the show than my company's CFO, Mike Iverson .  Mike is a CPA and owns Trillium Financial.  I think Mike's superpower is his ability to take a very complex subject, such as 'how much mon...

Scaling Up Nation, I cannot wait to introduce you to Paul Edwards . We met in our Mastermind group and have learned a great deal from one another. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, "When you meet new people, you open the door to new ideas and better ways of doing things that you never would have never thought of if you stayed alone in a silo." Paul is a first-generation Spanish-speaking...

Welcome to the water treater's favorite podcast, Scaling Up! H2O. I'm your host, Trace Blackmore and for my long-time listeners, today's show is going to be a little bit different because for the first time ever,  I'm re-releasing one of our most listened to episodes for our newer listeners.  I recorded this show on October 27th, 2017 and upon listening to it again, I can see why it is one of our...

Welcome to the water treaters' favorite podcast, Scaling UP H2O! Let me introduce you to a friend of mine,  Garret "Gary" Garcia . Gary is one of those people who has an incredible amount of knowledge and over the years has been incredibly generous about sharing what he knows. In today's episode, we're going to cover everything from new technologies in the water treatment industry to the things a...

Scaling Up Nation, I'm pleased to introduce you to someone that I've learned a great deal from over the past nine years of our friendship. He retired after working 35 years in the water treatment industry; m ost recently he served as Regional Manager at US Water Services and he is the Former owner of ChemTechnologies/Solen Inc. If you haven't guessed his name yet, it is the one and only Marty Step...

One of my favorite things about this podcast is that it has allowed me to meet fantastic people. Today's guest I met at  The Hang   a few months ago, and we instantly hit it off. His name is  John Sandford  and even though he lives 15 miles east of Oxford, and I live outside of Atlanta, our passion for water treatment has made us lifelong friends.   He has a wealth of experience and a genuine pass...

Today's returning guest is a Career Counselor at  Texas Tech University's Career Center and one of my dearest friends,   Donna Srader . Donna is back on the show to talk about the best networking strategies to use when we are not face-to-face.    You see, in March of 2020   Donna Srader , and the rest of the university staff pivoted from meeting in person to have every meeting with students, alumn...

Have you ever hired the wrong person at your company? Have you ever asked for a raise? Have you ever regretted not thoroughly vetting someone before you asked them to join your team? Have you ever started a new job only to walk in the door and discover that there wasn't a computer waiting for you, that you couldn't log into the company wifi, and the drawers to your new desk still had family photos...

Scaling Up Nation! I want to thank you for listening to  200 episodes ! I have been honored to be your host of this weekly podcast over the past 4 years, and I cannot wait to bring you another 200 episodes, thank you for making the podcast what it is today! Looking back, if you had told me when I recorded Episode 1 of The Scaling Up H2O podcast that 4 years later, I'd be celebrating our 200th Epis...

Every time I talk to   Chris Nagle ,   I learn something new. I end the conversation more curious than when we start chatting, and I feel energized and empowered to take a deeper dive, so I become a better water treater. Chris has a background in water treatment and works at Evapco, one of the largest cooling tower manufacturers in the world.    Chris is a  Legionella Bacteria and Cooling Tower  E...

On May 11, 2018, on   Episode 38   Mark C. Winters  the author of "Rocket  Fuel "  was a guest on the show and he introduced the Scaling Up Nation to Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) in a blitz 100 level introductory course. Today I am pleased to have Mark C. Winters back on the podcast to walk us through his 200 level EOS course, which is all about communication.     If you are a new listen...

When it comes to unorthodox leadership wisdom, look no further than my guest today,  Michelle Reines .   Michelle Reines is a speaker, author of the book " From Bad  To  Badass Leader: 12 Leadership Lessons " , executive coach, entrepreneur, founder of MDR Coaching & Counseling, Inc, and creator of the unconventional Badass Leader Brand.     Early in Michelle's leadership journey, she was an absol...