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Finding your balance: Thoughts on being a working mom
My work backpack has a mix of 3D printed parts, baby toys, post-it notes and sketches. It does a good job of summing up my life, which is a gratifying mix of engineering and motherhood. Since becoming a mom, I鈥檝e been faced with a mountain of decisions, all centered on keeping life balanced. My dad…
Read MoreDisher Brings Work to Life
Over the last two years author Tracy Brower – of Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work – 聽has been doing research about healthy work cultures that bring work to life by bringing life to work. She recently heard that 91影视 has been doing that for the past 15 years. She was excited…
Read MoreThe Tough Road to Innovation Success
As the owner of our product development firm, I often get calls that go something like this, 鈥淚’m calling from Company XYZ and we have this idea for a new product and we’re not sure how to get it developed. Can you help me?鈥澛 As the conversation goes on, I sense that this company聽thinks their…
Read MoreWhite Board Wednesday庐 Marathon
Disher recently facilitated four free聽innovation sessions for four different start-up companies in the Ann Arbor area. These sessions 聽– called White Board Wednesdays庐聽– are part of a proven Disher process which generates a high quantity of quality ideas around a given problem statement. A year and a half ago, Disher established an office presence…
Read MoreWhat is ‘Stewardship’ all about?
Disher鈥檚 Definition of Stewardship: Stewardship 鈥 being responsible with all the resources we have been given . . . for us and for the world around us. Stewardship comes in many forms and meanings for every individual that participates.聽 Here at Disher, in just the last 12 calendar months, our team has contributed more than…
Read MoreUnlock Your Full Potential: The Value of Lifelong Learning for Growth and Success
I didn鈥檛 always enjoy formal learning. Growing up, school was this involuntary experience that was happening to me. I wasn鈥檛 overly engaged, rarely doing homework at home and almost never studying. I absorbed enough in high school to graduate with a respectable GPA and acceptance letters to Kettering University and Purdue. Starting at Kettering in…
Read MoreTrusting Relationships
June Culture Characteristic: Trusting Relationships聽 Trust is a foundational characteristic that Disher Design and Development strives to build its relationships on. Trusting relationships in the workplace and with our customers are the building blocks of an effective partnership and Disher鈥檚 ability to make a positive difference in the lives of those we come in contact…
Read MoreStory of a Part
Over 70 students from the area attended a Michigan SmartCoast event hosted at OMT Veyhl and sponsored by Consumers Credit Union. Disher Design and Lakeshore Advantage also helped support the event. 鈥淭he Story of a Part鈥 highlighted the interesting steps a part follows from idea to production. OMT-Veyhl and Disher Design collaborated to design a…
Read MoreMichigan SmartCoast Engineering Event
Disher is Co-Hosting a FREE Event “The Story of a Part” Disher is partnering with Lakeshore Advantage and OMT-Veyhl to host a fun, free engineering event for students. + Are you curious about engineering? + Want to learn about what engineers do on a day-to-day basis? + Interested in exploring an engineering career in West…
Read MoreGreat Rated!
Disher is a Great Rated!聽Workplace Great Rated! conducted an anonymous survey of randomly selected Disher Design & Development employees to assess the quality of workplace challenges, atmosphere, rewards, pride, communication, and bosses. With a 97-98% positive rating from employees in all of the categories, Disher earned a spot as a Great Rated! workplace. Read more…
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