Chris Danek
Mark Twain was a startup guy!
by Chris Danek Mark Twain said, “Continous improvement is better than delayed perfection.” We keep this quote on our @Bessel office...
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Chris Danek
- Feb 23
- 2 min
Hardware Park Adopts Bessel Origin for its NextGen Program
The Spring 2024 NextGen cohort of 4 high-school students and 9 UAB students is already off to a strong start. During the 12-week...
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Chris Danek
- Oct 3, 2023
- 2 min
Case Study: How One Medical Device Company Used the Power of Agile Teamwork to Meet a Key Milestone
Medical device companies face many tight controls and strict requirements. That makes meeting key deadlines difficult when R&D teams are...
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Alexis Vasquez
- Sep 27, 2023
- 2 min
Bessel Rapid Innovation: Delivering Complex Medical Device Parts for Sirius Engineering
By Alexis Vasquez At Bessel, we combine expertise in advanced manufacturing with an emphasis on agile teamwork to drive medical device...
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Chris Danek
- Sep 15, 2023
- 2 min
Rapid Innovation: Additive Manufacturing as a Bridge to Production
by Chris Danek Learn fast, adapt, drive forward. That’s how we like to approach projects. But we work in the medical device industry, and...
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Chris Danek
- Mar 2, 2023
- 2 min
Pull up a Chair for Your AI Teammate
by Chris Danek “What is the biggest opportunity for applying AI in my startup?” I took this question in a fireside chat at The Bridge...
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Chris Danek
- Dec 15, 2022
- 3 min
Reflection: A Powerful Tool for Teams
The best path to team improvement? Reflection. Make it a regular habit to boost team morale, engagement, and output.
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Chris Danek
- Nov 8, 2022
- 2 min
How to Get Started with Team Mentoring
Boost your teams' performance using team mentors with this five-step quick-start formula.
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Chris Danek
- Oct 20, 2022
- 1 min
How Mentoring Can Boost Teams
By Chris Danek As a medical device engineer for the last twenty-five years, I’ve seen firsthand that individual technical skills aren’t...
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Chris Danek
- Oct 7, 2022
- 1 min
How to Mentor a Team: Lessons from Experienced Team Mentors
by Chris Danek Team mentoring is a powerful way for experienced professionals to guide a team toward shared growth and success. If you’re...
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Chris Danek
- Sep 30, 2022
- 1 min
A Different Perspective on Mentoring: We, Not You
How is team mentoring different than 1:1 coaching? The focus is on WE (the team), not YOU (the individual team member).
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Nikki Blacksmith
- Sep 22, 2022
- 4 min
To Unlock Team Potential, Start with Self-Understanding
by Nikki Blacksmith, co-Founder and co-CEO, Blackhawke Behavior Science Have you ever worked on a great team? Chances are, that team...
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Chris Danek
- Sep 21, 2022
- 3 min
How do we develop more creative teams?
by Chris Danek Recently, a student asked me: “How do you optimize for the creativity of your team?” Photo by Debby Hudson on Unsplash...
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Chris Danek
- May 31, 2022
- 5 min
3 Keys for Every Team: Purpose, Autonomy, Mastery
Mentors can be the solution for teams with low morale and high turnover. Learn the 3 keys for strong teams: purpose, autonomy, and mastery.
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Chris Danek
- Jul 21, 2021
- 2 min
What Do You Get When You Cross Human-Centered Design and Agile Teamwork? Bessel Rapid Innovation
by Chris Danek Taking inspiration from the Agile Manifesto, Bessel has developed a manifesto for rapid innovation that combines the...
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Chris Danek
- Feb 14, 2021
- 3 min
Want to Be a Better Team Mentor? Ask These Guiding Questions
by Chris Danek Have you ever mentored a group? Mentoring a group is different than mentoring an individual, and I think it’s more...
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Janet Cabrera
- Feb 5, 2021
- 2 min
Alumni Profile: Irma Adame “How Bessel Connected Me with Mentors”
Many students finish college without a clear plan for their career. They need real-world work experience to understand what industries...
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Chris Danek
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
What Is Human Centered Design and Why Is It Important for Bessel Origin?
Photo by fauxels from Pexels When I created the Bessel Origin program, three words guided me: Human. Centered. Design. But what is human...
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Chris Danek
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
How Fulmer Instruments Worked with a Bessel Origin Team
Company projects are the backbone of the Bessel Origin program. These real-world work projects pair our participants (usually students or...
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Janet Cabrera
- Jan 15, 2021
- 2 min
Alumni Profile: Hugo Valverde “How Bessel Helped Me Land Interviews”
What do Bessel Origin participants get out of the program? We interviewed Hugo Valverde, a participant in the fall 2020 cohort. Hugo...
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