From MindTools:

Estimating Time Accurately

Project Management Phases and Processes

Gantt Charts

From HBR Blog:

Joshua Ehrlich: Developing Executive Presence

Scott Keller: Five Questions That Should Shape Any Change Program [this article may add valuable perspective to my post on downward innovation.]

All hail the spotless resume and the “well-rounded” job seeker? George Anders: Spotting the Great but Imperfect Resume

Daniel Gulati: Facebook is Making Us Miserable [Amusingly, the author assumes quitting FB as "unrealistic," but the very first comment is about quitting. I did this myself in 2011 and I don't see that I miss much.]

From Instructables:

timmolderez: Adjustable drafting table with basic tools and materials

Random_Canadian: Pocket Lathe

From Reliable Plant:

Rod Reinholdt: How to Implement an Effective Chain-wear Monitoring Program

From Machinery Lubrication:

Jim Fitch: Justifying the Cost of Excluding a Gram of Dirt

Stephen Sumerlin: 6 Steps to Update Your Lubrication Program

From YouTube:

Japanese Machine Tool Drilling a Square Hole [h/t Hackaday]

From Stanford Entrepreneurship Center:

You Gotta Grind [The Wright Brothers demonstrate that breakthrough innovations are not always epiphanies. h/t Rooted in Prosperity]

From the Altschuler Institute

Boris Zlotin: Managing Innovation Knowledge: The Ideation Approach to the Search, Development, and Utilization of Innovation Knowledge [PDF]

From ThinkReliability

Mark Galley: Six Common Errors when Solving Problems [PDF]

From Reliability Center, Inc.

Mark Latino: Root Cause Analysis: A Silver Bullet or Just Plain Coveralls [PDF]

From HBR Blog

Larry Prusak has something of interest to those familiar with the MBM element Knowledge Processes: Is Your Economy Built on the World’s Best Knowledge? Here is a direct link to the UN report [PDF] that inspired the article.

Priscilla Claman: Get to Know Your Boss’s Boss

Scott Anthony: A Few Ideas for Beleaguered Innovators

From Reliable Plant

Fluke Corporation: Troubleshooting compressed air systems

Glenn White: Case study: Diagnosing a low-speed gearbox problem

From Instructables

Tin Can Stirling Engine

Spruce up your hardhat in steampunk style. (Just don’t wear it near the safety office!)

From MindTools

A friend of mine likes to quip that you know an engineer is an extrovert when he (yes, he) looks at YOUR shoes. So, it may be useful to do a little (more) introspection: How Good Are Your People Skills?