Why workplace wellness makes commercial sense
A recent study of almost 32,000 workers across all UK industries has revealed that employees lose, on average, the equivalent of 30 days of productive time annually due to sick days, or underperformance in the office as a result of ill-health. This is equivalent to each worker losing six working weeks of productive time annually. In the manufacturing industry, if a manufacturing plant had downtime and failures equivalent to 6 weeks of non-production in a year, you can be sure
Reducing the Probability of Pre-Harvest Sprouting Damage
Barley: Quality Improvement Use Case The Current Situation Pre-harvest sprouting (PHS) damage is a major problem across many barley growing regions with late planting and wet conditions extending the acreage and severity of PHS. To meet supply requirements maltsters are buying barley with a higher sprouting damage than normal and this impacts costs and quality, and drains reserves. And growers, already financially stressed, are feeling the effect on their bottom line from pri
The cheshire cat syndrome
Most entrepreneurs and founders love to promote how clever their technology or solution is and how it works and why it’s cool. They haven't always thought too much about know where they are going. But they are invariably excited by the idea of the journey- not the destination. But 20% of companies do not survive year 1. And the number one reason startups fail is because people do not buy their product. They haven't bought the ticket. They don’t see the value. They don't know
Disrupting Digital Agriculture
Here's the text of an article written about the trends in digital agriculture. The article was based on an interview I gave to Disruptor magazine as a result of my company Aglytix Inc. being selected as one of the top Digital Ag companies to look out for in 2018. 1. What’s the history of Aglytix? Where and how did you begin? GL: Aglytix has been in the Agricultural Digital Ag business since 2011. The original company, Superior Edge, was re-branded Aglytix to better encapsulat
The digital ag unicorn myth
An ever-increasing population demands more and more food, with no additional farm land to grow it on. Climate change patterns bring into question everything growers have ever known about their land. There is a rise in consumer demand for sustainable agriculture with safer, higher quality foods and a legacy they can leave their children. Everything seems to fit. The stars all seems to be in alignment to produce the one company that will dominate the digital Ag sector. To par
