Chris Clevenger

🗣 LinkedIn Top Voice: Leadership • Team Building • Leadership Development • Team Leadership • Lean Manufacturing • Continuous Improvement • Change Management • Employee Engagement • Operations Management

Over 20 years of Business Operations Management experience, with full P&L accountability, in Manufacturing, Distribution, Service, Rental & Sales, incorporating Lean Manufacturing Techniques, Six Sigma / Continuous Improvement Methodology and Team Concept, with focus & emphasis on Safety & Quality. Financial responsibility for producing annual revenues up to $60M and leadership of 150+ Employees including Individual Department, Single Location & Multi-Locations.

Extensive background in Supply Chain Management, including managing all US locations Materials Management program (Inventory Control, Purchasing, Production Control). Accountable for $30M of on-hand Inventory Value and Product Supply to the US Operations, supporting $250M in annual revenues. Member of the Strategic Procurement Group and Inventory Review Board managing Global Inventories of over $500M.

Specialize in Leaning-Out and Growing operations. Identifying & removing waste in operations, while managing change and acquiring team member buy-in so everyone takes ownership in the company’s success. Strong background in employee, customer and vendor relations, improving operational efficiencies, team building, and developing & leading process improvement initiatives, while utilizing a hands-on approach.

Steel manufacturing (Machining, Fabrication and Forming) Including managing welding operations in accordance with AWS D1.1. overseeing more than 60 welders carrying certifications from 3G through 6GR in various metal material grades from mild alloy A36 to high yield A514. Also including machining (CNC & Manual), forming (Shear, Brake, Press, etc) and assembly operations planning & scheduling, maximizing labor & resource utilization.

Professional Training & Certifications:
Lean Six Sigma (Black Belt Certification)
5S / 8 Wastes
(CI) Continuous Improvement Manager
Lean Manufacturing & Value Stream Mapping
(TPM) Total Productive Maintenance
Project Management - Lean Process
(TQM) Total Quality Management
Change Management
Diversity Management
Corporate Ethics Management
Lean Supply Chain Management
Strategic Customer Service Skills
Corporate Risk Management
OSHA 10 Hour & 30 Hour Safety

Experience implementing and managing Quality Management Systems in a Manufacturing & Service environment, including:
•	QMS / Certifications: ISO 9001 | API Q1 | API 4F | API 8C
•	Recommended Practices (Inspection, Maintenance, Repair & Remanufacture): API 6D | API 8B | AESC Cat 1-4

Thank you,
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432.254.4346
Chris.Allen.Clevenger@Gmail.com

Recruiting / Talent Acquisition (Founder)

Founder & Lead Recruiter at #OpenToWork Careers

With a solid foundation in Operational Business Management spanning over two decades, including:

   - Leadership
   - Leadership Development
   - Team Building
   - Lean Manufacturing
   - Continuous Improvement

I transitioned into Contract Recruiting and Talent Acquisition, applying my extensive experience in recruiting, interviewing and hiring for a diverse range of roles, from general labor to mid-senior level management. My journey led to the establishment of #OpenToWork Careers, a recruiting agency where my passion for connecting talent with opportunity thrives.

At #OpenToWork Careers, I specialize in understanding both the client's needs and the candidate's aspirations, ensuring a perfect alignment of goals and skills. My hands-on experience in operational management has endowed me with a unique perspective, allowing me to recognize the intricate requirements of various positions across multiple industries.

Key Achievements:
- Successfully placed candidates in specialized roles such as NDT Level 2, Mechanical Engineers, Manual Machinists, EHS Managers, Drafters/Designers, Project Engineers, and more, across states including Texas, California, Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
- Navigated complex hiring landscapes to fill positions ranging from technical roles like Engineering Technicians to strategic positions such as Branch Managers and Directors of HR.
- Built a robust network of professionals and companies, facilitating seamless placements and fulfilling numerous operational and managerial roles, including Operations Managers and Accountants.

My approach is rooted in a deep understanding of the nuances of various industries and the ever-evolving job market. At #OpenToWork Careers, we don't just fill positions; we foster long-term professional relationships and contribute to the success of both individuals and organizations.

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#LinkedIn #RecruitingProfessional #TalentAcquisition #CareerDevelopment

Joshua Miller

Joshua Miller Professional Certified Coach / CEO JHM Executive Coaching

Master Certified Executive Leadership Coach | Linkedin Top Voice | TEDx Speaker | Linkedin Learning Author 🧠 Coaching Fortune 500 leaders by upgrading their MINDSET, SKILLSET + PERFORMANCE

The Human Intelligence Advantage™ | Joshua Miller

➤ "AI is changing everything about how we work — but it can’t change why we work"

I’m Joshua Miller — a Master Certified Executive Coach, author, and global leadership strategist helping leaders strengthen the one thing machines can’t replicate: emotional intelligence, adaptability, and authenticity.

For over two decades, I’ve coached Fortune 500 executives, founders, and emerging leaders to thrive in the most disruptive decade of their careers. My work sits at the intersection of AI and EI, teaching leaders how to stay relevant, resilient, and real — when everything else is being rewritten by algorithms.

⸻

🔹 MY PHILOSOPHY:
AI doesn’t replace leaders — it reveals which ones were replaceable. The future belongs to those who lead with Human Intelligence (HI) — the ability to align IQ, EQ, and AQ to create impact that technology can’t. I help leaders and organizations unlock what I call The Human Intelligence Advantage™ — a set of frameworks, mindsets, and tools that future-proof leadership in the AI age.

🔹 WHAT I DO:
As the CEO and Founder of JOSHUA MILLER Executive Coaching, I help leaders elevate performance, deepen emotional intelligence, and lead transformation at scale. My work appears across LinkedIn Learning, TEDx, Forbes, and global stages where the conversation on leadership and AI is being redefined.

🔹 WHAT I BELIEVE: 
The leaders who thrive in this decade will use technology as a tool — not a crutch. Because no algorithm replaces awareness. If you’re a leader ready to upgrade your mindset, modernize your leadership, and build impact that outlasts any AI — let’s connect.


☎ Book Your Coaching Discovery Call Today ➤ https://lnkd.in/eKi5cCce



*Certified in SCARF, EQ 2.0, MBTI, DISC, 6Seconds EI Assessment, Enneagram, DDI, Korn Ferry, and StrengthsFinder frameworks to support data-driven leadership coaching.

Executive & Personal Leadership Coach | Talent and Organizational Development | People Operations

I set up Fortune 500 emerging and senior leaders for future success by upgrading their mindset, skillset and performance so they can lead with purpose

FOCUS:
Leadership & Executive Coaching, Learning & Talent Development, Organizational Development and Change Management

CLIENTS: Google | Deloitte | Cisco | PayPal | Accenture | Interpublic Group | Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide | US Navy | Sony Pictures | Oakley, Inc. | Luxxotica | NBC Universal | NFL | MLB | NBA

PLEASE VISIT: www.JoshHMiller.com to learn more about my services.

Claude didn’t crash because it failed. It crashed because demand outpaced infrastructure.



Over the weekend, Anthropic’s Claude surged to #1 on Apple’s U.S. free app charts — surpassing ChatGPT. By Monday morning, it experienced widespread outages due to “unprecedented demand. At the same time, Anthropic is reportedly clashing with the U.S. Department of Defense over restrictions on mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.

Here’s why I’m paying attention to this right now. Not because of uptime. Not because of rankings. But because of what it signals. This is no longer just a product moment. It’s a pressure test.

When infrastructure buckles, we notice. When human judgment quietly erodes, we don’t. What I see happening in real time: Adoption curves are vertical. Ethical guardrails are being negotiated mid-flight. Organizational dependency is rising faster than strategic clarity. The real vulnerability isn’t downtime...it’s cognitive drift.

If companies integrate AI faster than they define decision rights, accountability, and ethical constraints, the model begins shaping direction by default. Not intentionally. Systemically. That’s the part leaders should be studying.

Three signals I believe matter right now:
• Popularity doesn’t equal maturity. Market excitement is not governance.
• Speed doesn’t equal readiness. Integration without clarity scales confusion.
• Intelligence doesn’t equal intent. Models optimize. Leaders define purpose.

So the question I’m sitting with this week is simple:
Are we scaling AI faster than we’re scaling discernment?

Because in this next phase, advantage won’t go to the fastest adopters.
It will go to the clearest decision architects. Remember, AI doesn’t reduce leadership responsibility... it raises the bar for it. And the outage I’m watching most closely isn’t technical. It’s what happens when judgment lags behind capability.

What are your thoughts?

Master Certified Executive Leadership Coach | LinkedIn Top Voice | TEDx Speaker | LinkedIn Learning Author | AI-Era Leadership & Human Judgment

Anthropic's chatbot Claude saw significant service disruptions Monday after navigating "unprecedented demand," with thousands of users reporting issues.

Claude 'operational' again after massive demand surge

AI is making it easier to answer questions. It’s also making it easier to stop asking them.


That’s the hidden risk most leaders aren’t noticing. In 2026, the real competitive advantage isn’t AI — it’s curiosity. Explore my new, updated LinkedIn Learning course to enhance your critical thinking today.  

#ai #criticalthinking

If you only use AI to polish ideas you already have, you’re playing it safe. Joshua Miller believes the real value comes from using AI as a partner for bold, divergent thinking. 💥

1️⃣ Instead of asking for better versions of the same idea, start by prompting for radically different approaches or outlier solutions from outside your industry.

2️⃣ From there, remix what AI gives you. Combine ideas. Push the most unconventional ones until they become half‑practical. That tension between creativity and feasibility is where breakthroughs emerge.

3️⃣ The final step is co‑creation. Use AI output as a launchpad for your team to question, shape, and evolve ideas together.

Curiosity and experimentation move organizations forward, especially as technology raises the bar. The goal isn’t safer thinking. It’s discovering what you’re currently missing and finding a better way forward. 🚀

Check out the course here: https://lnkd.in/deCap__g

#ArtificalIntelligence #CriticalThinking

Fear-based career choices aren’t safe. 



They’re just socially acceptable stagnation. They’re the professional equivalent of riding the office Roomba. Plenty of movement. Zero progress. You’re busy.
You’re visible. You’re “being strategic.” But underneath? You’re optimizing for safety. 

Does this sound familiar?:
• You take the lateral move instead of the stretch role.
• You stay in the stable industry instead of the emerging one.
• You delay the pivot because “now isn’t the right time.”

You call it prudence, but I invite you to consider it self-protection.

Here’s what most leaders won’t admit: Stalled careers aren’t usually about capability. They’re about nervous system capacity. The ability to tolerate:
• Uncertainty
• Temporary incompetence
• Social risk
• Identity expansion

In 2026 — in an #AI-accelerated economy — drift is more dangerous than failure. Because relevance now compounds through courage. Not recklessness but regulated courage.

The leaders who thrive aren’t the loudest or the boldest. They’re the ones who expand their tolerance for discomfort — and make decisions from clarity instead of fear. That’s the real strategy.

So here’s the question: Are you choosing your next move from vision…or from protection?

Because one builds momentum. 
The other just moves you in circles. 
Clarity starts there. Coaching can help. Let's chat. 

☎ Book Your Coaching Discovery Call Today ➤ https://lnkd.in/eKi5cCce

Champions aren’t made in public. They’re made in private moments nobody sees.



Long before the podium. Long before the applause. Long before the recognition. The real work happens when nobody is watching.

I’ve had the rare privilege in my career to coach extraordinary individuals — from Olympic gold medalists to esteemed men and women from our elite military. Seeing that level of performance up close changes your perspective.
Because you realize something quickly ➤ Greatness isn’t dramatic, it’s disciplined.

What separates champions isn’t motivation. 
It’s their relationship with pressure.

They train their minds to normalize discomfort. This aligns with broader workforce research as well. According to the World Economic Forum, resilience and adaptability are among the most critical leadership skills for the future of work.

Champions understand this intuitively. They don’t wait for confidence. They practice courage.

So here are a few questions worth asking yourself today:
•  What am I doing in private that will determine my future success?
•  Where in my life am I avoiding the discomfort required for growth?
•  What habit would compound if I practiced it daily for the next year?
•  If nobody ever saw the effort, would I still do the work?

Because championships aren’t won on the day of the competition.
They’re won in the thousands of decisions nobody sees.

Coaching can help. 
☎ Book Your Coaching Discovery Call Today ➤ https://lnkd.in/eKi5cCce

AI job postings are surging 134% since 2020. The job market is not.



Here's what most leaders are misreading:

According to Reworked and The Brookings Institution, AI now appears in 4.2% of U.S. job listings, but total job postings are only ~6% above pre-pandemic levels. 1.4 million fewer jobs added in 2025 than the prior year and 90% of AI job postings come from just 1% of companies.

That's not a hiring boom. That's concentration. And concentration changes the leadership equation.

When leaders interpret AI job postings as proof of economic strength, three things happen: 
→ Optics replace outcomes 
→ Hiring outpaces workforce redesign 
→ AI becomes a signal of innovation — not capability

The narrative becomes: "We're hiring for AI." The harder question is: "Have we redesigned the system around it?" Because AI hiring without AI integration is branding — not transformation.

Before posting the AI role, ask:
• Where will this capability live inside the organization?
• What decisions will change because of it?
• How will the rest of the workforce adapt?
• Are we building literacy — or just specialists?

AI jobs aren't the strategy. Workforce architecture is.

The companies that win won't have the most AI job postings. They'll be the ones who: 
➤ Align hiring with system-wide capability
➤ Tie AI roles to measurable operational change
➤ Invest in workforce literacy alongside specialist talent
➤ Separate hype from readiness

AI hiring is easy to signal. AI integration is hard to lead. And in the AI era, the leaders who differentiate won't be the loudest. They'll be the clearest.

Coaching can help; let's chat.




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United Airlines just turned basic decency into official policy.  



Apparently, we’ve reached a point in society where “please don’t blast TikToks at 35,000 feet” needed to be written into a Contract of Carriage. United updated its rules to require passengers to wear headphones for audio or video content, and passengers who refuse can now be removed from a flight and potentially banned. 

That’s not a travel policy story. That’s a leadership story. Because the moment an organization has to formalize what should already be obvious, it means culture has lost to entitlement. We are living in an era where common sense needs legal language and courtesy needs enforcement. And self-awareness is apparently now a premium feature.

Here's the craziest part - United didn’t create a headphone policy. They created a consequences policy for people who missed kindergarten and for how to behave (think "criss-cross-applesauce"). 

Leaders should pay attention. When standards go unstated, the most inconsiderate people set them for everyone else. On planes. In meetings. On teams. Inside companies.

The lesson is simple: If you have to keep saying, “People should just know better,” you waited too long to make the standard clear. Culture is not what you hope people do. Culture is what you are willing to define and enforce.

United just reminded us: The fastest way to improve a shared environment
is to stop assuming maturity and start clarifying expectations. Noise-canceling headphones are great. Noise-canceling leadership is better.

Do you hear what I am saying? 🎧 🤫
Let's discuss. 


#travel #leadership

"Passengers who fail to use headphones" while listening to content can now be booted from the plane or denied boarding, according to United Airlines.

No headphones? United Airlines says that's a problem

AI doesn’t just help leaders do more. It quietly changes what leaders notice.



When memory, synthesis, and context live outside us, awareness doesn’t disappear overnight — it fades.

Research from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University found that workers using generative AI tools showed reduced effort in critical thinking when the #AI appeared reliable, increasingly relying on the system rather than verifying or reasoning independently. As a result, most leaders aren’t losing intelligence — they’re losing awareness.

Issue #9 of my LinkedIn newsletter "The Human Intelligence Brief" explores cognitive offloading as a leadership risk. Here's the link: http://tiny.cc/iovz001

So here’s the real question: 
Would you notice if AI slowly replaced your thinking?

Be honest before you vote.




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Here are 10 proven and scientifically-backed ways executive coaching works for leaders. 



The proof is clear, coaching works. 

Executive coaching delivers measurable ROI, with research showing that companies achieve an average 529% return on investment and recoup 86% of their coaching expenses. Studies published in the Harvard Business School and the Consulting Psychology Journal demonstrate that coaching, when combined with training, improves productivity by 88% and increases leadership effectiveness by 86%, compared to just 22% for training alone. 

Here are 10 ways coaching can enhance your leadership right now: 


Builds Self-Awareness:
Reveals strengths, blind spots, and values that shape decision-making and leadership effectiveness.

Strengthens Emotional Intelligence:
Develops emotion regulation, empathy, and social skills that drive better outcomes under pressure.

Delivers Honest Feedback:
Provides objective, trusted perspective that accelerates growth faster than internal feedback loops.

Instills a Growth Mindset: 
Reframes challenges as opportunities and setbacks as learning, building resilience over time.

Drives Goal Achievement:
Sets measurable goals aligned with vision and creates accountability that increases follow-through.

Restructures Thinking Patterns:
Identifies and reframes limiting beliefs that block performance and clarity.

Develops Executive Presence:
Builds influential communication, assertiveness, and gravitas that command respect.

Increases Engagement:
Aligns motivations with organizational values, boosting satisfaction, commitment, and performance.

Enables sustainable Behavior Change:
Uses neuroscience-backed methods to modify habits through experimentation, feedback, and accountability.

Improves Relationships:
Enhances trust-building, conflict resolution, and the ability to cultivate positive workplace dynamics.

The leaders who thrive in 2026 won't have the most #AI tools — they'll have the strongest self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and judgment under pressure.

If that's you, let's have a conversation.

☎ Book Your Coaching Discovery Call Today ➤ https://lnkd.in/eKi5cCce



#ai #leadership

AI doesn’t just store information. It stores context.



And when leaders stop tracking context, they stop tracking themselves.
Issue #9 of "The Human Intelligence Brief" explores:
 • Cognitive offloading in the AI era
 • Why “efficiency” can quietly weaken awareness
 • The leadership skill that keeps thinking intact

AI can remember for you. But leadership requires remembering how you think.

Issue #9 drops today.
Poll follows tomorrow.

 In the AI era, tools aren’t the differentiator.
 Human Intelligence is.


Upskill your CRITICAL THINKING today:
👉 My New LinkedIn Learning course ➤ https://surl.li/lnozee

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In this issue: • How cognitive offloading quietly erodes leadership awareness • Why remembering how you think matters more than what you know • One qu

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