Trissential delivers tailored consulting to fuel growth, align strategy, and drive transformation - The Shape of Business Improvement.

Minneapolis, MN
Joined September 2009
Up to 80% less time spent on manual reporting. 🚀 Now imagine that kind of efficiency across your entire engineering organization. The next big AI breakthrough isn't another tool. It's unlocking the productivity hidden in your existing workflows and systems: trissential.com/wp-content/u… #AIEngineering #DigitalTransformation
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AI adoption isn’t just a technology challenge. It’s a people challenge. Trissential Organizational Change Lead Molly Monahan was recently featured in Design News, sharing why Organizational Change Management needs to be part of the strategy as engineering and manufacturing organizations adopt AI and smart technologies. As Molly explains, successful adoption means bringing people into the process early - understanding how technology will change the way they work, addressing resistance, and creating the right partnership between human intelligence and AI. AI adoption isn’t just a technology challenge. It’s a people challenge. Trissential’s Molly Monahan spoke with Design News about why Organizational Change Management is critical to successful AI adoption in engineering and manufacturing. Read the feature: designnews.com/artificial-in… Then hear more from Molly at #MDMMidwest on Oct. 28 during “Built to Adapt: Workforce Transformation in Smart Manufacturing.” Full session info here: admmn26.mapyourshow.com/8_0/…
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What could your engineers do with 8–10 hours back every week? AI can reduce the reporting, searching, documentation and repetitive work that eats into engineering capacity. See where your team could gain time and get your AI Engineering Readiness Score at no cost: tally.so/r/ob8llV
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Engineering teams don’t need another AI experiment. They need to know what actually works. Our AI Factory starts with one real engineering process, builds and tests AI against real work, measures the results and creates a path to scale. 15 days to measurable outcomes. See how the AI Factory works: trissential.com/ai-engineeri…
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The future of work isn’t Agile vs. Waterfall. It’s bigger than that. Today at #PMIPDD @PMIMadison, Craig Thielen explores Unified Ways of Working in the AI Era and how leaders can connect strategy, governance, delivery, change, data & people to deliver value faster. #FutureOfWork #Trissential #UnifiedWaysofWorking #AI
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Football season is back and its best lessons go far beyond the scoreboard. 🏈 Chad Greenway and Chad Harlander join Trissential’s Craig Thielen to discuss resilience, mentorship and helping others grow... the heart of getting 1% better. 🎧 REACH and Lead the Way: Empowering Youth with Purpose - on YouTube: youtu.be/6bb5GCr22Q4?si=uF14… on Spotify: spotifycreators-web.app.link… #1PercentBetter #Trissential #Leadership #Football #Mentorship #ContinuousImprovement
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13 years and counting! 🎉 Trissential is proud to once again be named to the @MSPBJnews Top IT Consulting Firms list. Thank you to our Essentialists, clients and partners who continue to make this recognition possible. #Trissential #ITConsulting
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AI may be a priority, but do you know where your engineering organization is actually ready to put it to work? Answer 14 questions to get your AI readiness, priorities and opportunities, and receive a customized expert report with recommended next steps. See where you stand → tally.so/r/ob8llV #AIEngineering #Engineering #AI
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25 years have passed, but some moments remain etched in our collective memory forever. On September 11, 2001, thousands of lives were taken, families were forever changed, and a nation witnessed both unimaginable loss and extraordinary courage. Today, we remember those who never came home. We honor those who ran toward danger to help others. And we hold close the families, survivors, first responders, and communities who have carried the weight of that day for 25 years. #September11 #PatriotDay #WeRemember #911
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The biggest engineering gains may be outside the engineering itself. More capacity. Faster value. Smarter workflows. Connected systems. Higher-value work. Explore 5 ways AI can drive practical engineering value in our new snapshot: trissential.com/wp-content/u… #AIEngineering #Engineering #AI
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Today, we celebrate the people behind the progress. The ideas, dedication, collaboration, and hard work of people everywhere are what move organizations, communities, and industries forward. This Labor Day, we recognize and appreciate all those who bring their talents and energy to the work they do every day... including our incredible team of Essentialists. Wishing everyone a safe, relaxing, and well-deserved Labor Day. #LaborDay #Trissential #Essentialists
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Getting 1% better doesn’t always mean doing more. In our latest podcast, Craig Thielen reflects on one of the core lessons from his conversation with Lisa Bennett - sometimes the most meaningful improvement comes from slowing down, simplifying, and creating space. We often think growth means pushing harder, adding more, or trying to keep up with everything changing around us. But the 1% Better mindset can also mean asking: • What can I reduce? • What stressors can I remove? • Where can I simplify? • What am I moving too quickly to notice? Because real improvement is not always about more effort. Sometimes, less is more. Listen now on Spotify: lnkd.in/egAJtkDq Tune in on YouTube: lnkd.in/eWZBp6Sh #1PercentBetter #Leadership #Wellbeing #Mindset #Resilience #ContinuousImprovement #PersonalGrowth #Trissential
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How do you keep getting better when the world feels increasingly overwhelming? In this episode of the 1% Better Podcast, Craig Thielen talks with Author, Speaker, and Leader, Lisa Bennett @LBennett_Writes, about savoring - the practice of slowing down enough to notice, appreciate, and reconnect with what is good. Not as a way to ignore what is hard, but as a way to build the capacity to keep going. This conversation is about overwhelm, agency, resilience, gratitude, awe, and the small moments that help us show up better. Because getting 1% better is not always about doing more... sometimes it starts with slowing down, and noticing what is already good. Listen now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5YF… Tune in on YouTube: youtu.be/tx1azEzYpnY #1PercentBetter #Leadership #Wellbeing #Mindset #Resilience #EmotionalIntelligence #Trissential
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At 55, Rich Ruohonen made history this year as the oldest U.S. Winter Olympian. On the latest 1% Better Podcast, Craig talks with Rich about perseverance, pressure, discipline, reinvention, and why improvement has no age limit. YouTube: youtu.be/R9Vju2rHyBk Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7kJ… #1PercentBetter #OlympicMindset #Leadership #HighPerformance
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Happy Independence Day from all of us at Trissential! We celebrate the freedoms that inspire innovation, the communities that make us stronger, and the people who work every day to create meaningful progress. Whether you're spending the holiday with family, friends, or enjoying a well-earned day of rest, we wish you a safe, happy, and memorable Independence Day. #FourthOfJuly #IndependenceDay #BusinessImprovement #Trissential
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Season 4 of the 1% Better Podcast is all about what it takes to keep improving - in leadership, business, health, performance, technology, and life. Small decisions. Consistent action. Better every day. Tune in on YouTube & Spotify. #1PercentBetter #Leadership #BusinessImprovement #Podcast
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Getting 1% better starts with health. On the latest 1% Better Podcast, Craig talks with Justin Juntunen of Cedar & Stone Sauna about sauna, recovery, ritual, and why health is the foundation for how we show up every day. More than heat. More than wellness. Spotify: hhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/29ZVHysr1fyH42YWEd1qBn?si=DoEqqcPDT-G8HXnXKhJsdw YouTube: youtu.be/H6l4zzzH08Y Ep page: trissential.com/justin-juntu… #Health #Wellbeing #Sauna #1PercentBetter
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