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Paul Decker
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CEO
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Oct 30, 2024
About
Paul, Guidant’s CEO, brings over 25 years of experience leading industrial technology companies, combining deep industry knowledge with strategic leadership.
On the blog, he shares insights on Guidant’s team expertise, the evolution of businesses from a CEO’s perspective, the value of strong partnerships, and why electrical safety is an indicator of quality leadership.
Paul holds a BSE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master’s in Management from Kellogg Graduate School of Management. When he’s not writing or leading, he enjoys cycling, sailing, and spending quality time with friends and family.
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Mar 2, 2026 ∙ 5 min
You Built Something Great. Here’s What Comes Next.
At some point, every founder of a services business confronts the same paradox. You’ve done the hard thing. You have earned trust the slow way through quality, consistency, and showing up when it matters. Your customers call you because mistakes are expensive. Your employees stay because what you’ve built is worth committing to. As the business grows, the very traits that made it work (your personal standards, your relationships, your willingness to carry the load) start to limit progress....
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Jan 5, 2026 ∙ 4 min
When Accidents Decide For You
As an executive, you make decisions every day about where to invest limited resources. Most of those decisions likely follow a familiar logic: fix what’s broken, improve what’s visible, and invest where returns are obvious. Electrical safety doesn't neatly fit that calculation. Although it's no less crucial to overall workplace safety, its real costs often remain invisible until after an incident occurs. And by then, the cost curve has already spiked. I have a personal reason to say this:...
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Nov 24, 2025 ∙ 5 min
“I Think...”: How Smart People Slip into High-Risk Thinking
Why smart, experienced workers make critical mistakes. and why understanding the three modes of human performance can prevent them.
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