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Robert Kalwarowsky — inactive contributor

Author of the Rob's Reliability Project articles and host of Rob's Reliability Project podcast (renamed Maintenance Disrupted with new hosts).

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RRP 081 Productive Leadership with Tom Moriarty

RRP 081 Productive Leadership with Tom Moriarty

RRP 081 Productive Leadership with Tom Moriarty

On this week’s episode, I welcome Tom Moriarty to the show.  Tom is the author of The Productive Leadership System and the president of Alidade MER.  We discuss the skills and processes around productive leadership and how it impacts reliability.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out Alidade MER – https://alidade-mer.com/

Follow Tom Moriarty on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/alidade-mer/

Tom’s telephone number – 321-773-3356

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

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How to Save Your Company Millions in 2020

How to Save Your Company Millions in 2020

As I’m writing this, it’s December of 2019 and you should be putting the final touches on your reliability plan for 2020 before the holidays.

What should you include in your reliability plan? [Read more…]

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RRP 080 Mediocre Organizational Leadership with Paul Daoust

RRP 080 Mediocre Organizational Leadership with Paul Daoust

RRP 080 Mediocre Organizational Leadership with Paul Daoust

On this week’s episode, I welcome Paul Daoust to the show.  Paul is the founder of Scio Asset Management and an organizational asset management expert.  We discuss asset management, why most organizational leaders focus on the short term and why that short term focus results in mediocre performance.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Paul Daoust on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-daoust-12554b11/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

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My Struggle with Mental Health

My Struggle with Mental Health

I’ve had a nagging feeling that I needed to write about this topic for a while and I haven’t for fear of judgment.  In honor of a mental health campaign in Edmonton titled 11 of Us after the statistic that 11 Edmontonians that attempt or die by suicide each day) and my core values of honesty, impact and service, here it is, my struggle with mental health.

June 4th, 2010 – This day should have been the biggest moment in my life up to that point.  I walked across the stage and graduated from MIT.  Coincidentally, it was also my 22nd birthday.  I remember feeling void, questioning what’s next for me.  Up until recently, those feelings never left. [Read more…]

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RRP 079 Electrical Reliability with Paul Baker

RRP 079 Electrical Reliability with Paul Baker

RRP 079 Electrical Reliability with Paul Baker

On this week’s episode, I welcome Paul Baker to the show.  Paul is the principal consultant for CRED consulting and electrical reliability expert.  We discuss aging electrical infrastructure, transformers and what condition monitoring needs to be done on electrical equipment.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Paul Baker on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-baker-mmp/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

Music by XTaKeRuX, Song: White Crow is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.

 

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3 Drawbacks to Using AI in Reliability

3 Drawbacks to Using AI in Reliability

In last week’s blog, I discussed 3 advantages to using AI in reliability.  This week, I’ll give you 3 mistakes that people can make. [Read more…]

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RRP 078 Steam Traps with Doug Waetjen

RRP 078 Steam Traps with Doug Waetjen

RRP 078 Steam Traps with Doug Waetjen

On this week’s episode, I welcome Doug Waetjen to the show.  Doug is the Vice President of Global Operations for UE Systems.  We discuss steam traps, how they fail and how you can use ultrasound to identify those failures.

A few of you have asked me which conferences I’ll be attending in 2020.  Right now, I have nothing on the books but I am looking for a few to attend.  That being said, I’m hoping to attend the SMRP conference, Ultrasound World conference and the MainTrain conference.  If there are any others, you’d like me to check out or if you’d like me to speak at your event, please let me know by sending me an email to robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com or send me a message on LinkedIn.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Doug Waetjen on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-waetjen-cmrp-497b997/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

Music by XTaKeRuX, Song: White Crow is licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License.

 

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3 Benefits to Using AI in Reliability

3 Benefits to Using AI in Reliability

Last week, I appeared on the “Ask the Experts” panel webinar with my friends at UpKeep – you can listen to the recording here.  The first question to the panel was about the advantages and disadvantages of using AI for predictive maintenance. [Read more…]

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RRP 077 Simplifying Reliability with Gerard Wood

RRP 077 Simplifying Reliability with Gerard Wood

RRP 077 Simplifying Reliability with Gerard Wood

On this week’s episode, I welcome Gerard Wood back to the show.  Gerard is the author of Simplifying Mining Maintenance and the host of the Bluefield 30 in 30 podcast.  We discuss simplifying reliability, culture change and making sure the basics are done correctly.

A few of you have asked me which conferences I’ll be attending in 2020.  Right now, I have nothing on the books but I am looking for a few to attend.  That being said, I’m hoping to attend the SMRP conference, Ultrasound World conference and the MainTrain conference.  If there are any others, you’d like me to check out or if you’d like me to speak at your event, please let me know by sending me an email to robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com or send me a message on LinkedIn.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Gerard Wood on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerard-wood-146a3212/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

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Three Questions to Ask on Your Next Preventive Maintenance Optimization (PMO)

Three Questions to Ask on Your Next Preventive Maintenance Optimization (PMO)

Regular preventive maintenance (PM) makes up a large portion of many maintenance programs and, sometimes, we don’t get the results we want out of all that maintenance.  Reliability professionals should evaluate their PMs to ensure effectiveness both from a reliability & cost perspective. [Read more…]

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RRP 076 How to Find a Job in Reliability with Steve Dobie

RRP 076 How to Find a Job in Reliability with Steve Dobie

RRP 076 How to Find a Job in Reliability with Steve Dobie

On this week’s episode, I welcome Steve Dobie back to the show.  Steve recently got a new job as a reliability engineer at Teck Resources so we discuss finding a job in reliability.  I give you some statistics that I pulled together from 41 reliability job postings on Indeed.ca  If you’d like a copy of those statistics, send me an email to robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com.

A few of you have asked me which conferences I’ll be attending in 2020.  Right now, I have nothing on the books but I am looking for a few to attend.  That being said, I’m hoping to attend the SMRP conference, Ultrasound World conference and the MainTrain conference.  If there are any others, you’d like me to check out or if you’d like me to speak at your event, please let me know by sending me an email to robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com or send me a message on LinkedIn.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Steve Dobie on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/dobiesteven/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

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Progression Not Perfection

Progression Not Perfection

Over the last month, I’ve hired a coach to help me improve so I can improve and, more importantly, be happier.  In one of my latest sessions, my coach said the goal for every day is “progression not perfection”.  The concept being that perfection is unattainable and if we judge ourselves on perfection, we’re always going to be unhappy. [Read more…]

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RRP 075 The State of Mining with Peter Finn

RRP 075 The State of Mining with Peter Finn

RRP 075 The State of Mining with Peter Finn

On this week’s episode, I welcome Peter Finn to the show.  Peter is the host of the Full Production Podcast and the managing director of Face Contracting.  We discuss the public perceptions, challenges and opportunities and the future of mining.

A few of you have asked me which conferences I’ll be attending in 2020.  Right now, I have nothing on the books but I am looking for a few to attend.  That being said, I’m hoping to attend the SMRP conference, Ultrasound World conference and the MainTrain conference.  If there are any others, you’d like me to check out or if you’d like me to speak at your event, please let me know by sending me an email to robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com or send me a message on LinkedIn.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out FACE Contracting – https://facecontracting.com.au/

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Peter Finn on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterfinn85/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

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Embracing Randomness

Embracing Randomness

“You get pseudo-order when you seek order; you only get a measure of order and control when you embrace randomness.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Are you embracing randomness?  There’s a misconception that once you determine a failure mode is random that your reliability work is over.  That’s not the case, you’re just starting. [Read more…]

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RRP 074 How to Boost Productivity Using Continuous Improvement with Calvin Williams

RRP 074 How to Boost Productivity Using Continuous Improvement with Calvin Williams

RRP 074 How to Boost Productivity Using Continuous Improvement with Calvin Williams

On this week’s episode, I welcome Calvin Williams back to the show.  We discuss how WTI Inc boosted their productivity by 97% in 12 weeks using continuous improvement.

If you haven’t yet, check out my website robsreliability.comand sign up for the weekly reliability newsletter with bonus content.  If you like the show, please tell your colleagues about it and follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Finally, if there are any topics, guests you’d like to hear from, questions you want answered, or if you’d like to appear on the podcast, email me at robsreliabilityproject@gmail.com

Check out UpKeep – http://www.robsreliability.com/upkeep/

Follow Calvin Williams on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvin-l-williams/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/robsreliabilityproject/

Follow Rob’s Reliability Project on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/robsreliabilityproject/

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