Communicating as a Reliability Engineer
podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg
Creating a plan and generating information is part of reliability engineering, yet it’s not enough. To be a successful engineer, one must communicate well. This means we need to write, discuss, and present well. We are often called upon to examine failures and recommend solutions, examine a dataset and explain the finding, or conduct an experiment and detail the results.
Communicating well is often an overlooked skill in our formal education. Despite that lack of training, many engineers do become excellent communicators. Let’s explore how you can improve your communication skills and enhance your ability to do your work. Let’s examine how to focus on these skills and what precisely to focus on for the best effect.
This Accendo Reliability webinar was originally broadcast on 9 May 2023.
To view the recorded video, visit the webinar page.
Related content:
SOR 348 Speaking Reliability with Management episode
Understanding & Communicating the Value of PMs with Rick Clonan episode
Project Communications Risk: Matter of Resistance article
Reliability Engineers: Use Caution When Using Readability Formulas like Flesch Reading Ease article
Understanding Cross-Functional Collaboration episode
Let Me Tell You a Reliability Story
how do you go about telling a memorable story about a Weibull plot of field data? Or, a mean cumulative plot of a repairable system?
Communicating as a Reliability Engineer
You can become a great communicator. Let’s explore how you can improve your skills and enhance your ability to do your work.
Very interesting. Maybe a presentation on the 7 elements of effective communication would attract a huge number o participants? The 7 elements include:Context
Sender
Ideas
Encoding
Medium
Receiver/decoder
Feedback
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts on non-verbal communications?
Interesting that you mentioned Toastmasters. Maybe you might want to include a session from Toastmasters in a future webinar or podcast?
Hi Carl,
I’m not familar with the 7 elements, yet it looks interesting. Will have to learn some more before addressing it directly.
Another great suggestion for future podcasts or webinars.
cheers,
Fred