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RRP 119 Teammates, Performance, Vulnerability & Psychological Safety with Susan Hobson

RRP 119 Teammates, Performance, Vulnerability & Psychological Safety with Susan Hobson

RRP 119 Teammates, Performance, Vulnerability & Psychological Safety with Susan Hobson

On this week’s episode, Susan Hobson returns to dive deeper into leadership development.  We discuss the importance of teammates, how psychological safety and trust are cornerstones of leadership and we talk about vulnerability.

If you want to reach your highest potential and become a high-impact leader both personally and professionally, join the Leadership Launchpad Project.  For details, go to robsreliability.com/leadership.

We are giving you $500 off the regular price until Sept. 1 so sign up today!

There are limited spots available and sign-ups close on September 14 so don’t miss out on this opportunity.  Trust me, you definitely don’t want to miss out on this.

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

 

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RM 050: A Conversation with IPC’s Matt Kelly on IPC Technology Focus & Investment

RM 050: A Conversation with IPC’s Matt Kelly on IPC Technology Focus & Investment

A Conversation with IPC’s Matt Kelly on IPC Technology Focus & Investment

Episode 50 – A Conversation with IPC’s Matt Kelly on IPC Technology Focus & Investment

IPC’s New Chief Technologist Matt Kelly talks about Factory and Supply Chain of the Future Modernization

In this new leadership role, Kelly will help IPC’s members to engage in latest technology trends and supply chain transformation that continues to evolve across the electronics industry. He will work to define the scope of what future products and services the association should develop inthe areas of standards, education and advocacy. Kelly’s primary areas of focus will be leading the following initiatives: “factory of the future” standards and technical research; industry intelligence funding; and creation and launch of an Industry CTO Council.

Kelly comes to IPC following a 14-year career at IBM Corporation, holding several senior technology and engineering leadership positions within IBM Systems Division. His technical contributions include 25 patents, 80 publications, and numerous industry awards from NAM, ASM, SMTA, IPC, and IBM.

Very familiar with IPC’s standards development process, Kelly has served on seven technical committees and currently serves as vice chair of the 5-21H Bottom Termination Components Task Group and co-chair of the 2-17 Connected Factory Initiative Subcommittee.

“Matt is widely recognized in the global electronics industry as a premier thought leader and an innovator, and his work will play a pivotal role in helping us know our members and the industry – with greater depth and breadth,” said Sanjay Huprikar, vice president, Solutions. “We are thrilled to welcome Matt to the IPC team, and we look forward to the new contributions he will make to the electronics industry.”

Based in Toronto, Kelly can be reached at MattKelly@ipc.org.

 

 

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224-Crossing the Chasm with Patrick Parker

224-Crossing the Chasm with Patrick Parker

Crossing the Chasm with Patrick Parker

Patrick Parker works for Rockwell and prior to that he worked with the US Navy. In the Navy he started as a technician and climbed all the way up. His experience is well rounded in that he touches base with everything. He has been involved in maintenance and reliability for 13 years. Right now he is focused on Industry 4.0 which is the connective enterprise. It is basically leveraging technology and the digital world to be able to connect to get more insight of your business or operation. You integrate it all together to better understand what is happening in your business so as to make better decisions.

His knowledge will help us get more insight into:

  • Why are companies not realizing benefits?
  • How does crossing the Chasm relate to Industry 4.0?
  • How do Organizations Cross the Chasm?
  • Is the technology applied in IOT?
  • How do we know what Data we need to make this successfully?

… and so much more!

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SOR 576 Influence Change Behavior

SOR 576 Influence Change Behavior

Influence Change Behavior

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Chris and Fred discuss how you can influence behavior. Good behavior. Like taking reliability seriously. It is not about what you say when you are forced to say it. It is about what you like saying and what you make your people do. So there are some things you can do to influence people in a good way. But it takes some effort on your behalf. Keen to learn more? Listen here!
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223-Asset Investment Planning with Paul Daoust

223-Asset Investment Planning with Paul Daoust

Asset Investment Planning with Paul Daoust

Back with us is Paul Daoust, the founder of Scio Asset Management. He’s also a member of the PEMAC board of directors. Paul’s helped us tackle different topics on several previous shows. That’s due to his extensive experience in the oil, gas, and energy sectors. He’s also gotten life cycle and investment planning experience. That’s while assembling capital and operating projects on various operations.

His knowledge will help us get more insight into:

  • What asset investment planning is
  • How it works
  • Why your organization needs it
  • How proposed regulatory requirements affect it
  • Where to get the necessary data

… and so much more!

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Practical Use of Stress-Strength Models to Develop Specifications

Practical Use of Stress-Strength Models to Develop Specifications

Practical Use of Stress-Strength Models to Develop Specifications

podcast episode with speaker Rob Schubert

Warranty returns are a great place to start for setting targets for new products. But how do you translate that to specific numbers to design to? If you know the strength of a product and the return rate, you can develop stress profiles. If you have multiple similar products, your estimates can be even better. From the profiles, targets can be developed for future products to meet, and use them to calculate the expected return rates. You can even use these profiles to estimate the impact of design changes to warranty returns. [Read more…]

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RRP 118 High Impact Leadership with Susan Hobson

RRP 118 High Impact Leadership with Susan Hobson

RRP 118 High Impact Leadership with Susan Hobson

On this week’s episode, I welcome Susan Hobson.  We discuss new-school leadership, mindset & impact.

Inspired to become a high-impact leader?  Join The Leadership Launchpad Project at http://robsreliability.com/leadership

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

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

 

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SOR 575 Cultural Avoidance of Engineering

SOR 575 Cultural Avoidance of Engineering

Cultural Avoidance of Engineering

Abstract

Chris and Fred discuss the organizations that culturally avoid engineering. Those organizations that for some reason, never ask for the data, the math, the tests, the thinking or anything else that might actually help you understand why your thing fails.
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SOR 574 When to Run Qualifications Again

SOR 574 When to Run Qualifications Again

When to Run Qualifications Again

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Chris and Fred discuss when you should run qualification tests again. A qualification test can be anything – essentially all your product, system or service has to do is meet or exceed something to get a tick in the box. So if you make a minor change to your system – do you need to run all your qualification tests again? Can you get away with not doing any? Listen to this podcast to learn more!
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Essential Reliability Engineering Concepts

Essential Reliability Engineering Concepts

Selecting Reliability Engineering Tools

podcast episode with speaker Fred Schenkelberg

Everything will eventually fail. I like to say that keeps us in business as reliability engineers. The trick is knowing what will fail and when. There are many potential causes for a product or system to fail. There are design flaws, supplied component latent defects, assembly damage, and unexpected applied stresses.

The key to take-away from this concept is we can learn when studying failures. We can work to prevent or delay specific types of failures. By learning about failures, we learn how to create reliable products. [Read more…]