Facilitator and Deep Understanding

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Carl and Fred discuss  an Inside FMEA reader question: “does a facilitator have to have a deep understanding of the subject matter they are facilitating?”

Influence vs Facilitation

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Dianna and Fred discuss influence vs. facilitation and the difficulty of trying to do both at once.

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8D with ‘G’

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Dianna and Fred introduce a special guest, ‘G’, and talk about the 8 Disciplines method of problem solving.

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Can Manufacturing Improve the Design

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Chris and Fred discuss how reliability and quality is destroyed by organizations that like to have a ‘razor’ split between design and manufacturing teams…

Calculate Equipment Reliability

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Chris and Fred discuss how we can go about calculating equipment reliability … when you only have a small amount of information. Help!

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Influence – How to Get It & How to Keep It!

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Greg and Fred discuss how to influence decision makers to get your ideas adopted and deployed.

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Do it Right the First Time

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Kirk and Fred discuss the risks to reliability of having to rework or human handling of circuit boards and rework in general.

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Moisture Failure Mechanisms

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Join Kirk and Fred  discuss failure mechanisms caused by or accelerated by moisture.

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Overcomplicating Systems

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Greg and Fred discuss how to reduce complexity in life and work.

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Two Approaches

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Chris and Fred use the safe return of the Boeing Starliner … without the crew! What does this tell us about its safety and reliability?

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The Trouble with Habits

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Chris and Fred discuss the issues we often have with ‘habits.’ Habits can be good for us. But ‘bad habits’ are just that. Ever heard the excuse ‘but that’s the way we…

Design Justice

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Dianna and Fred discuss design justice: what it means for engineers in industry.

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Uneasiness with AI

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Dianna and Fred discuss sources of uneasiness with AI and its use within industry.

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Reliability and Vacations

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Chris and Fred discuss reliability engineering … and vacations/holidays! … how are we going to make this topic relevant …

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Doing Calculations

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Chris and Fred discuss how to calculate ‘confidence’ and other things regarding probability and statistics … particularly as it applies to reliability!

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Pace of Facilitating

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Carl and Fred discuss the ideal pace for teaching and facilitating teams. Too fast and students or team members cannot keep up. Too slow and the team loses interest.

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Reliability Ethics

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Carl and Fred discuss the broad subject of reliability ethics, what it means, and how it impacts reliability professionals.

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Tech Obsolescence

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Kirk and Fred discuss long-term reliability and the speed of technological obsolescence.

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Confirmation Bias with HALT

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Kirk and Fred discuss the problem or benefits of having confirmation bias, where we accept or reject test results based on expectations.

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Risk of Persistence

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Greg and Fred discuss the risks of persisting in a project or in life when you know there are risks.  In poker terms, “do you hold em’ or fold em’?  What do companies do …