Reliability Leader with Adam Bahret

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A podcast about how leaders make organizations that create reliable technology

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RL#1-6: Architecture Before Action

We so often look to save time by jumping into a project unprepared. It appears that going forward as quickly as possible with what we think is a well-thought-out idea is going to save time. Well, as we all know, hindsight is 20/20. In this episode, I discuss how, in retrospect, we often see that time would have actually been saved by investing time to create a more detailed and research-based plan. These plans are our architectural drawings for action.

Sep 19, 2021•12 min

RL#1-5: From a Design Experts Perspective, What Can Leaders Do to Ensure They Make the Right Product? with Ken Haven

Ken Haven is the CEO of Acorn Product Development. Acorn is one of the world leaders in electro-mechanical product design. As a consulting firm, they see design in practice across all industries and companies of any size imaginable. We get to hear Ken's unique perspective on common pitfalls that result from not designing the product intended. More on Acorn can be found at https://www.acornpd.com/

Sep 11, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 5

RL#1-4: Bringing Leadership Coaching to Product Development with Henry Chidgey

My good friend Henry Chidgey joins the show to apply his many decades of experience coaching executives to a role-playing segment centered in product development. More info on Henry can be found at https://henrychidgey.com/

Sep 04, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 4

RL#1-3: Assessment

I discuss how organizational reliability assessments work. Key points include: Where did the methodology come from? How are they done? What does the organization do with the assessment results?

Aug 29, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 3

RL#1-2: Silos and DfR with Jim McLinn

Jim McLinn joins us to share wisdom from his 40 years of helping organizations get the most from Design for Reliability (DfR). We focus on the multi-decade transition the industry has undergone from silo-style organizations to integrated organizations. Most importantly, how that change has affected reliability engineering’s ability to influence design early on in development.

Aug 20, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 2

RL#1-1: What is Reliability Culture?

I discuss our milestone of reaching the fourth phase of the practice of reliability engineering, Reliability Culture. Reliability as a discipline in product development started with the simple strategy of "over design." As a refresher, we started with big, heavy, and strong items to accomplish a task. If these weren’t getting the job done, we tried something even bigger and stronger. Phase two was the use of statistics and analysis to predict performance and adjust designs accordingly while Phas...

Aug 12, 2021•21 min

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