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How are lightbulb manufacturers lying about the longevity of their product lifespan? No LED lightbulb has ever been tested for 11 years...
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Boeing, Boeing... Bugger. Now it's the Starliner.
With so much money spent, you would think Boeing would have something reliable to offer... the Starliner is, lacking, to say the least.
Aug 137 min read
Always looking for someone to 'sign off on that?' ...your organization is probably struggling.
How leadership, red tape, and unnecessary processes sometimes hold back an organization from success and growth.
Aug 26 min read
Preventative maintenance and the toxic need to "do something."
When something ‘bad’ happens, it is psychologically difficult for many to simply do nothing. That means we rush to do something, anything…
Jul 307 min read
No… 89 percent of failures are NOT random.
Firstly, 100 percent of failures are random. It’s just that there are lots of textbooks and experts telling us otherwise.
Apr 174 min read
Boeing is Steering Harder into its Spiral of Death
What is happening with Boeing's management (or lack thereof...) The most recent Boeing related issue is in the rudder controls.
Apr 174 min read
Only People Who Are Biased Think They're Not Biased
Something is ‘objective’ if it only depends on the world around it, and nothing else.
Apr 174 min read
Leadership and the Failure of the Apple Car
Apple recently did something that it isn’t in the habit of doing. And that is – admitting failure. (And losing $10 billion on that failure.)
Nov 6, 20233 min read
Routine Things Risk Becoming Routine
One of my more unfortunate memories of my early military career is the death of a soldier on a training exercise.
Sep 20, 20213 min read
'Artificial deep machine learning intelligence' is never your first option
In its simplest form, artificial intelligence is about trying to program a computer to mimic how humans learn. So what's the problem?
Sep 13, 20213 min read
When People Do Right - Does the Right Thing Happen?
What happens when you or those around you do the 'right' thing? If the answer is 'nothing' - then there is a problem.
Aug 16, 20213 min read
Reliability happens when you become impatient and selfish
You can't motivate people to do reliability engineering that benefits 'other people' a long time from now. But you don't have to!
Aug 9, 20214 min read
Outsourcing or ‘Out of sight, out of mind?’
I was having a lunch meeting with a project manager, and the topic of outsourcing came up. Specifically, outsourcing the manufacture of a...
Aug 2, 20213 min read
The Root Cause of a Failure is Always a Decision
We often get sucked into drawn-out conversations (or heated debates) about the ‘true’ meaning of words. Especially when it comes to...
Jun 28, 20213 min read
Do you ‘want’ something … or just ‘like the idea of it?’
Let’s say that someone has decided they want to get better at something. Perhaps they want to lose weight. Perhaps they want to learn a...
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