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The Titan Submersible: A Deep Dive into Ego and Failure
A deep-sea submersible made out of carbon fiber composite imploded in milliseconds, all five people on board were killed. But why?
23 hours ago11 min read


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.
Sep 13, 20248 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 13, 20247 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…
Aug 2, 20246 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 17, 20244 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 17, 20244 min read


5 Reasons You Need to Allocate Reliability (and 1 Reason You Don't).
One of the more overlooked elements of leadership is explained direction: where leaders take the time to describe individual efforts matter.
Nov 27, 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.
Nov 6, 20233 min read


10 Reasons you Need to do Reliability Engineering
Reliability engineering has an image problem: seen as an imbugerance that destroys budget, schedule and fun. Is that a fair assumption?
Oct 4, 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.
Sep 13, 20213 min read


Same old reliability lessons from amazing new (solar cell) technologies
There are plenty of reasons for renewable energy to become increasingly important. These reasons start with climate change and end with...
Aug 30, 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 16, 20213 min read


How to Change Design Reviews from Tedious to Awesome
Design reviews are often horrible. Designers feel defensive. Design reviewers pick holes. But it doesn't have to be this way.
Jul 26, 20214 min read


Words are important. But not as important as leadership
Leaders are often looking for quick fixes - and this extends to 'banning' certain words. But this changes nothing if nothing else changes.
Jul 19, 20214 min read


How to not do supplier relationships
You can’t win wars where your allies are also your enemies. Steve Tengler from Forbes Magazine recently wrote about how Audi was...
Jul 12, 20212 min read


The Stresa-Mottarone cable car crash is a lesson on culture
Fourteen people died on the 23rd of May 2021 when a cable car in Italy crashed to the ground. Describing this as an accident is too kind...
Jul 5, 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...
Jun 28, 20213 min read


The Russian Concorde … and why you haven’t heard of it
Take one look at the Tu-144 and you see why it is called the Russian Concorde. There is a reason you have heard of one and not the other.
Jun 11, 20215 min read
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