10 Reasons you Need to do Reliability Engineering
Reliability engineering has an image problem. It is seen as an imbugerance that destroys budget, schedule and fun. People sometimes think...
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Christopher Jackson
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When people do right - does the right thing happen?
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Christopher Jackson
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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...
Christopher Jackson
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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!
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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.
Christopher Jackson
- Jul 19, 2021
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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.
Christopher Jackson
- Jul 12, 2021
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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...
Christopher Jackson
- Jul 5, 2021
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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...
Christopher Jackson
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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...
Christopher Jackson
- Jun 11, 2021
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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.
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