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
- Sep 13, 2021
- 3 min
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.
Christopher Jackson
- Aug 30, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Aug 16, 2021
- 3 min
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!
Christopher Jackson
- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
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...
Christopher Jackson
- Jul 26, 2021
- 4 min
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
- 4 min
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 5, 2021
- 3 min
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
- Jun 11, 2021
- 5 min
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.
