Tim Looney and I discuss the different unofficial roles we find in all organizations including the "pioneers and the settlers."  Tim Looney is the President of NorthEast Biomedical.  A medical product design firm.

Rick and I discuss some of the common personality types we find on design teams.  The dynamics and interactions that unfold have a lot to do with how well a program runs.

The Motto for the Lightening Fast Reliability method is "Robust Ready and Risk Guidance."  In this episode, we discuss what Risk Guidance is.

The Motto for the Lightening Fast Reliability method is "Robust Ready and Risk Guidance."  In this episode we discuss what Robust Ready is.

In product development we so often, or almost always, have a show stopper issue.  This is a technical challenge we can't easily overcome or a simple problem with a difficult solution late in teh game.  What do we do?  Tim Looney, President of Northeast Biomedical, and I discuss some experiences and ideas on how to address it.

Tom Dutremble, CEO of Acorn Product Development, joins us to talk about common pitfall and best practices in electro-mechanical product design. More about Acorn Product Development can be found at www.acronpd.com

Do we consider all the ways preventative maintenance can effect design strategy?

Rich Harpster, founder of harpcosystems.com,  joins us to talk about doing FMEA's with purpose.  He has created methods that better connect the true design process to the FMEA method.  The result is an FMEA team that is enthusiastic and feels purpose in using the tool. Rich can be contacted at [email protected].

So often we identify leadership talent in technical people. They are marked for advancement but not always given the training needed to succeed.  Henry Chidgey and I discuss how this process can be done different.

The fourth season of Reliability Leader has a them of "The Human Side of Engineering."  In our first episode Jeff Gould joins me to discuss how language can have a tremendous effect on the success of technical programs.