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Carl and Fred discuss a listener question on FMEA, about reducing the severity level through mitigation strategy. Specifically, can FMEA reduce the likelihood of the effect of failure?
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It isn’t about the words you say. It’s about the energetic message you send. Pete Carroll [Read more…]
Carl and Fred discuss an interesting listener question. The listener’s management asked him to create an “eye-popping” chart that summarizes the results on an FMEA.
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The shortest distance between truth and a human being is a story. Anthony de Mello
Key Teaching Principle #6 is the instructor uses stories and personal experiences to deepen learning.
Carl and Fred discuss why understanding the “mode” of failure is essential in Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.
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Carl and Fred discuss some of the most common reliability mistakes they have seen in their careers, both ones they have personally made or viewed.
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“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.” Horace Mann
The definition of interest is “a feeling that accompanies or causes special attention to something or someone.” [Read more…]
Carl and Fred discuss their overall approach to FMEA, what works and doesn’t work.
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Carl and Fred discuss reader questions on FMEA detection, a subject which can be challenging and confusing. Detection is a key part of FMEA during product development as well as in operation. This podcast will discuss some of the “knottiest” challenges with understanding detection in FMEA.
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“No one can teach, if by teaching we mean the transmission of knowledge, in any mechanical fashion, from one person to another. The most that can be done is that one person who is more knowledgeable than another can, by asking a series of questions, stimulate the other to think, and so cause him to learn for himself.” Socrates
Questioning is important for transferring knowledge and building relationships. It is an essential part of effective teaching.
Carl and Fred discuss an article from the Wall Street Journal describing how newer appliances tend to have more complexity and shorter lifespans, and what can be done to reverse the trend.
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Carl and Fred discuss an interesting question from a listener about modeling the money value of Design FMEAs.
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“Attention is the taking possession by the mind, in clear and vivid form, of one out of what seem several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought.” William James
Whether you are conveying knowledge to one person or teaching a class, there is no more important factor than getting and maintaining the attention of the other person. Managing attention is a skill that can be learned.
Carl and Fred discuss whether the reliability community should focus on the body of knowledge associated with risk or reliability. ᐅ Play Episode
Carl and Fred discuss a question brought up at recent conference: what do you do when you are supposed to do something that you know is not the right thing to do? The context was reliability engineering and management.
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