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Philip and Fred discussing the need to understand our perception or frame of reference bias.

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Join Philip and Fred as they discuss how we prepare and see the world around us.

Topics include:

• The issues around conformational bias.
• The issues concerning being prepared to be surprised.
• Only looking for evidence to support the desired solution.

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches.

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Philip and Fred discussing the importance of mentoring and reliability guidance.

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Join Philip and Fred as they discuss mentoring across the globe. What should we be doing to educate and prepare the reliability professional, asset manager, maintenance managers of the future to be fully prepared to enter this field.

Topics include:

• Pathways to Reliability, Tools, Life Testing, Reducing Variability, Design for Reliability space, Design Engineers, Civil Engineers, et all.
• How do you become a Reliability minded person? Applying learning in the workplace. Experimentation in the workplace.
• Academic pathways – Central Queensland University – University of Maryland, University of Tennessee, et all.
• Reliability Thinking, Overdesign and effects of the cost cycle, tools and skills that can be taught to deliver a reliable system.
• Physics of Failure, Defect Elimination, Contributing to the body of knowledge, the role of universities, moving the art form.
• Manufacturing reliability into your products. Seeing the entire reliability work space.

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics.

Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches. University program creation guidance.

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Philip and Fred discussing a listener question about how to verify vendor claims about reliability

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Join Philip and Fred as they discuss
Topics include:

• Assumptions and which party may benefit.
• Statistical approaches and a few tips
• Are standards and textbooks failing us?

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches.

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Philip and Fred discussing the difference between doing tasks and using the results to make decisions.

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Topics include:

• To get the ROI you have to actually use the results of a task
• How do you select the right tools/tasks for your program?
• Understanding the business and customer needs then balance reliability activities

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches.

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Philip and Fred discussing the idea of getting clear around what you want to have when working on reliability within a product, system, or program.

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Join Philip and Fred as they discuss the benefits of understanding the desired outcome of accomplishing a reliability plan.

Topics include:

• A reliability plan is not a set list of specific tasks.
• Consider future objectives and vision for the organization – then set up tasks to get there
• Reliability work is like a journey with the plan providing milestones as guides

Enjoy an episode of Speaking of Reliability. Where you can join friends as they discuss reliability topics. Join us as we discuss topics ranging from design for reliability techniques to field data analysis approaches.

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