Leadership
Solutions from the IIoT to Close the Skills Gap
There are a number of solutions being used in industry today to close the skills gap caused by experienced workers aging and retiring. Some companies overcome labor shortages by using new technologies…
- Karl Hoffower
- Failure Prevention Associates
Episode 4: Tom Moriarty
Welcome to VETERANS CONNECTED maintenance and reliability expert and military Veteran Eric Bevevino interviews military Veteran Tom Moriarty. Tom is a former Coast Guardsman having served as an enlisted Machinery Technician for nine years, then earning a commission through Officer Candidate School. As an enlisted person Tom had assignments at coastal search and rescue (SAR) stations and aboard the Coast Guard Cutter SPENCER (Boston, MA). Tune in as they exchange their experiences and discuss the transition from the military to industry, and the paths and resources that led them to where they are today…
- Eric Bevevino
- Veterans Connected
Managing Cultural Change
In this session we’ll be discussing how to manage cultural change, and sustain that change. In almost all surveys done regarding a company’s performance, one nearly constant about what needs to change to improve performance is the company’s culture. Someone once told me if you’re looking for a good excuse for poor performance, Company Culture ranks number 1!
- Doug Plucknette
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
Inspiring Your Engineering Team and Non-believers
This weeks podcast we talk about methods of how to inspire your Engineering teams and how to deal with Non-Believers of Condition Monitoring technology.
- Will Bower
- Maintain CM Ltd
Episode 3: Paul Dufresne
Welcome to VETERANS CONNECTED maintenance and reliability expert and military Veteran Eric Bevevino interviews military Veteran Paul Dufresne. Paul is an experienced Advisor with a demonstrated history of working in the paper & forest products industry. Skilled in Petroleum, Operations Management, RCM, Predictive Maintenance, and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA). Tune in as they exchange their experiences and discuss the transition from the military to industry, and the paths and resources that led them to where they are today…
- Eric Bevevino
- Veterans Connected
Why We Do What We Do- Reliability Passion- Infinite Goals
Todays podcast is a little different to our usual talking points however we feel everyone listening to this can relate if you are in reliability. We feel that in the reliability community a lot of my connections and listeners care for the culture and practice.
- Will Bower
- Maintain CM Ltd
How to Show and Tell Your Progress
Many people are visual learners. They can see slopes and lines and changes from before to after on a graph better than they can grasp a narrative description – especially if the results can be shown on a single slide or handout. Bill Barto shows how to make simple graphs in Excel…
- Bill Barto
- RELIABILITY CONNECT
What Is the Silver Tsunami and Why Is It a Problem?
In recent years, we have noticed our clients experiencing repeated failures of the same equipment. Upon further investigation, we realized it was because skills are declining in the maintenance and operations departments…
- Karl Hoffower
- Failure Prevention Associates
Dealing with Poor Performers
There’s no such thing as a bad employee, but there may be one or two who need to be employed somewhere else. In this session we’ll be delving into the very difficult issue of managing poor performers. Studies indicate that in a typical company, about 30% of employees are actively engaged (high performers), 50% are dis-engaged (getting by), and 20% are actively dis-engaged (detrimental).
- Ron Moore
- RELIABILITY CONNECT