The Business Case - Advances in Condition Monitoring, Pt I Tim published on 2020-09-29 included in Condition MonitoringWhy care about data-driven condition monitoring techniques? In this post, we articulate the business case for using these advanced methods in an industrial environment. This is the first article in a series on advances in condition monitoring. A critical 900 horsepower motor suddenly failed resulting in millions of dollars in lost revenue, and it happened on my watch. In reality, the failure wasn’t attributed to any one person – it was a system failure.
What is School For? Tim published on 2019-02-07 included in EducationSeth Godin, in a recent series on his podcasts, discusses our education system and how – in many ways – it is not meeting the needs of today’s world. Rather than our education system helping people “connect the dots”, our system is focused on having people “memorize the dots.” Today, school is often about teaching obedience, conformity, and “academic success”. Seth challenges us to think, fundamentally, what school is for?
