Nine Minutes of Knowledge
What Really Motivates Workers to Change
When it comes to change, it is easy to get people to agree that things ought to change. But getting people to commit to changing themselves is far more challenging. And no one wants to lead change.
- Michelle Henley
- TMG Frontline Solutions
Location Hierarchy Building for an Asset Management System
The first stage in implementing an asset management system is location hierarchy building. Ahmed Kotb explain why this is important, how to do it, and the information we need in order to do it…
- Ahmed Kotb
- TRANSCO
Root Cause Analysis of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster and the Texas City Refinery Explosion
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Rig Disaster and the Texas City Refinery Explosion had many things in common. Both companies had been recently recognized for high safety standards, but reliability failures caused environmental and safety disasters…
- Alan Ross
- Electric Power Reliability Alliance EPRA
The P’s and E’s of Motivating Workers: Which Are More Effective?
Michelle Henley goes into detail about direct motivating factors (the P’s) and indirect motivating factors (the E’s) and what they mean for workers facing a need for culture change…
- Michelle Henley
- TMG Frontline Solutions
What Really Motivates Workers to Change
It’s easy to get people to admit that things should change, but getting them to commit to changing themselves is challenging. This is where motivation comes in, defined as “factors that activate, direct, and sustain goal-directed behavior…"
- Michelle Henley
- TMG Frontline Solutions
Real World Examples of Inventory Management
I reached out to several business owners and other consultants to get their real world perspectives on inventory management techniques in their own industries.
- Jeff Roscher
- eWorkOrders
Collaborating within Virtual and Multi-Disciplinary Teams
A panel of three experts on Rob Kalwarowsky’s podcast answers listener questions about collaboration and challenges with different types of teams…
- Robert Kalwarowsky
- Rob's Reliability Project
Reactive To Planned PPM
A short concrete roadmap to take an organization from reactive maintenance to planned PM type maintenance. This is a short reality-based ride.
- Joel Levitt
- Springfield
Bearing Problems – Fault Frequency and Artificial Intelligence-Based Methods
The early detection and fault analysis of bearing problems is crucial. When a rolling-element bearing develops flaws on the races and/or rolling elements, there are four vibration frequencies that can result...
- Pawel Lecinski
- CMRP