The Systems Engineering Podcast Joshua Sutherland

Pari Singh is the CEO of Flow Engineering
 
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OUTLINE TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:00 - Flow Engineering
00:03:06 - Systems Engineering and Design Teams
00:06:02 - The Evolution of Systems Engineering Tools
00:11:11 - Building Capability Step by Step
00:13:20 - Analogue, Digital, and Systems Phases of Engineering
00:16:14 - Flow Engineering's Genesis and Mission
00:25:54 - Client Engagement and Product Lifecycle
00:29:44 - Systems Engineering and Modern Industries
00:36:11 - Navigating the Various Engineering Tools
00:42:52 - Safety Concerns in Fast-Paced Engineering
00:45:02 - Far future
00:49:22 - Vertical Integration and Manufacturing Decisions
00:53:29 - Avoid being spread too thin
01:01:08 - Role of AI
01:04:50 - Closing
 
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Ivan Mactaggart was INCOSE UK President 2016 – 2018.
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- Ivan’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivanmactaggart/
OUTLINE TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Introduction
01:59 - Experience and perspectives as INCOSE UK president.
04:36 - Priorities during his presidency
09:18 - INCOSE UK’s journey to be a Professional Engineering Institution and rename to the Institute for Systems Engineering (IfSE)
18:17 - Relationships and friendships formed in INCOSE
22:31 - Member to becoming the president of INCOSE UK
38:38 - Role of INCOSE UK in influencing engineering policy
50:10 - Ivan's current work in rail
53:12 - Closing thoughts
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https://www.thesystemsengineeringpodcast.com/podcast-010/
Discussion with Prof. Olivier de Weck about Technology Roadmapping. Including his 2022 book "Technology Roadmapping and Development: A Quantitative Approach to the Management of Technology" 
Olivier is Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and Engineering Systems at MIT & the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. Previously Olivier was Editor-in-Chief for INCOSE’s Systems Engineering journal and Senior Vice President for Technology Planning and Roadmapping at Airbus.

Links from discussion:
1. MIT Professional Education courses (including Technology Roadmapping): https://professional.mit.edu/programs/faculty-profiles/olivier-de-weck 2. Olivier's 2022 Book: "Technology Roadmapping and Development": https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-88346-1 3. MIT's Roadmaps Home Page: https://roadmaps.mit.edu/index.php/Main_Page

Time stamps:
00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:00 What is technology Rd mapping and why should their organisation be doing it? 00:02:10 1962 JFK speech “We choose to go to the Moon in this decade…” example of a roadmap? 00:05:55 Figures of Merit (FoM), Utopian points, unachievable roadmaps & solar powered aircraft 00:10:22 Multidisciplinary nature of roadmaps & CFOs Chief Financial Officer is perhaps the most powerful person in the company 00:13:54 Value of traceability. Strategic Drivers to Roadmaps to Figures of Merit to R&D Projects Portfolio 00:16:47 Size of organisations to use roadmaps. Airbus is very complicated company… 00:19:03 Interfacing to suppliers of subsystems (e.g. aero engines) 00:23:36 Large amounts of information & keeping roadmaps updated 00:30:53 Disruptive innovation and Figure of Merit Changes 00:33:40 Handling disruptions from outside an industry (e.g. COVID-19, September 11th, Financial crisis of 2008) 00:36:51 MIT Online Course on Technology Roadmapping 00:38:14 Closing

https://www.thesystemsengineeringpodcast.com/podcast-009/  
Discussion with Jordan about the current state of Systems Engineering and where it can go in the future. Before founding QRA Corp, Jordan was a professor of quantum physics at Dalhousie University.
“QRA Corp’s mission is to accelerate the design process across industries who are tackling the most complex systems by empowering them to build tomorrow’s safe, secure, and incredibly powerful products. QRA’s technology, patented toolsets, and capabilities have been used to avoid stressful reworks, enable confident engineering, and find previously undetected catastrophic flaws.”
https://qracorp.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordankyriakidis/
https://jordan-kyriakidis.medium.com/
Time stamps:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:00:56 Jordan's Background
0:01:24 QRA is centered on requirements and improving requirements
0:07:56 Entrepreneurship background
0:12:01 Current state of systems engineering
0:15:44 Impact of quantum computers
0:17:49 Rise in AI
0:22:06 Industries in demand for systems engineering
0:24:23 Culture differences in various domains
0:26:29 Processing requirements in different languages?
0:28:01 System Engineering in the next 10 years
0:33:37 Largest semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia
0:35:25 Demand of quality products from the consumers
0:36:40 Advice for novices in system engineering
0:39:40 Design level thinking
0:41:31 Jordan transition from being a Professor to CEO
0:45:51 Career opportunities at QRA Corp
0:47:53 Impact of Covid in day to day business operations
0:53:22 Conclusion

Discussion with Mats Larsson regarding United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
 
Mats Larsson is author of: The Blind Guardians of Ignorance: Covid-19, Sustainability, and Our Vulnerable. A handbook for change leaders, young and old.
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Audio only available: https://www.joshuasutherland.com/podcast-008/
 
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro – Music
00:12 Episode
29:37 Get in contact

Discussion with Mats Larsson regarding Boris Johnson’s “Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution for 250,000 jobs” announced on 2020-11-18:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-outlines-his-ten-point-plan-for-a-green-industrial-revolution-for-250000-jobs https://www.edie.net/news/11/Boris-Johnson-unveils--12bn-spending-commitment-for-10-point-net-zero-transition-plan/ Mats Larsson is author of: The Blind Guardians of Ignorance: Covid-19, Sustainability, and Our Vulnerable. A handbook for change leaders, young and old.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro – Music
00:12 Intro – To episode Boris Johnson’s “Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution for 250,000 jobs”
01:38 Need for a systems approach
42:20 Reviewing each of the Ten Points
52:25 Closing
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