by andrew.betts@icondasolutions.com | Mar 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
A multi-million dollar chip production line is halted, but it’s not clear where the problem is coming from. An independent consulting engineer is called in. She walks all around the production floor looking at the screens, the indicators, the dials, the cables,...
by andrew.betts@icondasolutions.com | Feb 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s well known that many professionals have difficulty communicating with people outside their speciality and it’s not unusual for start-ups to be frustrated by an indifferent world – “why does nobody appreciate our great idea??”! Ironically,...
by andrew.betts@icondasolutions.com | Dec 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
What do you do when you have to perform risk analysis on a 20 year old circuit design and the information available consists of 30 vintage, undocumented VHDL files? (VHDL is a Hardware Description Language – an HDL).In my case, a quick email not only provided the...
by andrew.betts@icondasolutions.com | Dec 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
Consider what it takes to build an aircraft carrier and put it out to sea. Tens of thousands of contractors crossing multiple disciplines, organisations, states and countries are involved. Another ten thousand or so do the actual construction. About five thousand...
by andrew.betts@icondasolutions.com | Sep 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Nowadays, classroom-based professional training is all about learning activities – labs, simulations, role plays, serious games, and so on. Over the past ten years, I would say, there has been a major shift away from subject matter lectures towards experimentation and...
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