Billy Schofield Training

29/09/2021

Here is my tip of the month for September.
Happiness.

29/09/2021

Meditation has helped me to achieve more in life.

I meditate every day and have done so for the last 5 years. Mediation is recognised by ancient wisdom and by modern science as a hugely beneficial practice. My daily practice has immensely helped me in my resilience, creativity, and ability to focus. Meditation has quite simply helped me achieve mor...

19/05/2021

Is your organisation data blind? Data blindness can be combated by applying two simple rules.

To build and maintain a culture of continuous improvement, it is necessary to honestly evaluate process changes to see if they have resulted in an improvement. This is often done as part of Deming’s Plan Do Study Adjust (PDSA) cycle.

26/04/2021

Recently I was interviewed on the topic of Job Satisfaction and how to achieve it.

These are the uncut highlights of the conversation.

Are you satisfied with your current role?

The core of job satisfaction is to be fulfilled in your employment. You must enjoy your job for it to be a source of happiness in your life. Exciting work is enjoyable, and being at work brings a circle of co-workers, friends and social connections. Workplace goals bring opportunities to achieve and...

19/04/2021

I was aware of the Smart Factory concept, but I knew little about the systems that enable it. So I decided to take a look at two smart factory systems.

What data transport systems does your factory use?

I was aware of the Smart Factory concept, but I knew little about the systems that enable it. So I decided to take a look at two smart factory systems OPC-UA and RAMI 4.0 ASS.

22/03/2021

When will you take your first journey in a pilotless e air taxi?

View my article to find out more about Urban Air
Mobility.

Will it happen? What are your thoughts?

The idea of a fully autonomous car has become widely accepted. Each year new models of car come closer and closer to the self-driving concept.

12/03/2021

Can innovation and scientific advancement continue their relentless progress?

It is hard to escape from the word innovation; from CVs to performance appraisals and company mission statements, it is omnipresent. In the 1990’s it was synergy; in the 2000’s it was collaboration. Today the must use word is innovation.

01/03/2021

What are your experiences of starting a new job, honeymoons, legacies of old demons or the excitement of a new challenge?

Starting a new job is stressful. People talk in strange and new acronyms; they ask you to post information to shared drives whose location is a mystery to you. You barely know where the restrooms are. Once again, you have a total beginners mind.

22/02/2021

An observation attributed to a 1965 NASA report
(Brynjolfsson, E. and McAfee, 2015)

Humans are the lowest-cost, 68kg, nonlinear, all-purpose computer system which can be mass-produced by unskilled labour.

Reference
Brynjolfsson, E. and McAfee, A., 2015. Will humans go the way of horses. Foreign Aff., 94, p

Photo by William Daigneault on Unsplash

19/02/2021

When things go wrong, the focus needs to be on finding the root causes and not looking for someone to blame.

I have worked in industry for thirty-seven years, and I have often come across a blame culture within some of the organisations that I worked for. A blame culture is a predisposition within an organisation to find an apparent, simple reason for why something bad has happened. (Rosling 2019) It seems...

15/02/2021

A short extract from my LinkedIn Live chat with acclaimed LinkedIn Trainer Chris Croft.

In this extract, Chris asks me why the fourth industrial revolution is called Industry 4.0, and we discuss the previous three industrial revolutions.

A short extract from my LinkedIn live chat with acclaimed LinkedIn Trainer Chris Croft. In this extract, Chris asks me why the fourth industrial revolution i...

08/02/2021

I was bemoaning my slow internet connection today to a colleague.

My colleague jokingly suggested that internet speed and device battery life be added to Abraham Maslow’s basic needs pyramid.

Our conversation made me think about one of the main factors for good battery life, transistor leakage.

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