TESTIMONIALS

Since 2013, I've been teaching a course called Product Lifecycle Management at Oakland University. The class has evolved, and I've looked for a means to keep former students involved. As COVID-19 forced the class online, I reduced the number of lectures, recorded what remained, and put them below.

A bottleneck of the future of manufacturing is the lack of a highly-skilled workforce

Articles that I find interesting... (and I assign what I find interesting 😉) Overselling Sustainability Reporting (hbr.org) For two...

Part of the great fun in teaching is to continue to work with students on interesting topics after the semester has ended.

How will pandemics and climate change impact product lifecycles?

How we think of product lifecycles has changed dramatically over the past few decades. These videos cover a brief history.

For centuries, humans have used technology to reinforce growth, to great effect, but now that growth is limited by it's own success.

Perception of Value, Disruptive Innovation and the "Job to be Done" by a product.

Change is Painful, the Status Quo seems efficient, and the difference between Practices and Processes

Decomposition Creates Dysfunction, and leads to scandalous products. We need to fix Systems Engineering.