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This episode is the companion episode to "The 100 year Journey from Surgeons with Reputations to Surgical Robots". It frames the value that you can takeaway for your engineering career. 
In this episode we discuss things such as:
1. Industry differentiation and the pressures that force it
2. Where values reveal themselves
3. Industry recognition vs. customer recognition
4. Who is rewarded under different paradigm
5. The right champions matter for technological adoption
6. The need for champions
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Brandon Donnelly
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If you're an engineer trying to figure out where you can create value, this episode shows you where to look: where values themselves are shifting.
In this episode of The Engineering Passion Express, I take you on a 100-year journey from open surgery to surgical robots through three lenses: First, a sick man in 1910 traveling to New York to pick the right surgeon. Second, Dr. John Wickham, who coined 'Minimally Invasive Surgery.' And finally, Fred Moll, who founded Intuitive Surgical, who along with a team of engineers brought surgical robots to the forefront.
Join me and learn how many times before an invention comes along, the values of an industry need to shift to make it the right time for the adoption of the technology to be a benefit. 

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If you are a conference organizer and are looking for an engineering or scientific speaker to inspire or educate in a keynote presentation, please reach out to me on LinkedIn. You can find my profile below.

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Brandon Donnelly
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That title might lead those with certain proclivities to think incorrectly about the subject of this episode. In fact, in this narrative-style episode, we look at the invention of an entirely new category of toothbrush that happened back in the early 1990's. 
It may be easy to see this particular toothbrush in a store and think nothing of it, but that's overlooking the 5 year journey that it took to commercialize it. Would you risk committing 5 years of your life to delivering a toothbrush that perhaps no one would want? No?
Well one man did. 
This story contains themes of:
1. Finding the right person or people
2. Solving your own problem
3. Doing what matters to your customers, so that they fight for you
A toothbrush may never match the grandness of the Eiffel Tower, or the prestige of getting to build the White City as described in other episodes, but this one is important because this kind of idea is illustrative of what most engineers should be looking for: a problem they have, that they can apply their skills to deliver, while at the same time needing to stretch themselves into something bigger in order to handle all of the challenges that success comes with. 
I like this story and I hope you will too. 
Thanks for listening to The Engineering Passion Express,
Brandon Donnelly
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The Engineering Passion Express is about growing knowledge and the passion for engineering.

If you are a conference organizer and are looking for an engineering or scientific speaker to inspire or educate in a keynote presentation, please reach out to me on LinkedIn. You can find my profile below.

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Brandon Donnelly
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In this episode of The Engineering Passion Express, we have a relaxed chat with Dale Rice, SOLIDWORKS Electrical Applications Engineer at GoEngineer, though despite the name, we weren't having drinks at all, we just didn't have a particular journey in mind when the conversation started. 
Dale has been supporting engineering companies for decades and has seen a tremendous amount of engineering, and he also is a good friend of mine.

This is not a narrative episode, rather it is a discussion between two old friends. 
You'll hear discussion about:
1. SOLIDWORKS and SOLIDWORKS Electrical
2. How to ensure you're not getting duped by demos
3. Making sure your boss doesn't compare you to the performance of a demonstration
4. Keys to implementing a software or a change in a process successfully
5. Thoughts on AI, it's coming impact in SOLIDWORKS and what we think it would be good to focus on. 
Here are a couple links to check out:

https://www.goengineer.com/webinars#on-demand
https://www.goengineer.com/blog
You can also reach out to Dale at [email protected] if you have questions around SOLIDWORKS or SOLIDWORKS Electrical. 
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The Engineering Passion Express is about growing knowledge and the passion for engineering.

If you are a conference organizer and are looking for an engineering or scientific speaker to inspire or educate in a keynote presentation, please reach out to me on LinkedIn. You can find my profile below.

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Brandon Donnelly
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In this episode of The Engineering Passion Express, we take you on a journey from being the person who knows the physics, to understanding how a system will be fabricated.

This is not a narrative episode, rather it is an interview based episode with Lance Thrailkill, owner of All Metals Fabricating. Lance is a nice guy and great person to work with. You can check them out at https://www.ametals.com

Join me and learn how an engineer can increase their value by understanding design for manufacturing. Lance also left behind some valuable pieces of information. Here are his notes:
Manufacturing Tips for Sheet Metal
https://www.ametals.com/post/design-for-manufacturing-5-tips-for-sheet-metal-bending
Optimizing for Installation
https://www.ametals.com/post/dfm-tips-to-optimize-your-part-design-for-hardware-installation
Choosing the correct steel
https://www.ametals.com/post/how-to-choose-the-right-steel-type-for-sheet-metal-fabrication
Considerations for Punched Parts
https://www.ametals.com/post/five-dfm-tips-for-punch-press-operations-in-precision-fabrication
Welding Design Tips
https://www.ametals.com/post/7-dfm-tips-for-faster-better-and-higher-quality-welding
Precision Machining
https://www.ametals.com/post/7-dfm-tips-for-your-next-precision-machining-project
Surface Finish Considerations
https://www.ametals.com/post/your-guide-to-perfect-surface-finishes-how-all-metals-fabricating-matches-you-to-the-ideal-option

Thanks for listening,
Brandon Donnelly
Please connect with me on linkedin @ linkedin.com/in/brandondonnelly
Support the show
The Engineering Passion Express is about growing knowledge and the passion for engineering.

If you are a conference organizer and are looking for an engineering or scientific speaker to inspire or educate in a keynote presentation, please reach out to me on LinkedIn. You can find my profile below.

Thanks for listening,
Brandon Donnelly
Please connect with me on linkedin @ linkedin.com/in/brandondonnelly