People First Leadership Meets Operational Excellence

Photo by  Michael Dziedzic  on  Unsplash Looking back at 20+ years in different industries but always close to engineering, I am grateful for all experiences which make up a powerful combination.  The past decades have seen a tremendously quick development in technology and business models with an eye on sustainability in all its sub-topics especially in the past few years. Leading new product development in a start-up environment at Dance while still being part of the aviation industry as a mentor at the Sustainable Aero Lab sparks a lot of thoughts around the topics which both roles have in common: Sustainability, Engineering, Coopetition. Sustainability - ecological, economical and social - has become a key factor to success. Regulations as the EU Greendeal and the Supply Chain Act which put governmental regulated pressure to the industries and the social mind & behavioral change of recent generations, who influence consumer decisions, lead to intensified in...

No matter the client I work with, Sustainable Hardware Engineering is my guiding work statement. Everyone has their own interpretation of “sustainable”. To me, it is finding an optimal balance  for economic, ecological and social sustainability in the hardware development team and product.                                                               Photo by  Paula Prekopova  on  Unsplash Economic Sustainability Support long term economic growth to repay investments, initial cost of development and recurrent maintenance and operational cost  Reduce resources required and indirect costs, total-cost-of ownership as key performance indicator, reduction of operational costs Ecological Sustainability Manufacturing and operation are optimized to not compromise the capacity of the ecosy...