In episode seven of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we speak to Shay Chalmers, founder of Strategic Engineering and director at a collection of private and public entities, most of them to do with manufacturing in some way.
Shay describes herself as "believing in the power of collaboration to drive positive social change, especially as the global manufacturing community works towards a carbon neutral future."
1:20 -- A potted biography
2:20 -- Recent visit to Austin, Houston and Washington as part of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue
7:00 -- Australian and US cultural differences in manufacturing, what we can learn from their fearlessness, and why we need to do a better job talking ourselves up
11:45 -- Current work at Strategic Engineering, the moves being seen among local manufacturers to de-risk their supply chains, address labour shortages, and scale up
1420 -- Beginning a PhD this year to build on and "Australianise" international research for our particular cultural situation
17:40 -- The freeze on Modern Manufacturing Initiative grants and what this looks like for Turbine, planned as "Australia’s first purpose built, end-to-end food and beverage manufacturing and education precinct"
23:20 -- What happens when you offshore, failures in IP transfer across countries, and why there's "a lot of magic in manufacturing" that gets lost
27:40 -- Industry policy, why grants aren't always the answer, how the government can share risk, and the power of procurement
31:18 -- Why we need to talk more, and to celebrate both successes and failures
Relevant links
Shay's website
https://www.shaychalmers.com/
Some articles by Shay published at @AuManufacturing
https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/perception-versus-the-reality-of-manufacturing-by-shay-chalmers
https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/a-new-deal-for-manufacturing-a-strategy-to-support-a-new-era-in-australian-manufacturing-by-shay-chalmers
https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/how-we-can-achieve-net-zero-manufacturing
https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/vanadium-flow-battery-pilot-opens-doors-for-manufacturers-by-shay-chalmers
The Turbine Precinct's website
https://turbine.org.au/
Article in create about collaboration between industry and public researchers
https://createdigital.org.au/how-can-we-bridge-the-gap-between-university-research-and-private-business-in-australia/
