As Peter Drucker famously noted, "culture eats strategy for breakfast." Drawing from over 35 years of leadership in asset management and reliability engineering, I've discovered that technical prowess alone does not drive reliability excellence - it's the underlying behaviours that create transformative results.

This presentation reveals the critical behaviours that distinguish exceptional reliability engineers: those who cultivate high-reliability cultures, detect weak signals before they become failures, implement precision maintenance principles, and recognise design as the fundamental DNA of asset reliability. Beyond mere data analysis, these professionals engage directly at the Gemba, optimise value streams, and eliminate defects at their source.

I'll share a practical framework featuring ten essential behaviours that transform reactive maintenance cultures into proactive reliability excellence - ultimately delivering more profitable, safer, efficient, and sustainable operations.

• Cultivating reliability-focused organisational cultures
• Developing sensitivity to weak signals before failures occur
• Implementing precision maintenance methodologies
• Ensuring reliability through design excellence
• Engaging at the Gemba level to drive lasting improvements
• Optimising maintenance value streams
• Eliminating defects at their source

Critical Takeaways:

1. The specific behaviours that drive reliability transformation beyond technical skills
2. Practical methods to shift from reactive maintenance to proactive reliability
3. How behavioural excellence creates safer, more efficient, and more sustainable operations