Executive Q&A with Bobby Wright and Ralph King, Stress Engineering Services: A Discussion on Strategies for Effectively Transferring Knowledge to the Next Generation

摘要

Organizations in the technical inspection and engineering service industry dedicate significant time and effort to training and developing the next generation of professionals. Manuals, procedures, standards and guidelines are developed and published to provide necessary reference materials. Training classes and certifications are conducted to document competency and proficiency. Yet, much of the institutional knowledge gained by experience can only be found in the minds of experienced personnel. Today, savvy companies devote significant time and effort to ensuring that institutional knowledge is transferred from its senior engineers to its next generation of engineers and technicians, thereby benefitting the company itself and the industry as a whole. Recently, Inspectioneering Journal (IJ) sat down with Stress Engineering's Bobby Wright and Ralph King to discuss how companies can better transfer and preserve industry knowledge.