Elon & Sandy: Design Philosophy Parallels | PART 2

Check out Part 2 of 2 of Sandy Munro's presentation on his engineering philosophies, based on specific real life experiences, and the comparisons to Elon Musk's 5 Step Protocol for Successful Engineering.
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[@DurzoBlunts]

That thumbnail looks like it should belong on each of their office desks, like a proud father and happy son duo. Awesome!

[@TANOCA17]

Munro & A should sell that as wallpapers

[@kijackson92]

I want a mug with this picture on it!

[@Clearphish]

Master Class by a super teacher! Pure gold...

[@abou8963]

Stop Missy Cummings bias appointment kzbin.info/www/bejne/gICZkoCrZ5uioLs 1:15

[@steveperreira5850]

Enjoy this class while you can, Sandy harped on the “ugly baby.“ I expect this video to be banned……

[@Clearphish]

@@steveperreira5850 Only banned if there were references to particular parents. Totally free & clear as far as I'm concerned. :-)

[@kknn523]

blind leading the blind.. This is amateur hour compared to what actual engineers are thinking.

[@Clearphish]

@@kknn523 Always nice to see contentless comments. Got anything to back up your musings?

[@NathanGSean]

This is a master Class

[@g.martok9651]

Brilliant, thank you Sandy. I´m an engineer and professor of production management in Germany. Not Harvard, no strategy consulting, no management buzz words only pragmatic engineering. For 20 years I preach this to my students but you really nailed it. In future I will show parts of this video to my students to show them: "yes, believe me, it works!!!"

[@2nd3rd1st]

Absolutely brilliant presentation and so much to take to heart even just for everyday life! I'm feeling dirty watching this for free. PART 2

[@i_might_be_lying]

Well, they have Patreon. Join the club ;-)

[@Geraldaga]

100% agree. Heck I shared the 1st video with some colleagues. Best video I’ve seen this month. Great for work and personal.

[@gerhardkutt1748]

This is all common sense. Any idea why they don't give out degrees in common sense? No one in academia is qualified to teach it.

[@i_might_be_lying]

@@gerhardkutt1748 common sense is not so common

[@electricaviationchannelvid7863]

@@i_might_be_lying So true...

[@necbranduc]

Ahhaahaaa, that thumbnail is golden.. 🤣🤣🤣

[@magnamic5614]

Damn! You beat me to it…🤣🤣😂

[@wadeterheide8873]

I have asked my 18 year old to watch these videos, he said he is a programmer and doesn't like cars. I explained that this philosophy is not about cars, it's about learning to think independently and understanding efficiency in all areas of design and life.

[@ClockworksOfGL]

"One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code." - Ken Thompson, co-creator of Unix and the C programming language.

[@muddyside8020]

I have more than 30 years in software development and I can tell you for sure that you can apply every single bit of advice from this workshop on software projects. Probably much easier and faster than on product manufacturing. Tell your son, in case he doesnt know, Elon Musk is a software engineer !!!

[@wadeterheide8873]

@@muddyside8020 Thanks for the reminder, I have told him that Elon is a programmer before and I will refresh that message. My son is on a gap year so he can finish his OS, his programming language, one of his games and finish writing his novel before he goes to University.

[@smallsmalliver]

Just came to comment on the Monro and Son thumbnail. Comedy gold!

[@RamachandranKN_87]

Thumbnail game is strong with Munro Live!

[@peterpet77rp]

Simply stunning. This company (Munro) should worth billions. Not only that, if American companies had taken these lessons serious they would be on top. Tesla is doing it

[@jameswalsh4088]

I spent my working lifetime in design engineering, and these were the best - BY FAR - videos on engineering design and purpose I have ever seen. Outstanding!

[@Nphen]

"Oh, you wanted holes in those washers?" has me cracking up! 😂

[@yrj77]

This was a great two part series. This is the kind of reoriented thinking that US companies need. Focus on making money instead of saving money.

[@dduffy7271]

LIFE hacks 101!!

[@svirrsvarr]

No you should focus on making good products.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

The irony is that the only one who really sees the paradigm shifts Elon brings and truly understands the technological aspects to the core, is someone who is already at a fair age (meaning - not young)

[@areitu]

Great way to put it. Toyota does a lot of this stuff--using humans in place of automations, building in quality in the design, etc. and the results speak for themselves

[@jasonmunro1150]

"Get the cheese the Munro way" inspirational I thank you Uncle Sandy.

[@stevethomson6900]

Chew through the Maze!

[@okjhum]

A-mazing! :-)

[@johnnylafata5489]

Love your show, I'm a 74-year-old product designer designing products now for over 54 years. I love listing to you and learning! May God Bless and protect your Family and Staff!

[@nigelbester9421]

This should be taught in engineering courses at year 1. Some of the best lessons I learnt were in systems engineering which was not taught in undergrad! This is systems engineering thinking, integrated to manufacturing knowledge, cost optimisation and more. Love it.

[@jeffkrupke3810]

Wow what a teacher you are awesome Sandy! Learned so much from you over the past year or two. Thanks so much to share your knowledge so freely.

[@MunroLive]

You are welcome!

[@OwnerOfOwn]

@@MunroLive I came here to say everything he said! Thanks Sandy!

[@chrisbraid2907]

I think Sandy understands the creative designer/engineers in the world. For sure sacrifice the sacred Cows … just take care that you cover what they did ….

[@manuelabadia5254]

Amazing presentation Sandy! It is a pleasure to see you teaching. I have never been interested in the stock market, but I bought $6000 in Tesla stock after I saw you talking about Tesla's technology and how ahead they were compared to other automakers. Now the stock is worth $114000. You changed my family's life. Thank you very much!

[@dudefjdfkhllkj]

Absolute master class in manufacturing. This is the kind of presentation that I wish was standard issue in schools of engineering. I work for a major Detroit OEM, and every day I see or hear things that make me scratch my head as a result of the knowledge you have been kind enough to share. Please keep up the great work!

[@eddiegardner8232]

Love it! I always thought like Sandy. Parts that are one piece or snap together, combining multiple parts functions into the single part design, use the right material for the part (molded plastic if possible), have multiple parts self-locate themselves precisely as they are assembled, and eliminate as many fasteners as possible. Good stuff.

[@stevethomson6900]

Awesome two-parter! I feel smarter having watched this. Thanks Sandy. Thanks Munro Associates and the MunroLive Team.

[@paulcummings55]

I am not an engineer, but I still enjoyed this set of two videos showing the Munro process of development. Anyone who is serious about improving either their own manufacturing or products, or anyone who want to succeed as an engineer, should be required to watch this 'Master's Calss' in design. Thanks, Sandy!

[@patrickcphillips]

Mr. Munro, I'm eternally grateful that you decided to be on a platform such as KZbin. The immeasurably vast amounts of knowledge, experience, expertise, curiosity and vision you share with all of us is priceless! I think many of your videos are a wake up call to every business. Thank you for enlightening us to what's possible and removing the veil of mystery surrounding the process. I think Tesla has caused the beginning of the end of many OEMs. Many don't realize it yet. Thanks for all you have done and continue to do!

[@andr544]

I hope there are schools that use this kind of videos to teach next generation of engineers (and executives that will be in charge of money allocation). Great video!

[@AdmiralQuality]

"We must be permanently dissatisfied in order to succeed." LOVE IT! That's pretty much been my motto forever but I never crystallized it into so few words before. Thanks Sandy!

[@dr-k1667]

I've said this before on other videos that I am not an engineer, but love to put things together and take them apart. This hits me on way more levels than just physical goods, it is a philosophy that can and for me should be applied to real life NO MATTER WHAT YOUR DOING. I've said both parts of this series to watch again because there are so many nuggets in here and if I am stuck on a problem, I think there is a process stated or shown here that can help me overcome it. That's what I think anyway. This is a gift to anyone who watches it.

[@irag34]

I feel like I owe Sandy money for this workshop.

[@stevethomson6900]

Join the MunroLive Patreon if you haven't already!

[@deeppatel7068]

The best picture ever, just like father and son!!!

[@kennyg1358]

I think a signed poster or canvas version would be a great Christmas gift.

[@briancayer5815]

LOL! I’m liking the fact that Sandy is still excelling in the university of guru.

[@mpersad]

The most informative and thought provoking set of videos I've ever watched on KZbin. Outstanding generosity of spirit by Sandy and Munro Associates to share this with the world for free. Really inspiring.

[@kdshak4904]

Wow. Pure gold. “Engineering Gold” that is. Thank you thank you thank you Professor Sandy Munro. 🙏🙏🙏

[@kreelaban3420]

One word, "Superb" ! This can be applied to everything in life from sharpening a pencil to marriage - the sky is the limit. Don't limit yourself. Take pride in everything you do.

[@PathosBedlam]

This was a great course in Lean Design. I'm in no way an engineer, but I do a bit of CAD for 3D printing, and this really needs to be shown to every kid in year 7 of high school in every country, so the engineers can start off their education the right way. I shudder to think how many products the people at Munro have helped optimize that I've interacted with without knowing it. Keep up the great work peeps.

[@wmartonejr]

Best Sandy videos ever!!! An Engineering mindset always #trumps the Finance mindset.

[@s.m.7018]

“The best part is no part.” - E. Musk

[@edwyncorteen1527]

Wow! What a fabulous two part video! Simply put all business leaders and politicians should be made to watch this!

[@moondog-HMB]

Masterclass part II. Thank you Sandy for being such a class act and sharing your knowledge with the world.

[@ClockworksOfGL]

“If we could make a watch out of one part, we would.” - Nicolas Hayek, late chairman of the Swatch Group (paraphrased, I don’t remember the exact quote).

[@mikakstienhaara3478]

Great lesson! I remember when Sandy ran parts of this in Norway - so much profound knowledge and guidance to successful product design that actually builds also the company culture and business success!

[@martinmisuth2775]

incredible how you could do this presentation without any editing. You clearly know whats going on.

[@stewartlewis3503]

Thank you all at Munro's for such great generosity in producing such informative and educational videos such as this one. I find them amazing.

[@TheLeosepulveda1]

Munro is a great Engineer/Designer/Teacher/Communicator/Business Man... probable a great guy too. I hope we continues sharing his knowledge for a long long time. Thank you Mr. Sandy Munro!

[@rwdplz1]

"What they DON'T teach you in engineering school, but is more important"

[@billwagner741]

Every engineer should have to watch this 2 part series, I love your honesty, and thanks for giving us a inside look at what goes on.

[@ionkayak1948]

Thank you very much, Mr Munro and Associates for so useful lessons!

[@MunroLive]

Glad you like them!

[@allmybasketsinoneegg]

Had a nightmare where Munro was my uncle and I showed him my science project. Then he got mad at the number of unnecessary parts and complex assembly.

[@maxmintz511]

Superb! Lesson can be applied to so many different areas of life. Education!

[@stevenrobidas]

Sandy and Munro - You guys are the hallmark of engineering. These conversations resonate so much. My entire staff will be watching these shortly. Thank you for putting this together.

[@stephenmoten4017]

Tank you again for helping all of us with the proper mindset.

[@96ej]

Right! This guy is the real deal

[@SW-qv7gi]

This is where you tube is good. You curate videos that teach to the level of your understanding rather than watching dumbed down media and propaganda of the legacy media outlets. Thank you Sandy for teaching to the level YOU want to, we’ll follow you - so inspiring.

[@RojCowles]

"Belts are bad". Would love to see an episode getting a cheap, $300, 3D FDM Printer which are mostly belt driven to move the gantries, heads and bed. Maybe give it a critique and some quick arm waving on how it could be improved. Loved these videos, made me think and also laughed out loud a few times. Hopefully as good a recruiting tool for Munro as some of Tesla's Battery and AI days seem to have been.

[@piccalillipit9211]

I saw a video on a flying taxi design with horizontal rotors - it had 3 drive belts on each of the 4 rotor assemblies and my immediate thought was"that will kill people" Any one drive belt slips by 1 tooth and the geometry of the rotors is lost and it crashes.

[@rwdplz1]

I've fixed dozens of cassette decks where the main problem was failed belts (stretched or melted)

[@Retanaru]

The main problem with the consumer 3d printing scene is that all of the obvious advancements are under patent. So when you look at them and go "Wow I could make this so much better." You 100% could, but then you wouldn't be able to sell it. The tech is perpetually 15 years behind because the companies that first patented all those parts have almost no interest in selling to consumers. So here we are with 15 year old belt driven 3d printers.

[@RojCowles]

@@Retanaru Do you have a link to the patent? Thought that most of the consumer 3D Printers have a lineage back to the RepRap printers and are mostly open source designs. Thx!

[@samuelbellamy4218]

@@piccalillipit9211 I agree and I do not want flying cars or delivery. They will crash, have quality issues, drop stuff, loud, invade privacy or just having stuff flying over head all the time is not cool either. Even birds can be annoying at times could you imagine Harley drones or Chinese Harley clone drones :)

[@saxmanrex]

This video should be required viewing for any engineer. Thank you!!!

[@Bulbachar]

This reminds me of my QA class (and lean six sigma) at ASU. Very interesting to see. I learned some of the best life philosophies from my professor (never stop learning). Great overview. Now I know why I was attracted to your channel.

[@larrythelobster2474]

Toyota 1990: "We must be permanently dissatisfied in order to succeed" Toyota 2021: "We must YOLO on solid state technology and hope it works out"

[@rkan2]

Missed 2017 when they sold their 1.4% stake in Tesla lol

[@spuddy4063]

@@rkan2 Someone in the not too distant future will look back in history and try to find who to blame, as to why Toyota failed. Finding someone to blame is the easy part. SUCCESS is not easily found from passing blame, HARD WORK is doing your best and excelling at it, not so easy is it?

[@markplott4820]

Toyota/LEXUS looked at the Tesla model 3, and said " we cannot build a car as good as this " ............LOL.

[@abraxastulammo9940]

@@markplott4820 Let's be the leader in hydrogen passenger cars instead! 😂

[@KenLord]

Hydrogen Fuel Cell car? ... That's one damn ugly baby :)

[@victorblock3421]

Years ago I wouldn't imagine this. just amazing. Thank You Mr. Munro.

[@josecandelario284]

This is simply amazing! Thank you Munro and Associates!!!

[@ghostindamachine]

Sandy and his company are doing the world a huge favour by shownig this two part master class. And it is alo a huge bill board for their company. I hope it leads them to many more outstanding and cool projects!

[@ricktrenkler3254]

Wonderful! Spent my entire career working smarter not harder. Love W. Edward Deming and have read all his books. You are right, the fight to do things right, simpler, better and more efficiently is tough for so many people to accept. Wish I was a young man again just so I could work with you.

[@franksmith9497]

Wow, your presentations are so relevant, useful, and knowledgeable. I listen to you folks because of MUNRO’s reputation. What I did not expect was the quality of information I gained from paying attention to your presentations. You should charge money to listen to your valuable expertise. Thank you for your time and effort.

[@kaleygoode1681]

Sandy, the world needs you to keep up these lectures online! My son is doing Mechanical Engineering at uni and is totally into what you have to say. You're developing the new engineers and filling them with confidence to enforce Sandy-sense! 👍💪

[@jeffsawyer]

“Dig down and bring out that cash book” haha 😂

[@echoeversky]

Gangster

[@cisco6926]

The hallmark of a great engineering company. Throw any problem at them, and through creativity, human factors approach and genius, get the job done right. Thanks again Sandy.

[@ericsandberg3167]

Reminds me of all the 6sigma, Lean, and Black Belt training I received over the years.....but there was never a course on how to break the logjam of parochial thinking of upper management that refused to step out of their comfort zone and stop saying..."But we've always done it that way.."

[@BjrnRuthberg]

This is excellent stuff. Didn't even plan on watching it, but this is probably the best spent 45 minutes of my Sunday morning.

[@sweetpeaz61]

Excellent Thank you Sandy, I really enjoyed these two talks. Its been refreshing to hear your philosophy, as Ive always taken the attitude when designing things less is more, the simpler it is the more reliable it is.

[@MorganWalser]

Best series yet, absolutely love this content. You guys are amazing. Thank you so much

[@PaulVining]

Watched both parts, very inspiring, utterly shocked to see such great content FOR FREE.....

[@calebjones3383]

This was fantastic, thank you for sharing this amazing knowledge.

[@abou8963]

Stop Missy Cummings bias appointment kzbin.info/www/bejne/gICZkoCrZ5uioLs 1:15

[@MunroLive]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mhamma6560]

Excellent content as usual. Currently started a new business with several products ready for final production and it's been rush rush rush. Stopped to watch your 2 part series and decided to take the rest of the day critiquing everything trying to find ways to lean production and processing to get products to customers faster using less resources. A+

[@nickwulf]

"there is good design, and there is bad design, but there is no such thing as no design"

[@jimparr01Utube]

Great job on the lecture Sandy. Learned heaps about how perspective and attitude so radically affects final output. Thanks a bunch.

[@spacep0d]

Amazing! Thank you for making this available. Fascinating viewing, and I love seeing the real-world examples.

[@dmcclark]

Brilliant Job Sandy!! This goes a long way to explain why all the great companies of the past like AT&T, GE, IBM, GM are all just a shadow of their former self.

[@darylclifford]

Wow !! What an incredibly brilliant and humble man !! Elon Musk must be doing things right in order to be getting praise from Sandy. To earn praise from him is no small thing !!

[@handsanitizermk.268]

i am out of words, that was greate! Thanks Sandy and whole Lean Disign team

[@mayorofsexytown6958]

I’ll watch content like this all day long. 10/10 well done

[@randolphtorres4172]

For many many years I have been saying every concept can be improved, doesn’t matter if it is a machine, tool, or product. For me watching it function, observing what is essential and what is not in its sequence of operation. Many times I have purchased brands new tools that did not perform as needed they had to be modified. It’s nice to hear someone else say this.

[@chriswood841]

Wow. Thank you Sandy. I can easily apply this to not just my products but my corporate processes. Thank you for breaking it down anybody should be able to understand and apply. G’day from Australia

[@br0ck5]

An absolutely priceless presentation. Many thanks for sharing it, Mr Munro & team.

[@scottwozniak3988]

Wow!! A fantastic class I could listen to for hours on end. I hope those participating realize how fortunate they are. Sandy is the best. I would have enjoyed being in the room to be part of this training.

[@lukejagodzinski]

Great presentation! It's interesting how this also applies to software engineering. I very often see people over-engineering instead of simplifying code; adding code that should never exist; solving problems in isolation instead of thinking about bigger picture. I'm also learning on my mistakes which is frustrating - nobody taught my to think this way, neither at the university nor in the school. You just have to learn it the hard way. It's great if you learn from your mistakes, some people are too lazy or short-sighted to even learn.

[@areitu]

In a different interview on the everyday astronauts youtube channel, Elon talks about how sometimes engineers end up over-engineering a solution that is unnecessary or sometimes not needed and that should be prevented. I think that applies even in software. I work with databases and reports, and I've found myself spending too much time on something that was ultimately not needed by the user

[@thebotformalityknownasdale2564]

Wow sandy this concept and mind set is a incredible way that a safety officer can use it in dealing with any one who is in a position of supervision of 1 worker all the way to thousands of people. As a NCSO witch is a National Construction Safety Officer working with all trades I have always got the line of "we have always done it that Way" and they lose there mind when you tell them well you have done it unsafely every time.

[@pawefiett2468]

The type of lecture I hope I'm regularly coming back to!

[@mrdot1126]

i am just an every day working class dude, that has ZERO to do with business or engineering whatsoever, but even i find this two part video is a real gem, in terms of how you view things, how you tackle things...

[@brookrestall3274]

Sandy, YOU ARE THE MAN!! I watched Part 1 and couldn't stop. Thank you for everything which you do. Excellent information. Love the real world examples!! I've worked for large OEMs and defense contractors, and have seen bureaucracy make simple things difficult. The brilliant Burt Rutan, one of my life-long influences (and someone who'll preach your very own gospel 'till the cows come home) will reinforce your message: bureaucracy in a business can foster lethal disease!!

My Sunday morning just got even better! Thanks for sharing this.

[@jdrecords]

Hi Sandy, I have been telling and showing people things like this for years in the UK but because I left school at 14 nobody would listen, you made me cry.

[@sageakporherhe783]

I have never been this attentive in a while, please do more of these.

[@donhull2440]

Loved the lectures. I'm a chemist, not an engineer but I studied and worked with electronics and computing at university. At one point I worked for an analytical instrument manufacturer. I made a suggestion to one of the EEs. He immediately told me it couldn't be done. I asked two questions, wrote 8 lines on a piece of paper, handed to him and said this is how you do it. He insisted it couldn't be done but did show it to his boss, who fortunately did have an open mind. It was implemented in less than a day. Guess who got the credit - hint, it wasn't me.

[@freundron]

Enjoyed this overview of success in engineering very much. Sandy speaks the truth in blunt and understandable terms!

[@RMJTOOLS]

Brings back memories of my time as an A&P mechanic in the 80’s working on Hawker 125 business jets. The phrase that comes to mind is “Why use one part when 10 will do the job nicely “. For instance the ailerons have a lead counter weight to balance them. It has 4 attach lugs that bolt into the aileron tip cap. Very reasonable. Had a cracked lug and ordered a new one from England. When I took it out of the box it was a raw lead casting with a vague shape that I needed. Took about 6 hours of hand filing, drilling, and then repainting to get it to fit properly.

[@pedropaez5142]

Thanks, Sandy! A master class! The sacred cows that today lead the traditional automobile industries in the world and especially in the U.S., should be compelled to listen to this Master Class. The world is changing and it is necessary to innovate or disappear!

[@velezsergio]

Great principles to apply in any industry! Thank you so much Munro Team.

[@hrhamada1982]

I work for a large e-comerce company. When I look at the enterprise, the core values, the mission, the trainings, I am super impressed. But when I visit sites and see the individual site, every time I am amazed at the short-sightedness, the false savings, the enabling of complacency, the lack of implementation of everything the corporation values. One of our biggest issues are 1 that supervisors look to short term goals and also are willing to lie to the next level of management to make themselves look good 2 Managers that rely on that fictional reporting without questioning. Proper decisions cannot be made without the correct data to base planning and decisions on 3 Complacency instead of kaizen America can learn a lot from this talk by Sandy THANKS Sandy!

[@luisrosal1322]

This 2 video series is gold.

[@muddyside8020]

Incredible session, I can believe this is out of the public, companies will pay good money for this sort of workshop, thanks a lot

[@West_Anderson]

This was awesome, had no idea how truly influential Sandy and Assoc. have been to so many industries.

[@simonbrooks6073]

Thanks for sharing with us Sandy. Reaffirms that you build best value through dynamic design. Test and refine. Never assume.

[@rhmagalhaes]

The teacher learned with the student. Munro did what Elon does. A presentation showing how they do stuff with the goal of hiring people. Munro and Elon are a great partnership that always will move things forward. The guys at Arcimoto we're extremely smart to bring Munro to the team. Congratulations to you all.

[@suchdevelopments]

I am designer and construction engineer, I follow Elon Musk, I implement what Elon has taught me. Thanks Sandy, it confirms what I am practicing for years. The video has FANTASTIC!

[@genzigzag]

Thank you again Uncle Sandy for the sharing of knowledge. A phrase I grew up with... Penny wise, £ foolish. People, please watch both parts!