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Dave Walker / A bias for action
en-gbOctober 01, 2021
About this Episode
SPECIAL GUEST
In this week's show we meet Dave Walker. Dave is a Senior Product Engineer at MSM Aerospace, an advanced manufacturer, based in North Manchester. Dave started his working career at Ferranti — at the time — one of the largest engineering firms in the UK. He later worked at Bellhouse Hartwell before joining MSM aerospace in 2002. Dave is widely known for his ability to overcome challenges and get things done. So today, we sit down with Dave to talk about being proactive and why having a bias for action is so important.
HIGHLIGHTS
01:30 Introduction
06:52 Getting things done
13:16 Developing an interest
18:30 Switching off
22:28 Key lessons
23:55 Close
REFERENCES
MSM aerospace
www.msm-aero.com
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