Long Term Thinking for Business Success

About Long Term Thinking for Business Success

Every entrepreneur starts their business full of dreams. Whether it’s innovating a better product or service, creating wealth, building a life to be proud of, or changing the world in some way, engineers are no different. ’Engineering Success’ is a podcast about keeping your dreams alive when things get tough. Because even the strongest technical skills can get overwhelmed by the endless demands of building a business, and one day, you realise that even the best product or service isn’t enough to guarantee success. ‘Engineering Success’ features engineering and industrial leaders chatting candidly about their journey to long-term success: the challenges they encountered, the lessons they learned and the solutions they put in place. Whether you’re an engineering consultancy, an industrial service provider, or a manufacturer, you’ll hear actionable insights from your peers on how they established strong company cultures, systemised operations, leveraged sales and marketing to generate customers consistently, overcame financial challenges, faced increasing competition, adapted to change and managed growth. The host, Rick Merten, has been running his own business for over two decades, partnering with hundreds of SMES to help them achieve sustainable success. Rick’s ambition with this podcast is to let entrepreneurial engineers know you are not alone, and to share real-world insights that will help you engineer your success and build a better business.

Publisher

Rick Merten

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Feb 2023

Latest episode

15 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

12 of 43 episodes have a transcript.

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   15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Trojan Horse Inside Your Client’s Team: Jonathan Bannister, The Design Technology Company

   Jonathan Bannister, Managing Director of The Design Technology Company, shares his unique business growth strategy and insights on scaling a design firm in this interview.

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   23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Why Delegation Is the Key to Growth: Jo Garretty, SALT3

   Managing Director Jo Garretty of SALT3 shares how strategic delegation fuels business growth and maintains company culture.

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   3 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Standing in the Wreckage: Doron Levy on Fire Engineering, Failure, and Quality

   Fire engineer Doron Levy shares his journey from structural engineering to investigating failures, revealing how this dual perspective drives quality and ethical business practices.

Inside a recent episode

The Trojan Horse Inside Your Client’s Team: Jonathan Bannister, The Design Technology Company

Published 15 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Do you think that's changed who you sell to? We go for more incremental change now. We know we can get small gains, demonstrable wins, try to get businesses to see that rather than say, hey, I've got this new technology that's going to upend your entire training program. That shift is too far. We're looking for small cracks to get in, demonstrate something that is applicable, tangible benefit and grow from there. and have that first engagement be at least not cost us money to get started rather than looking for the holy grail, I guess. Can you take me back to 2014? What made you and your business partner decide to bring the Cornell Design embedded designer model to Melbourne. […]

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• Jonathan Bannister
• Jo Garretty
• Doron Levy
• Gary Finke
• Edmund Tsang

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