Maintenance and Asset Data and Preserving Knowledge with Jan Stoker

Описание: live from the first-ever Mainstream UK Summit in Birmingham at Millennium Point.

Episode with Yan Stoker! Dude started as an 18-year-old engineer chasing quick cash for a motorbike—working nights alone in gritty factories, fixing boilers, improvising solutions the hard way. After 5 years, traveled the world, then hit university at 25: bachelor's, two masters in maintenance & asset management, even started a PhD (still on the desk).

Now his passion's knowledge management—bridging generations. With 60% of his workforce 45+, massive tribal knowledge about to walk out the door. He's building communities of practice: pairing senior "silverbacks" with young digital natives. Saw a young engineer turn 1TB of data into reliability insights in 30 minutes using Python, AI prompts, and tools—stuff that took him weeks.

Key takeaway: Put 'em in the same room. Young folks accelerate with tech; seniors provide context and reliability checks. Creates a swing of knowledge transfer—don't let experience vanish or let AI outputs go unchecked.

Yan drops free knowledge bombs weekly: 800+ articles across his LinkedIn company pages (asset management, maintenance engineering, etc.) from multiple perspectives. Hit him up on LinkedIn—he's open. Real talk on preserving fundamentals while embracing the new wave. Stay connected out there.