Problem Solved: The IISE Podcast

Here's the problem. Industrial engineers spend so much time optimizing systems and productivity. But what happens when the system you're designing is your own life? On this episode of Problem Solved, Aly Kamel challenges the idea that more output always means more success. So what happens when people do optimize output instead of sustainability?

I think they get short term wins and long term damage. I think burnout isn't a personal failure. I think it's more of a predictable system outcome.

And what if ambition doesn't mean pushing harder, but designing smarter?

Well, success should mean consistency and not intensity for me. But a life that you can maintain is actually more impressive than one that looks briefly good on paper and then collapses.

The most important system you optimize might just be your own life. Listen now to the full episode of Problem Solved.