I actually think that this is an exciting time to be in Technical (despite some of my doom and gloom posts of late). If we can get the culture stuff working as it should, this could genuinely be a game changer.
I look at where food safety is now in UK cultures and it's where health and safety was when I started in the food industry (ahem) over 20 years ago.
There is some genuinely different thinking coming into manufacturing in some spheres. If we can get some key parties to listen, it could be transformational.
But as I alluded to before, we have a shortage of Technical people in industry and I always think Technical people with Operations experience are very valuable. So how could we entice people from Operations, NPD etc into the sexy world of Technical?