Interview with David Long (ESEP) - his way to Systems Engineering and INCOSE

David Long is a long-term active member of INCOSE. He holds ESEP certificate and acts as INCOSE director for strategic integrations (2023). David Long: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sedavidlong/ Alexander Efremov (Interviewer and producer): https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-efremov-88b65b28/ 0:00 - Teaser 1:06 - Interview overview 2:21 - Travel, networking and COVID 3:44 - Past - Entrepreneurship and Vitech 6:44 - Creating a company - soft-skills 8:25 - How INCOSE appeared in David's life 9:52 - Blanchard and Fabrycky 11:08 - First steps at INCOSE for David 13:25 - Separating concerns - Vitech and INCOSE 14:43 - System thinking and how it influences communication 16:58 - Integrating INCOSE and other societies 19:17 - Specific actions to integrate societies 21:22 - David's free time 22:55 - Burnout and ways to deal with it Recorded in Seville, Spain, during INCOSE International Workshop in 2023 Produced in April 2024