March 10, 2026

Episode 30 – If you don’t know what to do, just do something – Christer Idhammar

Chisrter Idhammar

[Season 2 – Episode 30]

If you don't know what to do, just do something - Christer Idhammar - Episode 30

“Still today very many organizations are very reactive, that’s why I’m in the business”.

Our new Asset Management Visionaries® Video podcast is out now with   Christer Idhammar, Independent Reliability Trainer and Founder of IDCON INC.

All the vast experience of a leading figure like Christer, condensed into an entertaining conversation with our host Maura Abad, Founder and Director of WIRAM/AMP Global Chapters, in an interview that is simply unmissable.

Christer Idhammar biopic

Christer Idhamar is the founder of IDCON INC and expert in reliability and maintenance. B.E. in Mechanical Engineering – Luleå University of Technology. He founded Idhammar Konsult AB (1973), the first Swedish company dedicated exclusively to training and management of reliability and maintenance.

Maura Abad is the Global Director of Women in Reliability and Asset Management (WIRAM) and AMP Global Chapters. She is a passionate advocate of asset management as a strategy for achieving a safe world and a sustainable future, and for decades she has worked hard to communicate this message to as many organizations and professionals as possible. As host of the Asset Management Visionaries® Podcast, she conducts in-depth interviews with renowned industry leaders.

Episode contents:

0:55 Who is Christer Idhammar?
2:27 What’s your take on Relibility Leadership?
3:38 What is a Leader?
5:40 How do companies make a program endure?
7:15 What is the difference between a company that implements Asset Management and one that does not?
8:09 Tell us your perspective on the evolution of digitalization
10:17 Which moments have made you feel most proud?
13:15 How do you empower your clients?
14:16 What is culture?
15:27 Where do you see digitalization in five years?
16:33 A call to action on digitalization
18:03 A call to action on taking action
18:43 What are three things that organizations do to advance Asset Management?
21:25 A call to action for the next generations

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