Asset Intelligence Podcast | Jonathan David
The Podcast for Industry Professionals
Asset Intelligence Podcast

Think Smarter. Operate Better.
Where reliability leaders and asset managers come to sharpen their edge.

Real conversations. Proven strategies. Zero fluff. Delivering insights that help maintenance and reliability professionals across oil & gas, manufacturing, power, and utilities perform at world-class level.

3,300+
Professionals Reached
$11M+
Savings Delivered
10+
Years on the Floor
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Think Smarter. Operate Better.
The podcast built for professionals who keep critical industry running.
The Show

Built for the people who keep industry alive.

Asset Intelligence is a video podcast dedicated to reliability engineers, maintenance professionals, and asset managers navigating the real pressures of critical industrial operations. Every episode is a direct, practitioner-level conversation — no vendor sales pitches, no academic theory divorced from reality.

Hosted by Jonathan David — founder of The Maintenance Institute Africa, Shell veteran, and one of the continent’s most recognised voices in maintenance and reliability — this show brings global expertise to your screen, bi-weekly.

10 Topics We Cover
01Reliability Culture & Mindset
02Predictive Maintenance ROI
03AI & IoT in the Plant
04RCM Done Right
05Aging Assets & Integrity
06CMMS & Data Strategy
07Turnaround Excellence
08Career & Certifications
09Lubrication Management
10Future of Maintenance 2030
Who This Is For
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Reliability Engineers
CMRP & CRL practitioners and those building toward certification
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Maintenance Engineers
Tactical and strategic maintenance professionals across all industries
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Supervisors & Managers
Plant-level leaders driving operational excellence every day
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Asset Managers
Lifecycle stewards of critical assets worth billions of dollars
Jonathan David
Your Host
CMRPCRL Six Sigma Black BeltCMC Fieldbus Certified
Jonathan David
Founder & Director · The Maintenance Institute Africa  |  Host, Asset Intelligence

Jonathan David is one of Africa’s foremost authorities in reliability, maintenance, and asset management. A practitioner forged in the oil and gas sector — including a distinguished career at Shell — his applied work has delivered over $11 million in documented savings and improved plant reliability by more than 95%.

In 2015, Jonathan founded The Maintenance Institute Africa (TMI Africa), now the continent’s leading platform for Engineering, Maintenance, Reliability, and Asset Management professionals. TMI Africa has trained professionals at organisations including Chevron, Addax, and Flour Mills, and hosts the acclaimed MRX Conference — Africa’s premier stage for industrial excellence.

$11M+
Savings Delivered
95%+
Reliability Improvement
3,300+
Professionals Trained
Episodes

Season One
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01
Reliability Culture & Strategy
The Reliability Mindset: Why Most Maintenance Programs Stay Broken
The gap between knowing what good looks like and actually building it.
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02
Predictive Maintenance
Predictive Maintenance That Actually Delivers ROI
What separates PdM programs that generate real uptime from those that stall.
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03
Digital Transformation
AI & IoT in the Plant: What’s Real, What’s Hype
What AI-driven maintenance actually looks like on the plant floor.
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04
Reliability Centred Maintenance
RCM Done Right: From Analysis to Action
The most misunderstood methodology in the industry — what actually works.
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05
Asset Integrity
Managing Aging Assets: Life Extension Without Gambling Safety
Smart decisions about what to repair, replace, or retire.
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06
CMMS & Work Management
CMMS & ERP: Getting Your Data to Work for You
Turning your CMMS from a cost centre into a decision-making engine.
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07
Shutdown & Turnaround
Turnaround Excellence: The Lessons Nobody Talks About
Where reputations are made and millions won or lost.
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08
Career & Development
Building a Reliability Career: What Actually Opens Doors
CMRP vs CRL vs ISO 55001 — what to pursue and when.
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09
Lubrication Management
Lubrication: The Most Underestimated Reliability Discipline
Up to 40% of premature bearing failures trace back to lubrication.
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10
Industry Outlook
The Future of Maintenance: Where Are We Headed by 2030?
Digital twins, autonomous inspection, energy transition, workforce gaps.
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Industries We Serve

If your assets are critical, this show was built for you.

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Oil & Gas
Upstream, midstream, and downstream. Offshore platforms, pipelines, refineries, and LNG.
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Manufacturing
Continuous process and discrete manufacturing. FMCG, chemicals, automotive, heavy industry.
Power Generation
Thermal, gas turbine, renewable, and nuclear power plants driving reliability at grid scale.
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Utilities
Water, wastewater, and energy distribution where asset uptime is a public imperative.
Mining
Heavy mobile and fixed plant in one of the world’s most demanding reliability environments.
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Petrochemicals
Complex processing environments where integrity and turnaround excellence are mission-critical.
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