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From Problem Solved: The IISE Podcast by Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers

February 20, 2026 · 1 min · Season 6

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Aly Kamel discusses how industrial engineering principles can be applied to personal balance and burnout.

If you haven't streamed the full episode yet, make sure you don't miss it. Optimizing for Meaning: What Industrial Engineering Teaches Us About Balance and Burnout In this thoughtful and refreshingly honest conversation, Aly Kamel, an industrial and management engineering student at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, explores how core industrial engineering principles like input-process-output, value-added analysis, and constraint management can be applied to something far more personal: balance, burnout, and sustainable ambition. Aly challenges the idea that success means maximizing output at all costs. Instead, he reframes burnout not as a personal failure, but as a predictable system outcome, and one that can be redesigned. Industrial engineering isn’t just about factories and supply chains. It’s a mindset for designing systems that last. And the most important system you’ll ever design… might be yourself. Learn more about The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Problem Solved on LinkedIn Problem Solved on YouTube Problem Solved on Instagram

People in this episode

Guest: Aly Kamel

Topics covered

industrial engineering
balance
burnout
sustainable ambition

Keywords

input-process-output
value-added analysis
constraint management

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Books & works: Optimizing for Meaning