Is that what you really want? Solving the right problems
This post originally appeared here – as a guest post on my friend Pat Sweet’s blog Engineering and Leadership. Just about any engineer you ask will tell you that our profession is all the problem...
View ArticleEngineering in Canada: A special report
Yesterday a Special Report in the Globe and Mail: Engineering in Canada June 6 came out. For our international readers, the Globe and Mail is one of Canada’s most important national newspapers. I was...
View ArticleJoy in Engineering: Some real-life data points
Last night I hosted the Big Beacon twitter chat, Joy in Engineering. After introductions to welcome participants from the engineering community (including professional engineers, engineering students...
View ArticleWhat’s the engineering type?
During a recent twitter chat with the Big Beacon community, the question came up of whether in order to be successful in the profession, an engineer will always need to be “a certain type” of person....
View ArticleEngineers Rule the World (or do they?)
Since joining up with The Big Beacon to discuss how A Whole New Engineering Education can produce A Whole New Engineer in the future, I have been thinking a lot about my own engineering education...
View ArticleTry to work and live at the same time
image courtesy of cts-c.com You can’t read very many articles without hearing the term ‘work-life balance’ – and with good reason. Balancing personal and professional commitments is a lifelong task....
View ArticleOpen Letter to the Engineering Class of 2014
Engineers of Tomorrow, Welcome to the rest of your life. As of this moment, you are no longer a student at an institute of higher education, but a co-creator of this world. You may have noticed:...
View ArticleIs that what you really want?
This originally appeared as a guest blog on my friend Pat Sweet’s engineering and leadership blog. http://www.engineeringandleadership.com/is-that-what-you-really-want-solving-the-right-problems/...
View ArticleThe Grunt Years Are Not a Bad Thing!
Your first job might not be awesome. Very early on in my engineering career, I was lucky enough to get a job as a Manufacturing Engineer at Magna. I was involved in all kinds of problem-solving; my...
View ArticleTraining for the Engineering Olympics
(Historical post alert: I started post as a this draft in October 2015. Trying to get caught up! Should only take me 10 years or so at this rate…) Recently I attended a workshop of the Engineering...
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