by Pat Sweet | Oct 28, 2014 | Article, Leadership
I recently gave a talk on leadership at a leadership conference for professionals in the Canadian nuclear industry. At the end of the talk, someone asked a simple, but interesting question: who is my favourite leader? After a few moments of thought, I told the crowd...
by Pat Sweet | Oct 21, 2014 | Article, Leadership
In the pursuit of success, it’s easy to want to puff yourself up in front of others. You want to show off your successes. You want to distance yourself from failure. You want to be viewed as someone who always does the right thing, and to have everything you touch...
by Christian Knutson | Oct 7, 2014 | Article, Leadership
[A note from Pat: Today’s post is a guest post from my friend and mentor, Christian Knutson. Chris is an expert in both engineering and leadership, with decades of experience in the military and as an entrepreneur. He’s the author of...
by Pat Sweet | Sep 29, 2014 | Article, Productivity
A few semesters back, I took a course in organizational theory as part of my MBA studies. It was incredible. Its amazing how much you can learn about the way the world around you works when you understand how groups of people work. One of the more interesting...
by Pat Sweet | Sep 23, 2014 | Article, Professional Development
Go make some art. Do something bold, something important, something beyond what your job title says you should be doing. Something above your pay grade. Something more than what you boss expects of you. This is the only way to truly stand out in your career, and the...
by Pat Sweet | Sep 19, 2014 | Article, Leadership, Project Management, Systems Engineering
As engineers, we love to build things. Big things. Complicated things. New things. And, if we’re honest, we’re pretty good at it, aren’t we? There’s just one little problem – does anyone actually want what we’ve built? Maybe yes,...
