by Pat Sweet | Jan 19, 2014 | Article, Careers, Professional Development
[Note from Pat: This is the first instalment of a two-part series. For your reference, the second part is here. PS 03/11/2014] Strategy is absolutely critical for a company. A business that doesn’t have a strategy for how it’s going to compete in the...
by Pat Sweet | Jan 18, 2014 | Article, Productivity
Where I work, if you were to ask a random sample of people what they were up to in a given moment, no less than half of them say “Email”. You’ve probably seen it yourself where you work. Heck, you might even spent the majority of YOUR time...
by Pat Sweet | Jul 8, 2013 | Article, Careers, Professional Development
My wife is a medical resident. In the US, she’d be called an intern. Basically what that means is that she graduated med school, and is now doing her practical training to specialize. In her case, she’s becoming an anesthesiologist. Part of her training...
by Pat Sweet | Jul 1, 2013 | Article, Leadership
Bad news is a fact of life. Brutal, I know, but it’s true. You’re going to have to deal with it on a daily basis if you’re basically a normal person. The world of engineering is no exception. We deal with incredibly complex systems, with too little...
by Pat Sweet | Jun 22, 2013 | Article, Careers, Leadership, Productivity, Professional Development
Are you the kind of engineer who isn’t satisfied just cruising along? Are you looking to be one of your company’s best? Here are 67 things that you can do today to become your company’s top engineer. Start today by choosing just five and putting them...
by Pat Sweet | Jun 12, 2013 | Article, Careers, Professional Development
My dad used to coach my younger brother and I in soccer when we were kids. One of my dad’s soccer proverbs was that it was important to pass the ball not to where your team mates were, but to where they were going to be. Every play, in other words, should set...
