3 Tips for Adapting to Uncertainty
This is a guests blog by Jese H. Vance, P.E. “If there’s one thing that’s certain in business, it’s uncertainty.” ~ Stephen Covey The last two years have been full of uncertainty, and it does not look like that is going to improve any time soon. Times of uncertainty often require us to adapt to […]
How to Get a Group of Engineers to Actually Make Decisions
Engineering, much like other kinds of knowledge work, is fundamentally about making decisions. While factories produce physical devices, engineering teams produce decisions — decisions on how products and services will be designed, implemented, maintained, and retired. Decision-making is at the very core of what we do. It’s surprising, then, that we have so much trouble […]
Should I Go to Grad School or Apply for Civil Engineering Jobs? – Ep 161
In this episode, I answer a question that I get from civil engineering students almost daily. Should they seek full-time employment immediately after completing their undergraduate studies or go to grad school and pursue a master’s degree? And I promise you, whether you are a student, a project manager, an owner, or a CEO, you […]
Starting A Civil Engineering Firm – Ep 126
It is a big step to open a firm and there is a lot of risk involved, however once you have done it for a while and you’ve had success, you will not want to go back.
