Sustainability and the Fourth ‘R’
I learned at a young age the three Rs that are commonly related to sustainability: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. But I believe there is one more very important “R” that is missing, and that is Responsibility. Engineering is a caring profession, and specifically civil engineering stresses that we protect and advance the welfare of the public. […]
Take Action Despite Uncertainty
“Treat mistakes as learning, not failure” ~ Dan Sullivan “Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast” ~ Tom Peters “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ~ Thomas Edison “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” ~ Winston Churchill These quotes, and others like them, […]
Why Engineers Make Great CEOs
Engineering is the most common undergraduate degree of the Fortune 500 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). It has been for some time. Approximately one third of CEOs majored in engineering and only 11% graduated from business school. The Harvard Business Review has a list of the 100 best-performing CEOs on the planet. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos topped […]
4 Opportunities to Grow Your Leadership Skills
Leadership skills are crucial for engineers looking to take on more responsibility, and move into management. If you’ve ever read this blog, or anything I’ve written on leadership in the past, you’ll already know that. What you might not know is how to develop your leadership skills. This is a constant struggle for engineers looking […]
How One Civil Engineer is Teaching Millions of People about Engineering on YouTube – Ep 081
In episode 081 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I talk with Grady Hillhouse, P.E., a Civil Engineer in San Antonio, Texas about Engineering on YouTube and how he has grown his YouTube channel to almost a half million followers, and more importantly how he is making more people aware of engineering. Here are some of […]
Dan McNichol ‘s Journey Across the Nation Spotlights America’s Old Infrastructure – Ep 030
In episode 030 of The Civil Engineering Podcast, I interview Dan McNichol, a number one best-selling author and an award-winning journalist who recently created and completed a year long national media tour in a 1949 Hudson that advocated for the rebuilding of the nation’s vital civic systems with the tag: “America’s infrastructure is as old, rusty and […]
