“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.” — Andrew Carnegie.It’s a brand new year. And although it is, we are probably not going to drastically change our whole routine, mindset,...
Becoming more productive and saving time for others goes a long way for an online meeting. It’s about time to embrace the digital working environment.This Pandemic, two years and counting, has brought a significant economic turndown around the globe....
Engineering is a discipline that consists of huge variety of tasks and environments. And because of the complex tasks and requirement that sometimes exceeds an engineer’s capacity, this eventually brings stress. Stress and anxiety are very common amo...
Time flies so fast indeed.Four years as an engineer and I can’t contain enough my happiness.I can still reminisce the day when I was taking the oath and receiving my certificate of passing and licensure ID. That was one of the happiest days of my lif...
Developing a strong attention to detail makes anyone in the team more effective in the workplace. It increases productivity and reduces error. And because attention to detail and quality of work are often closely linked, it is a skill that is desirab...
What goes wrong in teamwork and how to get these right?At the best of times, good working relationships can often be accompanied with conflicts when working closely with other professionals on a project. One cannot avoid encountering differing paradi...
Most of us work with a team, so you got to be comfortable working with other people. This is the essence of integration and collaboration.Team working is common in the working environment. Whether it’s a project team, product development, thriving in...
Let us start by defining decision making. Basically, decision making is selecting a course of action from a set of alternatives. It is the act of choosing between two or more courses of action.Collaboration leads to a well-considered decision. [Image...
At the juncture of every industry and the collaborative process is a technique called problem solving. Problems needing solutions pursue planning, decision-making or conflict resolution.Image from www.freepik.comStrong problem-solving ability is cons...
How do we define communication? What makes communication the first skill that engineers need to be expert of? Much have been written about communication and it would be remiss to discuss engineering skills without reference to the essential features...