What are Good Questions?

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Summary: Do you find it hard to start a conversation with someone or to continue with a good conversation during an event? This article is about asking good questions to create a connection, show empathy and to help people reflect. It contains 35 good questions you can ask others (or answer for yourself). Voor Nederlands,…

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From Engineer to Manager

Voor Nederlands, klik hier. Twenty years ago, I started as a staff engineer at a big engineering firm. Over the next 10 years, I was involved in multidisciplinary projects worldwide. Then I was asked to manage a team of highly skilled laboratory technicians. They would test soil samples for mechanical properties such as consolidation, shear…

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12 Keys to create balance in your engineering career (part 1)

Voor Nederlands, Klik hier. “There is no work-life balance. We have one life. What’s most important is that you be awake for it.” ― Janice Marturano So, you have a big deadline tomorrow. Clients keep on calling you on the phone. Email notifications are tumbling into your inbox and there’s another colleague asking for something….

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