by Olivia Augustin | Apr 8, 2022 | Guest Interview
In this episode of English for Engineers, I sit down with Catherine Stagg-Macey, executive coach, team coach, and founder of Conversations at the Edge, to talk about the one skill that keeps international engineering teams from falling apart: empathy. Catherine has...
by Olivia Augustin | Apr 8, 2022 | Engineering & Career
That is not a trick question. And for engineers on international projects, it might be the most important one you ask all year. Today we are talking about leadership in technical environments, because maths, science, and logic will not save you from the one thing...
by Olivia Augustin | Mar 25, 2022 | Guest Interview
In this episode of English for Engineers, I catch up with an old schoolmate, Christian Urich, a civil and environmental engineer now based in Melbourne, Australia, about how engineering culture changes once you cross a border — from the number-heavy calculations of...
by Olivia Augustin | Jan 4, 2022 | Guest Interview
You can have perfect grammar and still get completely misread. That’s the whole premise of these two episodes — one long conversation with Ama Zbarcea, split in half because there was too much good stuff to cut. Ama is a legal expert, a polyglot, and someone...
by Olivia Augustin | Jan 4, 2022 | International Projects
A Japanese engineer emails a question to his German counterpart. The German technician knows the answer and replies the same day, problem solved. Later in the project, the German has a question of his own for his Japanese counterpart. This time, it takes up to a week...
