by Olivia Augustin | Jun 25, 2025 | International Projects
Most international engineering teams work in English. Some team members are fluent. Others are proficient. A few might still be learning. But in most cases, communication seems to work well enough: emails are sent, meetings are held, and specs are written. Everyone...
by Olivia Augustin | Jun 8, 2025 | International Projects
There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that doesn’t show up in any project report. It hits engineers at the end of a meeting where they understood about 70% of what was said, said half of what they meant, and spent the entire hour translating — not just...
by Olivia Augustin | Jun 1, 2025 | Communication at Work
Staring at a blank email, watching the cursor blink, while a two-minute task turns into twenty? You’re not bad at English. You’re just missing a system. As an engineer, you’re used to structured thinking. So let’s apply that here. This article...
by Olivia Augustin | May 21, 2025 | Communication at Work
Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Last updated January 2026 Not every project problem is a technical one. Sometimes it’s a missing detail. Other times? Too many details. Misunderstood emails. A nod you thought meant “yes,” but really meant “not...
by Olivia Augustin | Mar 31, 2025 | Engineering & Career
Last updated 22 May 2026 Estimated reading time: 7 minutes You have more impact on health and safety than you think you do as an engineer. We all have beliefs that inform our actions, and these values affect how we communicate and make decisions. Even if you spend...
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