by Olivia Augustin | Jan 30, 2025 | Guest Interview
Most engineers do not lose time on the technical problem. They lose it on the explanation. Johan Bel knows that pattern well. He is a technical consultant in Rotterdam and co-founder of Ingenieursgroep Nederland. He works in industrial automation, systems engineering...
by Olivia Augustin | Dec 13, 2024 | Cross Over
Neurolanguage coaching blends neuroscience, language expertise and coaching into one approach. Olivia had seen the term on LinkedIn for months. She had never had time to look it up. So she invited a certified coach onto the show. Cathy Intro is an entrepreneur and a...
by Olivia Augustin | Oct 23, 2024 | Guest Interview
Most engineers accept that international projects run in English. Then they meet a project that runs in three languages at once. My guest is Dr Omar Chávez Alegría, a civil engineer, professor and researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro in Mexico. He works...
by Olivia Augustin | Aug 23, 2024 | Guest Interview
Your specification goes out for translation. It comes back in French. You cannot check it, so you sign it off and hope. That is the position most engineers are in. This episode is about how to choose a technical translator so you are not just hoping. My guests are...
by Olivia Augustin | Aug 2, 2024 | International Projects
“Global mindset” shows up in job postings, training programmes, and LinkedIn posts so often that it’s almost stopped meaning anything. So what does it actually mean for someone doing real engineering work? It means being able to work well with people...
