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How Much Margin Do You Have? | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer

The Recovering Engineer

To explain what I mean, I’ll lean on my background as an engineer. In my engineering design classes, I learned about the concept of design or safety margin — a factor built into design calculations to allow for minor errors, miscalculations, under estimations, and other variables that are difficult to accurately determine.

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In Honor of Krystal | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer

The Recovering Engineer

Looking ahead at my 2011 calendar, I have been hoping to plan an extra day or two while I’m in town to do some reconnecting. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience. Tell me what youre thinking.

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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Michael Cardus presents Planning; Nothing Magical Just Your Work posted at Create-Learning Team Building & Leadership Blog , saying, "Within all parts of your work YOUR knowledge and thinking must be part of the plan.

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The September 2011 Leadership Development Carnival - Back to School Sale

Great Leadership By Dan

Welcome to the September, 2011 Leadership Development Carnival - Back to School Sale! They cannot define a strategy or a plan of action that takes them closer to that grand vision." All are deeply discounted (free) and offer incredible value to the discriminating leadership shopper. So stock up, and enjoy your reading!

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Research Shows A Strong Public Desire For Science

The Horizons Tracker

million downloads of reports from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), which is widely regarded as the cream of the crop of science-based literature, and examined the reasons for downloading. million downloads since 2011, which is when the Academies first started to offer the reports for free.

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That's a C-47 over Omaha Beach, 7 June 2011

Jason Womack

I had about 30 seconds to line up this picture while standing out on Omaha Beach last week; we heard the roar of the engines, looked up and saw the plane lining up to fly along the bunkers you can still see in the bluffs on the hill. Plan, Plan, Debrief the Plan, and Plan Some More.

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Victim or Victor – You Decide | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer

The Recovering Engineer

It’s not Lysacek’s fault that Plushenko didn’t plan his program to take full advantage of his athletic ability to gain as many points as possible. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering and he served as a Nuclear Engineering officer in the U.S. He is an engineer by nature, by training, and experience.