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The Recovering Engineer
JUNE 24, 2013
As I listened to a well-respected speaker at a multi-speaker conference talk about productivity and time management strategies, the speaker questioned the two-minute offense often used in football. Then, I began to question what I knew to be true about my ability to become more productive and what “facts” limited my ability to do so.
The Recovering Engineer
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
Early in my career, I worked in the plastics industry as a process and product development engineer. I really struggled to understand why we did some of the things we did to modify our products and processes. I had a pretty good technical background, and I knew almost nothing about polymers. It was nice. It helped a little.
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The Recovering Engineer
JANUARY 25, 2016
Early in my career, I worked in the plastics industry as a process and product development engineer. I really struggled to understand why we did some of the things we did to modify our products and processes. I had a pretty good technical background, and I knew almost nothing about polymers. It was nice. It helped a little.
The Recovering Engineer
OCTOBER 18, 2011
While I think it is generally a good idea to work with other people to productively resolve conflicts, I recognize that you do not need to invest this energy to resolve every conflict you might experience. I think this is a great question. Honestly, resolving a conflict can take lots of emotional energy.
The Recovering Engineer
JULY 13, 2011
Personally, I would love to be a genius at something, and resolving conflict seems like a good, productive area to be a genius about. As Benjamin Franklin said: Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience. Won’t you join me in pursuit of conflict resolution genius by working to exercise greater patience?
The Recovering Engineer
JULY 6, 2018
I would rather use the DISC model as a way to better understand people so that we can build healthier and more productive relationships. I can't stop people from labeling, stereotyping and judging others based on the results of a DISC assessment report, and I do not want to promote that approach for applying the information.
The Recovering Engineer
JULY 22, 2013
One day John, a newly promoted supervisor with Fictional Products, met with his boss, Bill, to discuss a new procedure recently mandated by a change to company policy. John was not happy with the change because he knew that his team would not like it.
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