Trig Newsletter Guest Post
Took a break this week from my personal blog and humbly accepted the opportunity to write a guest post in Trig's Newsletter: The Killer Experiment. Health & Happiness for All…
Can Caring Build Courage?
A few years ago I was going through a particularly stressful time. It must have showed, because during class, one of my students rose her hand and asked a question:…
Medical Innovation: Collaboration is Key
Today I gave a talk at the NC State Engineers' Council Lecture Series. With that, I'm going to take a break from the "Case Studies of Why" posts and, instead, blog…
Why? A Federal Funding for Research Case
Been exploring "What Matters" and "Starting with Why" over the last few weeks on this blog and thought it would be interesting to do some case studies on topics that…
The Axis of Abstraction
When writing What Matters a few weeks ago, I didn't expect it to turn into a multipart series, but, here we are in part three of (?). Last week, we…
Start with Why
After writing the "What Matters" post last week, I've received great feedback from friends and strangers through emails and posts. Some of my favorite topics included: How do we rank and…
What Matters
In 2001 I landed a job as a design engineer at Alaris Medical Systems (now part f BD). It was there I learned design controls and the Waterfall Design Process…
The Mansion at Glen Cove
For those that have had me in class, you'll know my teaching style is rooted in story telling, metaphors, and analogies. For this post, I thought it might be fun…
Learning to WordPress
It's still dark outside and I've got a nice view of the Christmas Tree. I imagine before long, Gus will be stirring and the house will start to come alive.…