Work is a juggling act for many engineers with conflicting demands, information gaps and moving goalposts. As a result trade-off’s need...

Psychologists like Kahneman & Tversky (the first, a Nobel prize winner in economics) draw our attention to the important role that...

As technology advances, scientists and engineers alike face shorter ‘half-lives of knowledge’ i.e. the time it takes for their expertise...

Elon Musk made a bold claim recently that robots are “semi-sentient” yet reassured us that we can, at least, still “out-run” them...

Scientific empiricism helps engineers with risk-based decision-making. Equally, scientists who think like engineers apply useful...

Twenty+ years of research in the field of cognitive psychology has produced one Nobel prize (in economics for Daniel Kahneman) and...

A Protean Career for STEM Professionals – what is it and why you may need one? At the rate work-life is changing and boundaries are...

10 Good reasons why Brigid should be our patron saint of systems thinkers. Systems thinking is very useful at times of uncertainty. It...

Ants, Spiders and Bees are all wondrous creatures & each a mini-miracle in its own right. Ants build massive homes, can lift 50 times...

with some help from the Pretenders - “Shut the light, go away Full of grace, you cover your face” from the song ‘Kid’ The end of a year...