The Experience Economy by Pine & Gilmore Why: A brilliant insight into the world of how certain organisations have moved up the value chain by unlocking the power of experiences – instead of just offering services. Now translate that into the world of civil...
Is your DAP lacking some spice – SmartEngineer provides the secret ingredient To DAP [develop ‘an’ action plan] or not to DAP [deliver average performance] … that is the question??? Unsubstantiated fact – but probably true – Only 5-10% of engineers have an...
Why: Progress is built, in effect, upon the necessary foundations of failure. That is the essential paradox of expert performance. Quote: The iceberg illusion – when we witness extraordinary feats we are witnessing the end product of a process than can be measured in...
Enlightened Health & Safety – a smart view from the HSE Dame Judith Hackitt, HSE Chair, delivered a common sense approach to Health & Safety the other night at the Royal Academy of Engineers. This comes on the back of a speech from David Cameron in 2012 to...
If there is nothing very special about your work, no matter how hard you apply yourself you won’t get noticed, and increasingly that means you won’t get paid that much either. Cold hard truth – be special or be spurned – Tom Peters ‘You have something they...
