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Engineering the FutureStories of SuccessPursuing diversity, equity, and inclusion is hard work. It seems like no effort is ever good enough. In this last episode of Engineering the Future: Diversity Dialogues, we’ll share what success stories look like. At the end of every previous episode, our host Wanda Sigur asked each guest for two stories. She asked them to share a time when the diversity of a team they were working with resulted in an enhanced solution, something better than they’d have otherwise. And she asked them for an example of when a diverse team helped the m...
2024-07-2331 minEngineering the FutureDealing with Challenges & Why Perspectives MatterMeritocracy is the best way to get the best people, right? Surely, the best people will always win out! Sadly, our history and our present shows that’s not true. Because becoming the best isn’t a matter of raw talent and hard work. It’s about opportunities and talent development and even luck. In this episode, host Wanda Sigur will speak with Dr. Nicole Smith, chief economist at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, and Dr. Raphael Bras, Kay Harrison Brown Chair and Regents Professor of civil and environmental engineering and ear...
2024-07-1628 minEngineering the FutureOpportunities: Building InclusionThe data are clear: Diverse teams make better decisions 66 percent of the time, and if you include diversity of age and geography, diverse teams make better decisions 87 percent of the time. And yet, diversity in engineering itself is lacking. How do we make engineering more inclusive?In this episode, host Wanda Sigur will speak with Megan Smith, the CEO and founder of Shift 7 and the third chief technology officer of the United States, and with Dr. Gilda Barabino, the president of the Olin College of Engineering, about how we can widen our networks and...
2024-07-0930 minEngineering the FutureTeamwork Overcoming STEM biases Good engineers know that nothing gets done without a team. The best teams are those with diverse points of view, working toward the same goal. But not every group of people is a team. What makes a team truly inclusive and successful? In this episode, host Wanda Sigur will speak with Dr. Latonia Harris, senior director at the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson, and Dr. Susan Fiske, head of the intergroup relations, social cognition and social neuroscience lab at Princeton University. They’ll talk about how to make a team truly work toge...
2024-07-0227 minEngineering the FutureChanges that Work: MentoringEvery successful engineer has had at least one mentor that has guided them in their careers. Most have had several mentors they credit with their success. How do we foster those mentoring relationships to promote inclusion? In this episode, host Wanda Sigur will speak with Dr. Angela Byars-Winston, professor of internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Dr. Percy Pierre, a professor of computer and electrical engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park, about their mentoring experiences, and how to encourage mentors and mentees alike in engineering. Good mentorship opens up o...
2024-06-2528 minEngineering the FutureChanges that Work: Effective Workforce PracticesSo often when we hear about DEI initiatives, we hear about the ones that fail. This episode, it’s time to focus on what works. In this episode, host Wanda Sigur will speak with Dr. Wanda Austin, the CEO of Makingspace, Inc, and Dr. Ivuoma Onyeador, assistant professor in the Management and Organizations Department at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, about the research around workplace diversity and what works, from increased advocacy to having authentic conversation about race, gender and more. For more info...
2024-06-1828 minEngineering the FuturePathways to InclusionAchieving equity in engineering means having a team that includes everyone. Where do you find that team? It’s not longer time to think about an engineering pipeline. We need to think of pathways instead. In this episode, host Wanda Sigur will speak with Lieutenant General Tom Bostick, a strategic advisor at Gingo Bioworks and the 53rd Chief of Engineering of the United State Army and Commanding General for the US Army Corps of Engineers, and Dr. Earl Lewis, professor of history at the University of Michigan. They will speak about the history of peo...
2024-06-1132 minEngineering the FutureEngineering Solutions that Benefit from DiversityEngineering has changed our lives in so many ways. Those changes were driven by people–by human knowledge and creativity. And that creativity gets a boost when diverse perspectives, skills and backgrounds are included in the conversation. This is Engineering the Future: Diversity Dialogues, a podcast from the National Academy of Engineering. Our host, Wanda Sigur, spent her career at Lockheed Martin, tackling the difficult challenges of human spaceflight. Now, she brings her skills to an even greater challenge–bringing down barriers to equity and inclusion in engineering. In our first episode, Wanda speaks with...
2024-06-0429 minEngineering the FutureIntroducing Engineering the FutureTechnology moves fast, powered by the unparalleled creativity of engineers, leaders and their teams. Together, we envision the future and bring it into being. Meeting our next innovation challenges will require the ideas and engagement of everyone. How can we shape that future? Join our host, celebrated engineer Wanda Sigur, for the first season of Engineering the Future. This podcast, from the National Academy of Engineering, brings together the brightest minds in academia, government and industry. Sigur spent her career tackling the hard problems in spaceflight. Now, she and her guests take on...
2024-05-3101 min
7 Jours Par Semaine7 Jours Par Semaine #4Hello la compagnie !
Quatrième épisode de 7JPS ! Un podcast réalisé par Ju et Marty, dans lequel nous regroupons nos coups de cœur de la semaine à travers 7 catégories.
Pour nous écrire : septjoursparsemaine@gmail.com
Pour nous suivre sur Instagram : @7joursparsemaine
LIVRES :
-Ju : “Ma maman est bizarre” de Camille Victorine et Anna Wanda Gogusey
JEUX VIDÉOS/JEUX DE SOCIÉTÉ :
-Ju : “Astro bot rescue Mission” développé par SIE Japan Studio et publié par Sony Interactive Entertainment.
-Nico : “Les aventuriers du rail” créé par le britan...
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