Years ago, I came into healthcare in a roundabout way. I studied industrial engineering, the science of looking at processes and systems and understanding, even predicting, how they work together.

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In his book, Applied Minds: How Engineers Think, Guru Madhavan explores the mental makeup of engineers. His framework is built around a flexible intellectual toolkit called modular systems thinking.

Grappling with all the uncertainty, the epidemiologist’s role during the pandemic proved confusingly complex. A more pragmatic, problem-solving mindset might help in making good decisions. The last 20 ...

Software engineers are often advised to think like business people, but do engineers also have something to teach managers and entrepreneurs? Absolutely! In my role as technical director in Google ...

Open to ALL 5th through 12th graders!<br/><br/>Explore how your existing skills and creative mindset can help you become a ...

Nearly 1,000 U.S. construction workers died of work-related injuries each year from 2011 to 2020, with the industry accounting for 20% of all workplace deaths, even though it made up just 7.3% of the ...

An engineering mindset is valuable in almost any field. Using strong analytical skills, engineers solve problems and optimize processes. At the same time, they must be creative enough to visualize ...

Thanks to the wildly popular 1995 movie “Apollo 13,” the mantra “failure is not an option” is firmly entrenched in popular culture. But it’s another line from Oscar-nominated Ed Harris, portraying ...