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Four engineers, past or present, who would you invite to a dinner party?

Lisa Miles
If there’s one thing I’ve missed during the pandemic lockdown it’s having friends over (or going over to friends’ houses) for dinner. I’m not a particularly brilliant cook but I do like to experiment and as the sign on my kitchen wall says… Many people have eaten here and survived… ?


We always like to play the ‘Dinner Party’ game where everyone chooses four people from a specific profession (Actors, Musicians, Politicians, Cartoon Characters, which of the James Bonds etc) that they would invite to a dinner party and explain why they've chosen that person. 


So it got me thinking…


Which four engineers from both past and present (and maybe even from this community) would you choose to invite to your dinner party?


In the spirit of sharing, here’s my four:


Nikola Tesla – I’d like to know if the rivalry between him and Edison was really as bitter as they say.

Elon Musk -  Anyone who can make a rocket take off and then land perfectly again is worth having an interesting chat with in my book!
Andy Millar‍  – I’ve never actually met Andy but we’ve had quite a few conversations online. It would be great to finally sit and have a chat in person. 
OMS‍  – I think we have a very similar taste in music so no complaints about the Dinner Party playlist there. ?


So... who’s coming to dinner at your house and why? 

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    Evanna Gale‍,


    That is very kind of you. 

    You hopefully received the follow-on communications regards to access to the presentation, but what I really wanted to do was make sure you had access to the Q&A report that was created post the session. 

    Here is the Q&A pdf: Topic- Psychological safety in teams Q&A 29th June 2020.pdf


    The Webinar recording is also available


    Have a great weekend.


    My guest would have to be
    • Isambard Kingdom Brunel: because of the reasoning he had, to complete the Western Railway, working against many political opponents.

    • Chris Argyris: because in his last book 2004 where he shares his wisdom and understanding of how Engineering and Social Psychology worked so well together.  That's why he was at MIT Boston for so many years

    • Edward Deming: because he explicitly understood the need to have at least four lenses on any endeavour, understanding of variation (Special Cause & Common Cause), Systems Thinking, the theory of knowledge and Psychology. His gift was to state, if you ignore any one of these four domains, you probably will not achieve what you might.

    • Gregory Bateson: because he used his multidisciplinary research and knowledge base with an amazing insight into Systems Thinking.  I realize I'm stretching the definition of an Engineer here, but he would be on the guest list regardless.


    The evening would be heavy, but so enjoyable as well.



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    Evanna Gale‍,


    That is very kind of you. 

    You hopefully received the follow-on communications regards to access to the presentation, but what I really wanted to do was make sure you had access to the Q&A report that was created post the session. 

    Here is the Q&A pdf: Topic- Psychological safety in teams Q&A 29th June 2020.pdf


    The Webinar recording is also available


    Have a great weekend.


    My guest would have to be
    • Isambard Kingdom Brunel: because of the reasoning he had, to complete the Western Railway, working against many political opponents.

    • Chris Argyris: because in his last book 2004 where he shares his wisdom and understanding of how Engineering and Social Psychology worked so well together.  That's why he was at MIT Boston for so many years

    • Edward Deming: because he explicitly understood the need to have at least four lenses on any endeavour, understanding of variation (Special Cause & Common Cause), Systems Thinking, the theory of knowledge and Psychology. His gift was to state, if you ignore any one of these four domains, you probably will not achieve what you might.

    • Gregory Bateson: because he used his multidisciplinary research and knowledge base with an amazing insight into Systems Thinking.  I realize I'm stretching the definition of an Engineer here, but he would be on the guest list regardless.


    The evening would be heavy, but so enjoyable as well.



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