Plans are useless, but planning is indispensable
I’m a planner. I’ve always been a planner in my personal life, but I can trace my organizing tendencies in my professional life back to an manager from early in […]
Category: Productivity at Work
Here’s how to make that hard decision
Being a leader means having to make hard decisions at many stages, but this is where the real value lies. Many times the decision is made hard due to the […]
Do you work with people you like?
You may prefer to work with people you like. Early in my career, I felt the same way. I figured if I was going to be spending so much of […]
The TurningScience Video Blog Channel
TurningScience has a YouTube video blog channel! Here are some of the most popular videos: They want industry experience. I don’t have any. What do I do?
What would Dave and I have done?
Product development can be hard… When faced with a challenge at work, I often find myself thinking ‘What would Dave and I have done?’ This frequently helps me come up […]
How to accelerate your technical career in industry
Forbes published a great article by Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd last November. In the article, he gives nine tips for communicating science to non-scientists. This list is also excellent advice for any […]
Musings on a lame staff meeting (AKA: Valuable leadership lessons)
Several years ago I spent about eight months in an engineering group that had a very ineffective manager. His inability to provide strong leadership for the group was most apparent […]
Good data analysis skills are rare
I’ve been very surprised how rare good data analysis skills are in industry, even among those trained in technical disciplines. Scientists are groomed to perform in-depth data analysis well because […]
Learn to determine what matters and what won’t…
One very important piece of advice given to me by Ashok Balakrishnan is that in industry you have to learn to figure out quickly what really matters and what doesn’t. […]