ENGINEERING CHANGE® PODCAST
ENGINEERING CHΔNGE® is the podcast designed to help REDEFINE engineering by: RE-imaging who we see as engineers and what we see as engineering; DE-siloing our approach to academic programs, research, and problem solving; and FINE-tuning organizational conditions so people with different backgrounds and perspectives can contribute fully to outcomes that serve all of society. It's about being just as intentional with our organizational systems as we are with solving any other problems in engineering; applying a carefully planned, iterative process that includes the stakeholders from problematization through ideation, evaluation and ultimately, selecting the best solutions. Each episode will leave you with something concrete you can do to better understand your system and move forward from wherever you are in the process of ENGINEERING CHΔNGE®.
ENGINEERING CHANGE® PODCAST
ENGINEERING CHΔNGE® Season 5 Trailer: The Work Continues
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We're gearing up for the launch of Season 5 on Wednesday, February 25. We have a new format that builds more strongly than ever on our REDEFINE℠ framework and centers people-centered change in organizational systems. Check out this trailer to discover what we have in store!
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Hello agents of change! It's been a while since I released a new season of ENGINEERING CHΔNGE® and during that time, the work didn't pause. If anything, it became more urgent. This season reflects what I've been seeing, learning, and living as engineering, research, and higher education systems operate under increasing constraint or even constriction. We're continuing the work of examining how engineering and research outcomes are actually produced - by people, through systems, under real world conditions. That work has always been grounded in a lens I call REDEFINE, a way of examining engineering systems that's been part of ENGINEERING CHΔNGE®podcast from the beginning. I'll start this season with a short episode to orient new listeners and then return to that lens throughout the season. Season 5 is primarily solo by design. The issues we're examining aren't isolated problems, they're connected system conditions. A solo format allows me to hold the through line and to be precise about what's being named, what's being questioned, and what's purposefully left open for deeper work. I've approached the scope of this season with a lot of intentionality. It's not a gripe fest, although let's be real, there's a lot we can be griping about right now, but it's not that. It's also not training and it's not a tactical how-to guide. And when I say it's not a tactical how-to guide, I don't mean it's not actionable. Each episode will leave you with something concrete you can do to better understand your system. And while we'll explore real-world examples, what I won't do is tell you how to fix your organizational system because responsible change depends on context. In fact, I believe a lot of change efforts fail because they're based on what others are doing without consideration of unique context and constraints that either enable success or serve as barriers to progress. So this season is a systems level examination of how decisions, incentives, and operating conditions shape outcomes often in predictable ways. I've observed organizations in three distinct boats, especially here lately. Some are deeply committed to equity, inclusion, and justice, but are navigating political or structural constraints that limit how that work can be named, funded, or accomplished. Others have made equity central to how they approach engineering research, education, and practice. And some are simply trying to lead change responsibly without yet having language for how issues of impact, risk, or inclusion show up in their systems. This season is designed for all three, because regardless of the terminology we use, good engineering depends on understanding system impacts, on knowing who is affected and how, on recognizing where risk concentrates, and on designing systems that don't rely on silence, workarounds, or invisible labor to function. Alongside the podcast, I've written a companion piece called Engineering for Society to support deeper reflection on these ideas. If having something tangible to work from supports your thinking, you can find it at EngineeringChangePodcast.com And when organizations want to move beyond reflection to examine these system conditions more deliberately, that's the work my team and I do through The PEER Group; partnering with engineering and other STEM organizations to support structured, evidence-informed inquiry, change, and continuous improvement. If you care about how engineering outcomes are shaped and about the conditions that make good engineering possible, this season is for you. So join me for Season 5 of ENGINEERING CHΔNGE® beginning Wednesday, February 25th during Engineers Week. Until then, I look forward to ENGINEERING CHΔNGE® with you.