Electrical Engineer, Writer, Lecturer
Life Does Not Rise in a Straight Line An electrical engineer learns early that systems are not always governed by steady-state conditions. There are transients. A disturbance occurs. A quantity rises suddenly. A peak appears. It falls. Another oscillation follows. Sometimes the first peak is the largest. Sometimes it is merely the beginning of a much larger sequence. Life behaves much the same…
A door may need a steady push, Not fury, noise, or wounded pride; The strongest hand can still be measured, Firm in aim and calm in stride. Speak clearly when a boundary matters, And do not soften truth to fog; Yet pressure without human judgement Turns every colleague to a cog. The willow bends but keeps its roots, The hammer strikes but cannot hear; Be strong enough to move resistance, And wise…
Do not email courage from your chair While others work outside in rain; The boots you never choose to wear Make every stirring speech seem vain. Take first the task you ask of others, Keep first the rule you mean to spread; A leader’s habits travel farther Than any policy they have read. Instructions may direct the hand, But imitation forms the will; Who wishes others to climb high Must first be…
The finest software cannot save A worker ignorant of the craft; It only makes the error swift And prints it neatly in a draft. Know every instrument you use, Its limits, risks, and proper range; The tool should serve informed intent, Not hide incompetence as change. A polished wrench in foolish hands May strip the bolt it meant to turn; Before commanding better tools, Command the principles you…
A group chat is not yet a team, Though every member joins the thread; A crowd may share one digital room And pull toward separate ends instead. A team requires a common aim, Clear roles, clear signals, honest news; Each person knows what others do, And how their separate skills are used. The leader joins unlike ambitions Without erasing anyone; Many hands become one force When many purposes meet…
The foolish seller praises goods Until the buyer longs to flee; The wiser asks what pain exists And what the better state might be. No one buys steel, code, or glass For love of objects on display; They purchase time, relief, or status, Or some desired future day. A bridge is sold by showing shores, Not praising concrete by the ton; First understand the traveller’s need, Then show how crossing may…
A spreadsheet tells what must be done, But seldom makes the spirit rise; No numbered cell can fully paint The better world behind our eyes. Describe tomorrow clear enough That tired hands can see it near; Give hope a date, a shape, a road, And courage finds another gear. The leader does not merely order, But lends the future voice and form; A vision shared becomes a shelter Built before the coming…
A battery may show full charge And still lie idle on the shelf; Stored power gains no worthy name Until it spends itself. Find work that draws your current forth, That wakes you before alarms can ring; The strongest effort comes from meaning, Not from threats that managers bring. A person knowing why they labour Can bear the weight of any how; The road grows firm beneath the feet When purpose…
Ten motors pulling different ways Will drain the grid and move no train; Their noise may shake the factory floor, Yet all their force is spent in vain. Give every hand a common aim, Give every task a proper place; Let information travel free, And clear obstruction from the race. A leader does not make all strength, But turns it toward a useful end; Direction makes the small grow great, As streams…
No title downloaded overnight Can teach a person how to lead; A badge may purchase outward rank, But cannot manufacture heed. The craft is learned through patient work, Through errors faced and lessons stored; One learns to guide by guiding well, Not merely sitting at the board. A captain proves the right to steer When waves erase the easy chart; The office grants authority, But conduct wins the…