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Good Design™ marks for Nucleus CR110 Remote Assistant Fitting (left) and the Nucleus CR120 Intraoperative Remote Assistant (right).

My decade of design at Cochlear

The Australian International Design Awards gave Remote Assistant Fitting and the Intraoperative Remote Assistant its Good Design™ mark. Expressive Engineering was involved in much of it.
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The injustice of credibility in communication

Communication builds credibility, which enhances communication, which builds more credibility. It’s an unjust cycle as the credible become even more credible all too easily.
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In review: HBR’s Visualizing Data

The Harvard Business Review has published a series of blogs on the subject "Visualizing Data". Here I survey the series by piecing together quotations from the blogs.
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Do you design like you communicate?

Great engineering design communicates its function without needing an explanation, and this requires empathy and communication with users.
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Tragedy averted in three minutes

Do you think your work colleagues are forgiving about time? Perhaps, but it's still a tragedy. You might not be sat down, but your audiences can switch off fast.
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Talk to me like you love me

Many people are discouraged from public speaking and are dissatisfied with the outcomes they achieve. I’m a firm believer that all speakers—and yes, engineers too—can engage an audience when they have the right mindset about the task.
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How leaders can learn by having a good argument

When our views are rationally challenged in a positive and open context, learning and development often occur. Learning requires embracing differences.
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Communicate or you don’t engineer

The first step in improving your communication is a personal one. At heart, many technical professionals find it difficult to accept that technical work can be the subject of debate.
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The 2011 Expressive Engineering Debating Series at NSW Parliament House

The Expressive Engineering Debating Series in review

On three separate occasions at NSW Parliament House, the engineers had out-argued and out-witted their famously outspoken opponents. First lawyers, then economists, then architects.
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