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Author Archives: Mike Osborn CEng MIMechE AUH
CAD data sharing
CAD drawing software has been around now for many years, actually since the early 1960s. Primarily used to speed up design work, increase reliability and ease of sharing drawings and design ideas amongst the design team and the wider company. … Continue reading
Posted in 3D CAD, architecture, BIM, Building Services, business, cad, CAD Software, design, Engineering, engineering development, history, humor, humour, infomation technology, manufacturing, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, quotations, quotes, Revit, Uncategorized
Tagged 3D CAD, Building Services, business, cad, design, engineering, File Formats, humour, manufacturing, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, quotes, software, technology
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Engineering Innovations: The Printing Press
Knowledge is power, and the invention of the mechanical movable type printing press helped spread knowledge wider and faster than ever before. German goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg is credited with inventing the modern printing press around 1436, although he was not the first … Continue reading
Posted in business, design, Engineering, engineering development, Industry, infomation technology, innovation, invention, mechanical, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, pioneering, press, printing, quotations, quotes, technology, Uncategorized
Tagged business, design, development, engineering, information technology, innovation, manufacturing, pioneering, press, printing, quotes, technology
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Engineering Innovations: Wind Turbines
Wind Turbines and Windmills are ingenious devices that are able to convert wind power into useful mechanical work. This is achieved by using turbine blades or ‘sails’, to impart a rotational force to a main shaft. This, in turn, is … Continue reading
Posted in design, Energy, Engineering, engineering development, green power, humor, humour, innovation, invention, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, power generation, quotations, quotes, renewable energy, technology, turbine, Uncategorized, Wind Turbine, Windmill
Tagged design, development, engineering, environment, humor, humour, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, power generation, quotes, renewable energy, technology, Wind Power, Wind Turbine, Windmill
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Engineering Innovations: Steam Power
The Aeolipile was the world’s first rotating steam engine, or more technically correct, a steam reaction turbine. It was devised by the great Heron of Alexandria in the1st Century AD. A sphere mounted on a spindle with two opposing outlet pipes for … Continue reading
Posted in design, engine, engineering development, history, humor, humour, innovation, invention, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, pioneering, quotations, quotes, steam power, technology, train travel, transport, travel, Uncategorized, Vehicle, vision
Tagged design, development, engineering, humor, humour, innovation, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, pioneering, quotations, quotes, steam, train, travel, visionary
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Leadership: Succession Leadership
Succession leadership is the ability to pass on your leadership responsibility to another capable of the task. To be able to spot potential leaders to take your place, as you step down, in a smooth hand over of responsibilities confident … Continue reading
Posted in business, design, Engineering, engineering development, failure, Good Character, Integrity, leader, leadership, Management, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, mistakes, Politics, quotations, quotes, success, technology, train travel, transport, travel, Uncategorized, Vehicle
Tagged business, design, development, engineering, failure, leader, leadership, Politics, quotes, success, succession leadership, technology
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Women leaders who have changed the course of history
Women have certainly influenced and changed society and nations throughout history. Below is a small sample of some of these great women. I have mainly chosen those who have been leaders of people but there are also those who have … Continue reading
Posted in leader, leadership, Management, medical, Politics, quotations, quotes, success, Uncategorized, vision, women leaders
Tagged humour, leadership, Politics, quotations, quotes, success, team leadership, war, women leaders
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Leadership: valleys and wilderness years
Surprisingly when we delve into history and into the lives of influential leaders you start to discover that often, but not always, they have been through ‘hard times’ or ‘wilderness years’. I perceive that these can be formative times where … Continue reading
Posted in business, Good Character, history, humor, humour, leader, leadership, Management, Politics, quotations, quotes, success, Uncategorized, vision, visionary
Tagged business, great leadeship, history, humor, humour, leader, leadership, Management, Politics, success, vision
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Leadership: types and styles
Why are we looking at leadership types and styles? Well a leader’s style of approach can have a positive or detrimental effect on a team’s or an organisation’s dynamics and therefore it’s success or performance. It seems that different leadership … Continue reading
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Tagged great leadeship, leadership, Management, quotations, quotes, team leadership, vision, visionary
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Leadership: Business leaders at the top of their game
I don’t know about you but I need people to emulate, inspire and learn from to push me forward and to grow in the area of leadership. There are many and varied forms of leadership but this month I wish … Continue reading
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FLYWHEEL Re-Invented 