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Engineering Innovations: The Compass

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Mike Osborn CEng

A compass is defined as a device used to determine direction on the surface of the earth. The most familiar type of compass is the magnetic compass, which relies on the fact that a magnetic object tends to align itself … Continue reading →

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Engineering Innovations: The Printing Press

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Mike Osborn CEng

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 →

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Engineering Innovations: Wind Turbines

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Mike Osborn CEng

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 →

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Engineering Innovations: Steam Power

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Mike Osborn CEng

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 →

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Leadership: Succession Leadership

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Mike Osborn CEng

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 →

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Women leaders who have changed the course of history

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Mike Osborn CEng

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 →

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Leadership: valleys and wilderness years

Posted on August 31, 2021 by Mike Osborn CEng

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 →

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Leadership: types and styles

Posted on June 30, 2021 by Mike Osborn CEng

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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Leadership: Business leaders at the top of their game

Posted on May 31, 2021 by Mike Osborn CEng

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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Leadership: men and women of Vision

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Mike Osborn CEng

One characteristic I have noticed throughout history is that leaders are often visionaries. Examples are many and varied and below are just a few examples pulled out of the hat that have inspired generations. Steve Jobs was very much a … Continue reading →

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