Communication for Engineers

✍ Scribed by Chris LAFFRA

• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Dedication
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Chapter 1 Why this Book?
Five Keys To a Successful Team
The Communication Process
Chapter 2 Outline
The Structure of this Book
Foundation
Things
People
Impact
What this book is not about
How to Use this Book
Chapter 3 Branding
Who are you?
Your Elevator Pitch
Shaking Hands
Name and Face Blindness
Being your True Self
Audience
Chapter 4 Interaction
Human Needs
The Value of Networks
The Dunbar Number
Collaboration
Disagreements
How to Talk to People
Giving Compliments
Chapter 5 Emotions
Emotional Intelligence
Self-awareness
Self-regulation
Motivation
Empathy
Social Skills
So many Skills to Master
Chapter 6 Documents
Types of Documents
Document Structure
Collaborating with Documents
Document Organization
Concise Documents
Use Case: Design Documents
Use Case: Team Onboarding Docs
Chapter 7 Tickets
Ticket Types
Bug Reports
Feature Requests
Tickets == Communication
Become a Ticketing Pro
Chapter 8 Code
Clean Code
Readability
Committing Code
Code Reviews
Demo your Code
Chapter 9 Emails
Best use for Emails
Getting Responses to Emails
Inbox Zero
Setting the Right Tone
Use an Email Signature
Email as Workflow Tooling
The Problem With Robot Emails
Use case: Site Newsletter
Chapter 10 Chats
Productive Chats
Chat is not a System of Record
Chat is not a Workflow Tool
Chat Etiquette
Emotional Chats
Chapter 11 Reading
Reading is a Superpower
An Experiment
Typesetting
Amazon Narrative Meetings
Chapter 12 Writing
Writing versus Execution
How to Write Well
How to Sound Literate
Use Proper Grammar
Writing Opportunities
Blog Writing
Storytelling
Chapter 13 Planning
Objectives and Key Results
Effective Planning
Standup
Chapter 14 Meetings
Meeting Productivity
Taxonomy of Meetings
Skip The Meeting
Find Alternatives to Meetings
Meeting Rules
The Perfect Meeting Duration
Make It A Tesla Meeting
Video Conferencing
Zoom Fatigue
Chapter 15 Presenting
The Ideal Talk
Presentation Structure
The Ideal Slide
Speaker Training
Sharing your Screen
Camera Techniques
Presenting is Exciting
Chapter 16 Stakeholders
Who are your Stakeholders?
Stakeholder Management
Collaborating with Stakeholders
Chapter 17 Interviewing
An Interview is Communication
As an Interviewer
Communicating as an Interviewer
As a Candidate
Communicating as a Candidate
Show Interest in the Company
Topics to avoid
The Ideal Interview Candidate
Chapter 18 Learning
How to learn
The Science behind Learning
Accelerating your Learning
Chapter 19 Growing
Productivity
Setting Personal Growth Goals
Self Evaluation
Giving Feedback
Receiving Feedback
Procrastination
One-on-One Meetings
Mentoring
Chapter 20 Ranking Yourself
Intermediate Communicator
Experienced Communicator
Advanced Communicator
Conclusions
Footnotes
Copyright
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you?
Chapter 2: Renegade perception
Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting
Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe
Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’
Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit
Chapter 7: War on your mind
Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity
Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it?
Chapter 10: Human 2.0
Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult?
Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko
Postscript
Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation
Bibliography
Index