1. What you expect to learn about engineering work and communication.

- how to be able to properly communicate out our thoughts (properly voice it out to others) - how to famialirize ourself to speaking out and sharing ideas - skills needed to be a good engineer - how to be an engineer and a leader at the same time - how to learn to work with each other despite their differences (qualifications/age/experience/field/gender) 2. Why we have these expectations? Theme 1: Hypothesis: Engineers do not know how to communicate with others because of their differences. Over-arching Question: How engineers can understand each other and communicate despite their differences? Question: How as a middle manager he communicate with both the upper management and ground-level engineers. Theme 2: Hypothesis: Engineers are not able to properly communicate with people outside the industry. Over-arching question: How engineers portray themselves and communicate with other non-engineers. Question: What are the difficulties faced when communiating with someone with no engineering background. Theme 3: Hypothesis: Engineers do not know how to work together to solve a problem. Engineers face difficulties in solving a problem despite their knowledge. Over-arching question: What are the problems engineers would face? Question: How do you keep yourself updated with the latest technology/tools to be more relevant in the industry. Theme 4: Hypothesis: Engineers do not really have a bright future in the working industry. Over-arching question: What are the skills needed for engineers to become leaders or to succeed in the future? Question: What are skills engineers in general lack? B. Other thoughts - In Singapore, engineers are generally more academically-inclined as compared to engineers from overseas universities and because of this there may be differences in the way we communicate and how we do things. Like for example, engineers overseas are more hands on, rather than just relying on academics.