What is an engineering culture? - How to build it?

Replies

• 

  Ramani Aswath

  I believe in a multidisciplinary, lateral thinking, creative atmosphere. I find that most good ones tend to be some what loners even when working in a team. Such individuality should be allowed. Leaders should lead from behind. Credit must be strictly based on individual contribution.
  Every morning each group meets for a short 'to do' discussion and a wind up one at close. Every one (whatever the person's position) gets a say. The leader rarely talks at these except to guide the discussion and keeps it on line.
  A committee never produces much except minutes of a meeting after wasting hours of discussion.
• 

  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  You mean work culture? ok let me put it in my words.
  
  If you are hiring me for a skill called testing software or building a transformer. you have to turst me my team whom i bring in or I choose or I get (depends on company) tell me what you want and get out.
  
  I must do what you want with utmost accuracy leaving behind everything and consulting you or someone who knows or learning or whatever. But interfering in what i know best and you know least is a big NO.
  
  So give freedom , flexibility and tasks of interest (or ask the person to choose) then work culture or that office will be awesome.
• 

  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  Now people are just worried about completing the project , delighting the bosses . The difference I expect is , tell what you want but never tell how to do that, its my job. If you want a great product tell me what you want , listen and incorporate my suggestions if they are good and leave the how part to me. That product or whatever will be awesome.