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IQ and Technical Expertise Get You Hired. EQ Turbocharges Your Performance and Gets You Promoted.

Kirk Froggatt

Do you know someone who is technically brilliant but not an effective collaborator or leader? Someone who really knows his stuff, but likes to talk much more than listen to anyone else’s point of view? Someone who has all the answers and doesn’t appreciate it when others challenge his ideas or suggest another [...]

Fixing Our Energy and Transportation Infrastructure – Part 2

Editor’s Note: This post is Part 2 of a two-part transcript from an Access Minnesota interview with Dr. Massoud Amin. Access Minnesota is a weekly public affairs radio and television show featuring noted academics, authors, politicians and business leaders engaging in common sense conversations about compelling and relevant issues in the state of Minnesota, across the nation, and around the globe. [...]

Fixing Our Energy and Transportation Infrastructure – Part 1

Editor’s Note: This post is Part 1 of a two-part transcript from an Access Minnesota interview with Dr. Massoud Amin. Access Minnesota is a weekly public affairs radio and television show featuring noted academics, authors, politicians and business leaders engaging in common sense conversations about compelling and relevant issues in the state of Minnesota, across the nation, and around the globe. [...]

Three years after I-35W bridge collapse, infrastructure challenges remain, U of M expert says

Nearly three years after the I-35W bridge collapse on August 1, 2007, questions remain about the safety and security of the nation’s infrastructure. Do we have the systems in place to prevent large-scale, systemic failures? A University of Minnesota expert, who witnessed the collapse, can comment on U.S. infrastructure needs and challenges in the wake of the 35W bridge collapse anniversary is Massoud Amin, director, Technological Leadership Institute (TLI) and professor of electrical and computer engineering [...]