Philosophy seems very abstract, but in Greek it simply means “love of wisdom.” To be a wise practitioner of engineering or technical professional you have to think pragmatically about what will and will not work well. To be a wise leader of Engineers or Scientists you need to think pragmatically about what will or will not work well in leading people. So learning to think about thinking is one of the keys to being a wise leader of Engineers or Scientists.
That is one thing we will be doing in this Useful Ideas series.
