Understanding in the Engineering World

I was sitting in my early morning meeting among 15 middle-aged men and myself. I am the only lady in the room and the youngest. I always wonder what the heck I'm doing here and if others are asking the same question. That is another discussion for another time. I am a product manager for a large storage (think hard-drives) company. I am part of a team that is working on one of the products we will be offering later in the year. We deal with issues, solve them and then deal with more issues. Isn't that what life is about though, issue after issue, learning and growing along the way and becoming better?

There was a heated debate on how to solve a particular issue. The discussion went on for about 25 minutes. In the beginning people were upset and confused as discussion continued information was shared and helpful solutions began to take form. Phew! I observed my fellow counterparts and came up with a conclusion with respect to my mission of practicing the quality of Understanding (Please see first blog 1/11 for my mission explanation) to become more perfect like God, I realized that the more heads, the more information was shared that in turn helped to reach a better understanding of the situation. With better understanding a plan began to take shape.

I learned that with this sharing and brainstorming, it was easier to come to a solution. I will add this to my action of things to add to my character: Share information with others. Outcome: Better and more efficient way of solving issues.

Charissa