Overview

As an engineer, have you ever felt frustrated when others (clients or colleagues) haven’t listened to a solution that you’ve offered?  Of course you have!   Humans are highly complex and interact with each other, in ways that seem unpredictable and illogical.  How do you deal with that?  This interactive workshop invites you to think about human how exist within systems, (such as families, teams, organisations and communities). Applying human centred system thinking models will help you to listen deeply and develop cognitive empathy, (to understand where a person is coming from), and consequently be more effective problem solvers and engineers.

Event Program:

• 5:30 PM Registration
• 5:45 PM Event commences
• 6:45 PM Networking
• 7:00 PM Event Concludes

Learning Outcomes:

• Identify models related to human centred systems 
• Reflect on how human centred systems thinking applies to engineering
• Plan how your engineering practices will benefit from applying a human centred approach

About the speaker:

Samantha Carruthers

Organisational Psychologist and Director, Cairns Organisational Psychology

Biography

Samantha Carruthers has more than 28 years’ experience as a change practitioner in clinical, counselling, forensic and organisational psychology settings in Australia and the UK. She has delivered leadership development interventions for organisations including the Australian Federal Police, Australian Public Service, QLD Health, Griffith University and UQ. She has published in the areas of leadership development and culture change.

 In practice, Sam is a big fan of organisational learning and tends to take an action learning/action research approach.