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Answering the Call for Technical Leaders: A Challenge for Systems Engineers
Author(s) -
Pennotti Michael
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2020.00781.x
Subject(s) - aside , set (abstract data type) , context (archaeology) , order (exchange) , computer science , engineering ethics , public relations , management science , engineering , political science , business , paleontology , biology , art , literature , finance , programming language
Systems engineers are called to lead! Addressing today's increasingly complex challenges demands the skills we systems engineers have demonstrated in the past and of which we are most proud. Our experience has taught us the importance of understanding: not only a problem, but also its context; not only the individual elements of a system, but also the relationships between those elements; not only immediate outcomes, but also long term impacts. But what we already know will not be enough. We must also develop new skills and be willing to set aside some of the approaches and much of the language that have served us well in addressing the complicated problems of the past. We need to continue to learn and grow if we are to provide the leadership a complex world so desperately needs from us. This paper is a challenge from one systems engineer to all systems engineers to elevate our game in order to play a leadership role in taking on the complex challenges of the twenty‐first century.