Rigour, creativity and systems thinking: a Silicon Valley veteran’s insights

About this episode

Tanya de Hoog interviews Silicon Valley pioneer Chandrakant Patel about the importance of imagination, rigour, creativity, and systems thinking in engineering.

Aurecon’s chief engineer Tanya de Hoog sits down with Silicon Valley pioneer Chandrakant Patel. They explore how imagination fuels innovation and why engineering fundamentals like rigour, creativity and systems thinking are as important today as they have ever been.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guest: Chandrakant Patel

Topics covered

• engineering
• innovation
• creativity
• systems thinking

Keywords

• Silicon Valley
• engineering fundamentals
• imagination
• innovation

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Places: Silicon Valley

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