Choose Your Own Words
Finding the future through language
Seeing the future first means recognizing emerging patterns, or imagining something that
doesn’t exist yet. But language, the very words we use to describe our future ideas, are rooted in the past and present. How might we change our words to break away from our constraints and assumptions?
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice.
-T.S. Eliot
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognize words and phrases that limit our future thinking
- Rediscover how much language has changed in our lifetime
- Choose your own words to create your desired future
Emily’s Bio
P.Eng, B.Sc.(Eng), MA.Sc.(Eng) and S.e.n.s.e. (of Humour)
Emily Nichols nudges technical people to embrace their human skills, so they become better problem solvers, team players, and leaders. A professional engineer with more than 15 years of experience in
manufacturing and innovation, Emily has worked with organizations like PepsiCo, PPG, Janssen, Henkel, improving products and processes from business products as diverse as breakfast cereal to automotive paint and electrical steel. Emily easily connects at all levels of organizations, inspiring deeper understanding and collaborative teamwork.
Emily holds a B.Sc. in Systems Engineering from the University of Guelph and an M.A.Sc.(Eng) in Chemical Engineering from McMaster University. She summarized her chemical engineering master’s thesis in five Dr Seuss rhymes.
Emily also presents: How to Troubleshoot Anything – The Art of Making Things Work