Show Notes
Why great engineers struggle as leaders: digital engineering, culture and scaling BIM teams without losing what makes them work.
What does it take to move from writing code to leading the people who do? For most technical professionals in construction, the promotion into leadership is the hardest transition of their career and almost nobody prepares them for it.
Devon Middleditch, Head of Digital Engineering and Technology at Veris, has lived that transition across some of the industry's biggest stages: AECOM, KBR and Transport for New South Wales.
Website: https://digitalconstructionpodcast.com Episodes: https://digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episodes Episode notes: https://digitalconstructionpodcast.com/episode/how-to-become-a-leader-in-digital-engineering-with-devon-middleditch Host: Andrea Ciaffi https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-ciaffi-548413113 Guest: Devon Middleditch https://www.linkedin.com/in/devonmiddleditch/
00:00 – Intro 02:20 – The Engineering 2.0 08:35 – Getting off the tools: technical to leadership 15:25 – Advice for technical people aspiring to lead 18:10 – Government agencies vs private consultancies 25:35 – What culture really means 29:25 – Leading and motivating innovators 32:30 – Scaling teams without diluting culture 35:40 – The Transport for NSW Innovation Hub 40:35 – AI and the critical thinking imperative Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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