Engineer Your Success

Episode: 258 | Guest: Zac Smith | Host: Dr. James Bryant Is a trade business as easy to buy and run as people say? Zac Smith left the corporate engineering track, bought a painting franchise, and sold it three years later. He gives an honest look at the numbers, the setbacks, and protecting time at home. In this episode you’ll discover: How a rough first few months can become the foundat...

Episode: 258 | Guest: Zac Smith | Host: Dr. James Bryant Is a trade business as easy to buy and run as people say? Zac Smith left the corporate engineering track, bought a painting franchise, and sold it three years later. He gives an honest look at the numbers, the setbacks, and protecting time at home. In this episode you’ll discover: How a rough first few months can become the foundation for gr...

Episode: 257 | Guest: Benjamin Kaiser | Host: Dr. James Bryant What can engineering leaders learn from a content strategist? Benjamin Kaiser spent nine years building a tech YouTube channel before pivoting to help businesses find their voice — and he makes the case that facts alone don’t build trust. Judgment does. In this episode you’ll discover: Why facts don’t build...

What can engineering leaders learn from a content strategist? Benjamin Kaiser spent nine years building a tech YouTube channel before pivoting to help businesses find their voice — and he makes the case that facts alone don't build trust. Judgment does. In this episode you'll discover: Why facts don't build trust in content — and what does The real reason most business owners avoid creating conten...

Episode 256 | Guest Tony Dina | Host: Dr. James Bryant If AI can do more of your work every day, what’s left for you to decide? Tony Dina, a professional coach and technology leader with three decades in high-tech leadership, argues that AI is a capacity game, not a productivity game, and that the real risk is handing over your judgment along with your tasks. In this episode you&#8...

Episode 256 | Guest Tony Dina | Host: Dr. James Bryant If AI can do more of your work every day, what's left for you to decide? Tony Dina, a professional coach and technology leader with three decades in high-tech leadership, argues that AI is a capacity game, not a productivity game, and that the real risk is handing over your judgment along with your tasks. In this episode you'll discover: Why t...

Guest: Jeff Wetherhold | Host: Dr. James Bryant, PE | EP 255 What do you do when the people you lead don’t agree with the change? Jeff Wetherhold spent years in change management and organizational improvement before realizing that most change efforts, even the well-designed ones, don’t hold. He explains why calling people “resistant” works against you, and how active listening techniques help peo...

Guest: Jeff Wetherfold | Host: Dr. James Bryant, PE | EP 255 What do you do when the people you lead don’t agree with the change? Jeff Wetherhold spent years in change management and organizational improvement before realizing that most change efforts, even the well-designed ones, don’t hold. He explains why calling people “resistant” works against you, and how active listening technique...

Engineering leaders listen in as Cullen Glass joins the show for a conversation on nonlinear career paths, overcoming doubt, why a great product is only half the job of building a lasting business, and the power of networking with purpose.

Engineering leaders listen in as Cullen Glass joins the show for a conversation on nonlinear career paths, overcoming doubt, why a great product is only half the job of building a lasting business, and the power of networking with purpose.

Episode 253 | Guest: Amie Fox | Host: Dr. James Bryant, PE Amie Fox, Managing Director of A Fox Consulting and a leadership development trainer based in Ireland, joins Dr. James Bryant to challenge how engineering leaders think about people problems. Amie argues that engineers actually have an unfair advantage when it comes to people management — and reveals exactly where that advantage...

Episode 253 | Guest: Amie Fox | Host: Dr. James Bryant, PE Amie Fox, Managing Director of A Fox Consulting and a leadership development trainer based in Ireland, joins Dr. James Bryant to challenge how engineering leaders think about people problems. Amie argues that engineers actually have an unfair advantage when it comes to people management — and reveals exactly where that advantage...

Episode 252 | Guest: Sam Stidwell IV | Host: Dr. James Bryant Sam Stidwell IV spent five years building 3D printing technology for the Army Corps of Engineers by day, and a construction materials supply company by night, for a year and a half before he ever won a contract. He wasn’t at risk of losing his job, but when a voluntary buyout offer came through a second time, he took it,...

Episode 252 | Guest: Sam Stidwell IV | Host: Dr. James Bryant Sam Stidwell IV spent five years building 3D printing technology for the Army Corps of Engineers by day, and a construction materials supply company by night, for a year and a half before he ever won a contract. He wasn’t at risk of losing his job, but when a voluntary buyout offer came through a second time, he took it, on a threshold...

Episode Description This is the first episode in a new recurring series, From the Inbox to the Mic — where a subscriber’s own words take center stage. Dr. James Bryant reads the email he sent to longtime subscriber Ben, then shares Ben’s full response (voiced by AI, in Ben’s own words) to three questions about work-life balance. James closes with his own take on why the standard...

Episode Description This is the first episode in a new recurring series, From the Inbox to the Mic — where a subscriber’s own words take center stage. Dr. James Bryant reads the email he sent to longtime subscriber Ben, then shares Ben’s full response (voiced by AI, in Ben’s own words) to three questions about work-life balance. James closes with his own take on why the standard...

Episode 250 | Guest: Matthew Evington | Host: Dr. James Bryant Most people picture a straight line into engineering. Matt Evington’s path ran through retail, landscaping, and a materials testing lab before he ever set foot in a college classroom — at 26, in a night pre-calculus class he almost didn’t take. In this episode, the civil engineer turned solar farm specialist share...

Episode 250 | Guest: Matthew Evington | Host: Dr. James Bryant Most people picture a straight line into engineering. Matt Evington’s path ran through retail, landscaping, and a materials testing lab before he ever set foot in a college classroom — at 26, in a night pre-calculus class he almost didn’t take. In this episode, the civil engineer turned solar farm specialist share...

Episode 249 | Guest: Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass | Host: Dr. James Bryant What does it take to become the first person in your own story to walk through a door you once only saw in photographs? Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass, Dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University and the first woman to hold that role, joins Dr. James Bryant to share her jo...

Episode 249 | Guest: Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass | Host: Dr. James Bryant What does it take to become the first person in your own story to walk through a door you once only saw in photographs? Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass, Dean of the College of Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University and the first woman to hold that role, joins Dr. James Bryant to share her jo...

Episode 248 | Guest: Matt Granados | Host Dr. James Bryant Episode Description Ignorance gets a bad rap. But this week’s guest, Matt Granados, calls it his greatest strategic asset — and once he explains why, you’ll see it too. James and Matt dig into what it actually takes to build a life and a business rooted in intentionality: the difference between truth and personal pref...

Episode 248 | Guest: Matt Gradados | Host Dr. James Bryant Episode Description Ignorance gets a bad rap. But this week’s guest, Matt Granados, calls it his greatest strategic asset — and once he explains why, you’ll see it too. James and Matt dig into what it actually takes to build a life and a business rooted in intentionality: the difference between truth and personal pref...

Guest: Douglas E. Noll, JD, MA | Host: Dr. James Bryant, P.E. A 22-year trial lawyer who walked away from a seven-figure career to become a peacemaker — and then took his methods into California’s most violent prison yards. Douglas E. Noll, JD, MA joins the show to break down a deceptively simple, neuroscience-backed technique for defusing any tense conversation in under 90 seconds. Jam...

Guest: Douglas E. Noll, JD, MA | Host: Dr. James Bryant, P.E. A 22-year trial lawyer who walked away from a seven-figure career to become a peacemaker — and then took his methods into California’s most violent prison yards. Douglas E. Noll, JD, MA joins the show to break down a deceptively simple, neuroscience-backed technique for defusing any tense conversation in under 90 seconds. Jam...

Guest: Hitisha “Tish” Sharma, P.E. | Host: Dr. James Bryant, P.E. | Episode 246 What does it look like when a podcast becomes a coaching relationship before you ever meet the host? Hitisha “Tish” Sharma, P.E. — Associate Principal and Head of Electrical at a Bay Area engineering firm — has been part of the Engineer Your Success community for a long time, and in this episode she traces th...