Engineering Change Lab-USA (ECL-USA) is a catalyst for change within the engineering community, helping it reach its highest potential on behalf of society
We are living in a world that is facing an unprecedented combination of technological change…
and rapidly evolving societal needs, driven in large part by environmental imperatives. As this uncertain future unfolds, maintaining the status quo is not an option for the engineering community. The imperative for change and adaptation has driven the formation of ECL-USA.
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ECL-USA convenes two to three times a year to share perspectives, deepen our understanding of engineering’s emerging future, and to launch experiments and focused initiatives designed both to foster change across the entire engineering system from education to practice to research to licensure.
Upcoming SummitsOur Way Forward
Our way forward is through action inspired by the Engineering Change Lab-USA’s mission. ECL-USA was started in 2017, with the mission of becoming a catalyst for change within the engineering profession, by helping the profession reach its highest potential on behalf of society.
To achieve our mission, we will:
- Bring together stakeholders, innovative thinkers, and change agents to explore and generate new knowledge about the role of engineering in an emerging future.
- Self-organize as an independent (non-aligned) entity – complementing existing stakeholder organizations (professional societies and associations), not attempting to duplicate their efforts.
- Become a communications hub, linking and sharing knowledge between stakeholders engaged in creating the future of the engineering community (profession).
- Engage in and lead collaborative initiatives designed to transform the engineering community (profession) to help it thrive in an evolving world.
Recent News
MAPPING THE FUTURE OF ENGINEERING AND THE GRAND CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Mike McMeekin & Kyle Davy
Engineering Change Lab – USA (ECL-USA) Summit 11 featured a deep dive into how engineering and the engineering community can contribute to meeting the challenge of climate change and how engineering might be transformed by the way it responds to the emerging risks of climate change. To observe the journey the engineering community could follow to make this contribution, scan the “Map of The Future for Engineering and The Grand Challenge of Climate Change” that emerged from Summit 11. The map identifies ten “Key Steps” the engineering community can take to help society achieve carbon neutrality and reduce the threat of climate change.
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... Read MoreECL-USA SUMMIT 12 UPDATE: THE ENGINEERING FIRM OF THE FUTURE (2030)
How will engineering firms of the future be transformed from both internal and external forces in the coming decade? The next Engineering Change Lab – USA (ECL-USA) virtual mini-summit, The Engineering Firm of the Future (2030), to be held on June 16, 2021, will explore this topic. The summit will feature deep dives into two important themes of the future – Responding to Global Risks & Technology Accelerators and Developing and Sustaining Talent Cohorts.
Register for the summit at the link below.
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Responding to Global Risks & Technology Accelerators
How will the external landscape within which engineering firms operate be reshaped by global risks and technology accelerators?
- How will clients respond? What new needs, fears, desires, and concerns may emerge?
- How might these changing dynamics and needs drive the creation of new value propositions and transformed business/practice models for engineering firms?
- What new mindsets and capabilities will be most prized as firms navigate the coming decade?
- What aspirations, values, and needs will new generations of engineering talent manifest as they join and build careers within firms?
- How do social and environmental values and attitudes compare/align across talent cohorts within firms as well as with organizational values?
- How will firms respond to resulting pressures to align visions, values, strategies and practices across talent cohorts within their organizations?
- How might firms leverage evolving aspirations and values to create new ways of working and new forms of value to offer clients?
- Will this generational shift allow firms to better address issues of social and environmental justice, equity, diversity and inclusion?
ECL-USA SUMMIT 12 – THE ENGINEERING FIRM OF THE FUTURE (2030)
How will engineering firms of the future be transformed from both internal and external forces in the coming decade? The next Engineering Change Lab – USA (ECL-USA) virtual mini-summit, The Engineering Firm of the Future (2030), to be held on June 16, 2021, will explore this topic. The summit will feature deep dives into two important themes of the future – Responding to Global Risks & Technology Accelerators and Developing and Sustaining Talent Cohorts.
Register for the summit at the link below.
SUMMIT 12 REGISTRATION
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