Globally Aware…sort of…
The Greeting
I’ve been a professional member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) since 1995. Recently I got an email update from the management division that opens up with…
Dear Colleagues,
As summer comes to a close and the Labor Day holiday behind us, the start of fall and football beckons us. I hope that each of you took time during the summer months to rest and recharge those batteries as we head into the start of a new academic year. It amazes me each year how quickly summer comes and goes.
Source: Withheld
and continues a bit further with…
launching the Global Engineering Management Conference is the greatest initiative the Management Division has taken on in the past decade.
Source: Withheld
Can any of you recognize the disconnect there?
The Disconnect…U.S.-centric
ASME has a…
membership of more than 127,000 mechanical engineers and allied professionals from around the world.
Source: ASME. (2008). ASME At a Glance. Retrieved September 18, 2009 from ASME website: http://files.asme.org/asmeorg/About/13917.pdf
Admittedly most of them are in the United States, and are probably in the northern hemisphere. But, there are enough of them out there that…
summer [has not] come to a close and the , [nor are] fall and football [beckoning them]. [And so on.]
I’ve learned, that in a global society, we can’t just refer to summer and fall, morning or afternoon, nor expect people around the world to understand that we mean American-style football.
I find this all quite amusing for a group that’s undertaken a “Global” Engineering Management activity. These are some of the sensitivities I would expect all global engineering managers to understand and be aware of…oh, well.
