2012 Issue

26 WARRIORS VS. SCIENTISTS | continued from page 25 Whatever it was, something caused them to have a desire to fly and that idea was in their day, a very crazy idea. Using their bicycle construction skills, the two of them built a flying machine and lay down on the bare wing and became famous. This is not an action that a rational scientist would take. Benjamin Franklin was for sure was more warrior than scientist. He spent much of his time trying to pick a fight with the British; he also seemed to have no trouble getting girls. He was also very smart. But the thing that made him most famous was running through a field, dragging a kite in the middle of a thunder storm, hoping to get struck by lightning. Good science you say? I say he was a bit of a nut. I say, he was in fact a warrior. As an engineering community, when we consider who to hire and for whatever reason, perhaps we should not be so quick to assume someone boisterous, obnoxious or non-conformingwon’t work out. Maybe, just maybe, warrior types could be the best employees of all. After all, they are easy to please. All you just have to give them is a good fight once in a while and they require almost zero hand-holding.  Engineering Consulting: • Reliability Engineering • Thermal Design, Fluid Flow, HVAC • Stress Analysis, FEA • Electronics Packaging and Sensors •Design Review 1000 kilometers ® Daniel N. Donahoe, MBA, Ph.D., P.E., CRE 1036 East Fairway Dr. • N. Salt Lake, UT 84054 [t] 801.294.5536 • [c] 801.574.0767 www.1000kilometers.com Management Consulting Services: •Quality Auditing • Intellectual property