Purposeful:

To shape outcomes to be equitable and ethical throughout engineering and the life cycle of any project.

Advocate

Mindset

An advocate is a change agent and leads by example. Acts to constructively challenge established practices and behaviours that are unsustainable, unethical or unjust and works effectively with others to bring about positive change.

Relevant terms: Promotion, champion, circular approaches and economies, story-telling

Life-centred design

Knowledge

Having knowledge in life-centred design enables you to adopt practices that prioritise all peoples, non-humans and the planet, and design ways for operating, maintaining and improving living systems.

Relevant terms: Contextual listening and learning, human-centred design, circular economy, inclusive design, sustainable web design, biomimicry, behavioural design

Building resilience

Skill

Building resilience boosts the ability of self and others to withstand changes. You can design ways for projects to, over time, contribute to reducing vulnerabilities from changing socio-environmental contexts.

Relevant terms: Forecasting, disruption, change, creative exploration & future visioning, resilience, critical thinking