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All engineers should read this book. These are valuable skills not taught in engineering schools. — Bevin A. Beaudet, PE (ret), Veteran, Past President of AWWA.
In the 1967 movie "Cool Hand Luke," Paul Newman was an always-in-trouble prison inmate who told the warden: "What we have is a failure to communicate." Of course, this got him in more trouble. Many engineers also have communication failures. Many of the people engineers need to work with, sell their services to, and need to convince are not as technically grounded as engineers and often those people's needs for understanding are different than those who are highly technical. Reading and understanding "The Communicative Engineer" can help engineers, and other technical professionals, become better understood and more convincing as they gain command of communication skills. Asking probing questions, listening and understanding the answers, crafting written and spoken responses, and presenting engaging, meaningful programs all further one's professional success and this book clearly and succinctly guides the reader to consider their communication purposes and offers meaningful processes to improve their communication skills. — Larry Galler, business consultant.
The value your work can add to the profession, by helping engineers learn what their university programs did not provide, is literally priceless… they never had education on the subjects you offer. — William M. Hayden Jr; PhD; Engineering Management; PE (inactive); CMQ/OE; Fellow, ASCE; SrM.ASQ; SrM.PMI.
“The Communicative Engineer” is the eye-catching title of Stu Walesh’s latest literary project. Here he summarizes all the do’s and don’ts for being a successful communicator. After all, you need to talk with your co-workers and need to get your message across, which is at times not as easy as first thought. This book is highly recommended for people of all ages and education, not only engineers, how best to tackle the sometimes difficult task of asking, listening, writing, speaking and creating presentations, so that you can reach your goal and succeed with the project. — Simine Short, aviation researcher, author of articles and books.
Any engineer or scientist who wants to master their written and verbal communication skills and practices will be well advised to read the book by Dr. Stuart G. Walesh entitled The Communicative Engineer — How to Ask, Listen, Write, Speak and Use Visuals, published by Wiley in 2024. Throughout his truly extraordinary career in civil engineering in private practice as a consulting engineer, in academia as a professor, and in government as a public servant, Dr. Walesh has mastered in a way that few others have, how to communicate effectively. It is one thing to write and speak in a sophisticated, funny, or charming manner, but is another thing altogether to communicate in a manner that persuades the audience that one is addressing. Dr. Walesh’s interesting and easy-to-read book provides many practical and interesting “real-world” examples of how to accomplish this essential skill. He also gives excellent suggestions on how we can be better and more sincere listeners, which leaders in particular need to master. In short, I highly recommend this book! — Jon Jones, CEO, Wright Water Engineers, Inc.
I am very disappointed. The print quality is very poor and definitely not worth the price. I could return it, but the seller did not pay the return shipping costs. True, it was according to the return policy, but I hoped in a more accommodating behavior. — Anonymous. This negative review is included to provide balance — it is the only negative review received.
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