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Understanding the Importance of Infrastructure with Jill Tietjen

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“When we value women, then we begin to value everyone.” These are the wise words of today’s guest; women’s advocate, international speaker, and author, Jill Tietjen.

In this conversation, you’ll hear about Jill’s early life and interest in math, her passion for encouraging women to pursue STEM careers, her incredible career, and so much more! We delve into the electrical engineering challenges Jill has encountered before discussing her opinions about how grids can be modernized and what the demands are.

Jill goes on to tell us about her writing career, where her love for books came from, and how she managed to persevere through writing 16 books. She even tells us how her life purpose to rewrite women into history ‘fell into her lap’ and shares one leadership lesson she has carried with her through her career.

Finally, our guest answers our rapid-fire questions and even tells us what she wants her legacy to be. Thank you for tuning in!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Jill tells us about her life, career, and mission to encourage women to go into engineering.

• How we can modernize electrical grids and current electrical demands.

• Where Jill’s passion for books came from and how she persevered through writing 16 books.

• How engineering can be a more attractive industry for women.

Quotes:

“When we value women, then we begin to value everyone and when we value everyone, then everyone’s ship rises.” — Jill Tietjen

“Not only are women not encouraged to be engineers and in the STEM fields, they’re also not written into our history books.” — Jill Tietjen

“We’re going to have to figure out alternatives in order to meet [electrical] demand.” — Jill Tietjen

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jill Tietjen

Jill Tietjen on LinkedIn

Jill Tietjen on Facebook

Jill Tietjen on X

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“When we value women, then we begin to value everyone.” These are the wise words of today’s guest; women’s advocate, international speaker, and author, Jill Tietjen.

In this conversation, you’ll hear about Jill’s early life and interest in math, her passion for encouraging women to pursue STEM careers, her incredible career, and so much more! We delve into the electrical engineering challenges Jill has encountered before discussing her opinions about how grids can be modernized and what the demands are.

Jill goes on to tell us about her writing career, where her love for books came from, and how she managed to persevere through writing 16 books. She even tells us how her life purpose to rewrite women into history ‘fell into her lap’ and shares one leadership lesson she has carried with her through her career.

Finally, our guest answers our rapid-fire questions and even tells us what she wants her legacy to be. Thank you for tuning in!

Key Points From This Episode:

• Jill tells us about her life, career, and mission to encourage women to go into engineering.

• How we can modernize electrical grids and current electrical demands.

• Where Jill’s passion for books came from and how she persevered through writing 16 books.

• How engineering can be a more attractive industry for women.

Quotes:

“When we value women, then we begin to value everyone and when we value everyone, then everyone’s ship rises.” — Jill Tietjen

“Not only are women not encouraged to be engineers and in the STEM fields, they’re also not written into our history books.” — Jill Tietjen

“We’re going to have to figure out alternatives in order to meet [electrical] demand.” — Jill Tietjen

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Jill Tietjen

Jill Tietjen on LinkedIn

Jill Tietjen on Facebook

Jill Tietjen on X

Over, Under, Around, and Through

Duty Calls

Inspiring People & Places Podcast

MCFA

MCFA Careers

BJ Kraemer on LinkedIn

  continue reading

159 episodes

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