Entrepreneurship in Engineering with Dr Jillian Kenny

The Pretengineers

Talk about engineering entrepreneur! Our co-hosts Jack Aubort and Ryan Loomans had a fantastic time at GHD HQ with STEM and Diversity advocate Dr Jillian Kenny!

We covered her fascinating story from small country town girl hailing from Gayndah to the 2014 Top 100 “Most Influential Australian Women” now in the big smoke of Melbourne working for Swinburne University of Technology, University of Melbourne, The Adelaide Crows FC and her own company Machinam Pty Ltd!

This episode we touched on crucial topics relevant to many millennials out there such as:

• Your career is a jungle gym, not a vertical ladder! To quote Sheryl Sandberg, sometimes you have to take a step sideways or backwards to swing yourself forwards!

• Let your values drive your choices! This type of career path can become disjointed/aimless without first doing the work to be clear about your values. Staying true to your key values is the best way to love what you do and create a successful career.

Jillian has done a fantastic job of embodying a point I like to make to people thinking of tertiary education. Rather than undertaking a bachelor of business or arts when you are unsure what you want to do in life, chose a bachelor of engineering instead! The problem solving, project management, and mathematic skills you develop in an engineering degree can set you up so well for so many careers, especially in this ever-evolving digital age.

This episode is fantastic for those who are creative or entrepreneurially minded, ambitious people who want to fast-track their career through extra-curricular development and any powerful #WOMENinSTEM who are looking to continue blazing the trail.