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Aug 18, 2026
How to Engineer Opportunities: Growing People from Strength to Strength
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John GavanGUEST
And so if you think about that whole journey, what I want to talk to you about today is what it means to be in the opportunity business, not what it means to be in the engineering business.

John GavanGUEST
We had a leader when I first started that used to have the saying, they said, it's okay to have selfish goals.

John GavanGUEST
It's kind of a weird saying, but it's something that we've embraced in our company, and I think that example will sort of weave into what I have to say today.

John GavanGUEST
So we all aspire as a goal to progress through our careers and move from stage to stage in our career and have a really, really fulfilling career growing along the way.

John GavanGUEST
What I want to introduce to you today is the concept of really not only thinking forwards for yourself but also thinking backwards and thinking about how can you engineer opportunities for those who follow you and think just as much about that as you are thinking about moving forward in your own career.
How to Engineer Opportunities: Growing People from Strength to Strength
0:16
1:19
1:32
1:42
1:54
2:19

John GavanGUEST
And so if you think about that whole journey, what I want to talk to you about today is what it means to be in the opportunity business, not what it means to be in the engineering business.

John GavanGUEST
We had a leader when I first started that used to have the saying, they said, it's okay to have selfish goals, as long as you're willing to achieve them through unselfish means.

John GavanGUEST
It's kind of a weird saying, but it's something that we've embraced in our company, and I think that example will sort of weave into what I have to say today.

John GavanGUEST
So we all aspire as a goal to progress through our careers and move from stage to stage in our career and have a really, really fulfilling career growing along the way.

John GavanGUEST
What I want to introduce to you today is the concept of really not only thinking forwards for yourself but also thinking backwards and thinking about how can you engineer opportunities for those who follow you and think just as much about that as you are thinking about moving forward in your own career.

John GavanGUEST
First, I'm gonna give you a little test, a little example, one of the P's of Evergreen, pragmatic innovation.
