The awesome feeling you get when you asked a simple question and it turned into something you could have never imagined & then you go tell your friends.

15 Jul 2026

This past couple of weeks I have been thinking a lot about how I show up for the MoT EM Chapter community. I love asking questions and I love books, so I decided to ask a question about books to see if I could: 
  • Get a conversation started. 
  • Get some new book recommendations. 
  • Meet some new friends. 

What was awesome about this moment, was that it resulted in: 
  • Getting a conversation started. 
  • I got some book recommendations. 
  • Hopefully I started to build some new friendships 🤞. 
  • That one simple question, asked at that particular time helped multiple peoples brains come together to spring the idea of: 99 Things Every Engineering Leader Should Know/The MoT Guide to Engineering Management/Insert Working Title Here'
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDbPFU (great video that talks through the concept of people brains coming together 🧠.)

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Lauren Lassey
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I live in West Yorkshire and love to learn about pretty much anything that has the potential to improve my life.

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Ady Stokes
The power of questions on full display, well done Lauren!

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