Sin Min Yap

Husband Dad #Engineering #Strategy #Operations #Biking #Squash #Golf #Dining @ANSYS_Inc opinions here my own

[Isa @isssa0x]

A dead MIT professor accidentally destroyed the $20 billion executive coaching industry with one hour of lecture, and ten million people have already watched him do it.

He filmed it once in January 2018 and died eighteen months later.

Executive coaches charge fifteen thousand dollars a session to teach a third of what he covered in that one hour for free.

His name was Patrick Winston. He ran the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1972 to 1997 and wrote the AI textbook every computer science major in the world read for thirty years.

Every January for four decades, he gave a lecture called "How to Speak."

His entire framework fits on a napkin.

Do not read. Be in the image. Keep images simple. Eliminate clutter. Start with an empathetic connection. End with a punch line the audience can repeat over dinner. Never open with a joke. Never end with "thank you."

That last rule alone has probably cost the executive coaching industry a hundred million dollars.

"Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas. In that order."

That is the actual opening line of the lecture. Winston believed it strongly enough to spend fifty years teaching computer scientists how to talk.

Founders spend $80,000 on an MBA and then hire a communications coach to teach them the same material Winston filmed once for free. Engineers write brilliant code and lose promotions to teammates who watched this lecture on the train.

The lecture is free on MIT OpenCourseWare. The textbook is free on his page.

Winston died in 2019. Almost none of the ten million viewers have actually implemented the four rules on the napkin.

The napkin is free. The willingness to actually use it in your next meeting is the entire edge.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[Sin Min Yap @Sin_Min_Yap]

Ansys Expands Presence to Africa with New Office in Rwanda https://t.co/oCp5PIdDY3 via @YahooFinance

[Sin Min Yap @Sin_Min_Yap]

Webinar: Deliver Engineering Grade Light Simulation to Studio Designers https://t.co/mft0Cn97wo

[Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo @NYGovCuomo]

If ever there is a time to practice humanity — it is now.

The time to show kindness, to show compassion.

New Yorkers are tough — but we are also the most courageous community that you have ever seen.

[Sin Min Yap @Sin_Min_Yap]

@singularityu teachings are more relevant today. Global challenges require Global Solutions. Let's lead with empathy!

[Sin Min Yap @Sin_Min_Yap]

New Offering from PTC and ANSYS Brings Real-time Simulation to Design Engineers https://t.co/tT6qzTcwyw via @YahooFinance

[NVIDIA VIRT @NVIDIAVirt]

With NVIDIA Quadro Virtual Workstation, available on the @Azure marketplace, engineers running @ANSYS Discovery Live can now perform real-time simulations remotely, on any device. https://t.co/2HGsrtBopt

[Challenge Advisory @challengenews]

Introducing 4 thought leaders within the digital twin space that are providing exceptional value in digital twin technology.

https://t.co/EhhMhKOwpw

#DigitalTwins #DigitalTwinTechnology #IIoT #IoT

[Sin Min Yap @Sin_Min_Yap]

CMU Holds Topping Off Ceremony for ANSYS Hall - News - Carnegie Mellon University https://t.co/tggX4vxd8d via @CarnegieMellon

[Sin Min Yap @Sin_Min_Yap]

Launch of Transforming Antennas Center means future jobs in groundbreaking technology https://t.co/QxeP9GVDPp

[Ansys @ANSYS]

Check out @Sin_Min_Yap & @mattsmakerspace at 9AM EST today on @KDKA Pittsburgh Living, discussing the importance of #STEMeducation! #STEAM

[Sin Min Yap @Sin_Min_Yap]

How germs travel on planes — and how we can stop them (Raymond Wang | TEDYouth 2015) https://t.co/jZynkHsdQR via @TEDTalks

[Sin Min Yap @Sin_Min_Yap]

The Digital Twin Effect: Four Ways It Can Revitalize Your Business via @forbes https://t.co/2nzGK5iqbC

[Richard Howells @howellsrichard]

Great conversation with @monica_schnitge , @Sin_Min_Yap on the use case for #digitaltwins - Thought-Leader Roundtable: Three Experts Discuss Digital Twins via @forbes @scmatsap #iot #iiot https://t.co/nziy598H7c

[Sin Min Yap @Sin_Min_Yap]

“Thought-Leader Roundtable: Three Experts Discuss Digital Twins” by @howellsrichard https://t.co/XPlpBwdgiw

[Richard Howells @howellsrichard]

I just published “Thought-Leader Roundtable: Three Experts Discuss #DigitalTwins ” . Special thanks to @sin_min_yap , @monica_schnitger and Vatsan Govindarajan for their great insights. https://t.co/dBNK5juTFR

[Sin Min Yap @Sin_Min_Yap]

#SAPPHIRENOW2018 officially kicked off by @BillRMcDermott #ANSYS and #SAP partnership

[Ilse Moret @SAP @IlseMoret]

#ANSYS and SAP Partner to Unveil Insights from Rich Data Across Engineering and Operations Value Chains https://t.co/sp2NgrVSxl