Rynus Lee's Blog

Today marks the last lesson of Effective Communication class. I am writing this critical reflection to summarise my experience and takeaways through the last 13 weeks for this module. In the beginning, I have set out 2 goals for myself. Firstly, it is to gain the ability to present myself professionally. Secondly, it is to improve my essay writing skills. I can proudly say that the last 13 weeks have been nothing short of beneficial in aiding me to reach my goals. Compared to before, I am more than ready to volunteer myself to answer questions. With the feedbacks I have gathered through numerous presentations, be it mock, actual or mini, I was able to refine my presentation skills. With multiple peer reviews for the different components such as technical reports and reader responses, not only was I able to receive feedbacks to improve on from my peers, but I was also able to learn from my peer’s mistakes which I have spotted from providing evaluations for them. With the constant guid...

According to Schiller (2017), "Boy Genius Boyan Slat's giant ocean clean up machine is real". Schiller stated that Slat had set out a massive clean-up project using his vision of the ocean clean-up machine. The article quoted that oceanographer Charles Moore discovered that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch had waste so thick that it forms solid areas one could walk on which was the reason for Slat's initiation.  Schiller reported that Slat received criticisms and sceptics about the project when he proposed his initial design of a clean-up machine measuring 60 miles long to repair the seabed.  Schiller then stated that after Slat made numerous vetting, his new idea was to split his initial design into 50 smaller devices of 0.6 miles each which is a better innovation as it allows the remaining machines to still work if any were to malfunction.  Schiller pointed out that although building an individual device is cost-saving and more efficient than a huge clean-up machine,...

According to Schiller (2017),  the ocean clean-up machine is being designed into reality by a genius boy Boyan Slat.  Schiller stated that Slat had set out a massive clean-up project using his vision of the ocean clean-up machine. The arti cle quoted that oceanographer Charles Moore discovered that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch had waste so thick that it forms solid areas one could walk on which was the reason for Slat's initiation.  Schiller reported that Slat received criticism and sceptics about the project when he proposed his initial design of a clean-up machine measuring 60 miles long to repair the seabed.  Schiller then stated that after Slat made numerous vetting, his new idea was to split his initial design into 50 smaller devices of 0.6 miles each which is a better innovation as it allows the remaining machines to still work if any were to malfunction.  Schiller pointed out that although building an individual device is cost-saving and more efficient...

According to Schiller (2017),  the ocean clean-up machine is being designed into reality by a genius boy Boyan Slat. Schiller stated that Slat had set out a massive clean-up project using his vision of the ocean clean-up machine. The article quoted that oceanographer Charles Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch had waste so thick that it forms solid areas one could walk on which was the reason for Slat's initiation.  Schiller reported that Slat had received criticism and sceptics about the project when he proposed his initial design of a clean-up machine measuring 60 miles long to repair the seabed.  Schiller then stated that after Slat made numerous vetting, his new idea was to split his initial design into 50 smaller devices of 0.6 miles each which is a better innovation as it allows the remaining machines to still work if any were to malfunction.  Schiller pointed out that although building an individual device is more cost-saving and efficient than a ...

According to Schiller (2017),  the ocean clean-up machine is being made into reality. The article stated that a man named Boyan Slat had set out a massive clean-up project using his vision of the ocean clean-up machine. The article quoted that oceanographer Charles Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch had waste so thick that it forms solid areas one could walk on. This allows people to infer how bad the ocean pollution is. The article reported that Slat had received criticism and sceptics about the project when he initially designed for a clean-up machine measuring 60 miles long to repair the seabed.  The article then stated that after numerous vetting, his new idea was to split his initial design into 50 smaller devices of 0.6 miles each which is a better initiation as it allows the remaining machines to still work if one were to malfunction.  The article pointed out that although building an individual device is more cost-saving and efficient than a huge cle...

Having good communication is of utmost priority to me being a good leader. Poor communication between others and myself may lead to them having different interpretations of the information I wish to convey. This will cause them to have doubts and may end up speculating the meaning of my information which in turn may have an undesirable result. Good communication is having two-way communications to understand others, know their level of morale and difficulties they are facing. As a leader, I wish to not only lead but listen as well so people can trust and follow me at all times.  Critical thinking skills can allow people to think rationally, identify important points and make proper decision on situations. When problem occurs, it is important to think and question assumptions while managing ambiguity. By thinking ahead and postulate several outcome to the situation and adopting the best possible solution is a form of critical thinking.  This is an important skill for me. By ado...