Because it couldn’t keep the flow going during meetings! Seriously, I always find it amusing how we engineers throw around terms like ‘flow dynamics’ in serious conversations, yet struggle to stay on topic ourselves. The irony isn’t lost on me, especially when we’ve got actual water flow to manage.
And i totally get it! , this drives me nuts too. I once attended a meeting where we spent half the time debating flow dynamics, and by the end, we hadn’t even touched the draft for the pipeline design. It’s crazy how easily we can get sidetracked — maybe we should consider a timer for these discussions?
I’ve definitely been there! I remember a meeting where we spent 45 minutes arguing over a hydrodynamics model, and by the end, we had no actionable plan. Sometimes sticking to an agenda helps, but in our field, you can’t help but get swept away in the flow of ideas.