If students or architecture/graduates are not able to hold a conversation and be engaged with others such as their tutors and peers, their employers, the other consultants, the contractor and supplier, the design team members, they would not be able to form a connection and be able to do their job in a satisfactory manner. Extending our discussion on the topic of how to compete globally, the skills of verbal engagement including holding a conversation are not superficial. In that form of engagement, the students are able to interpret the world, form an opinion and communicate well. This episode referred to the clubhouse event at the ''School of Architecture" clubhouse room and quoted from Huat Lim's points.© 2021 Talk Architecture, Author: Naziaty Mohd YaacobPhoto (artwork): The "winged seed of desire" found in Bangsar's Jalan Sepat (or some fish name).Support the show