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Piper Trelstad responded to early feedback about her management style and says that those interested in leadership positions in industry should learn to show vulnerability.
A psychology class about railway engineer Phineas Gage’s behaviour change after a metal rod speared his brain in 1848 led Chantel Prat, author of The Neuroscience of You, switching disciplines.
Engineer-turned-sociologist Erin Cech describes how she coined the term ‘passion principle’, which challenges the belief that people should love their jobs.