Elizabeth Weingarten
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And it was one of those situations where I had been, that the problems and challenges that I had been trying to address through journalism, all of a sudden I saw her writing about those challenges in a totally different way. And introducing me to an entirely different toolkit for addressing particularly gender equity challenges in the workplace.
And it was one of those situations where I had been, that the problems and challenges that I had been trying to address through journalism, all of a sudden I saw her writing about those challenges in a totally different way. And introducing me to an entirely different toolkit for addressing particularly gender equity challenges in the workplace.
And so it was just this mind-opening experience of, oh, huh, I had been trying to solve problems with the toolkit that I possessed as a journalist. And here was this totally different way of seeing and framing problems. problems in terms of, in behavioral science, we talk a lot about context matters, right?
And so it was just this mind-opening experience of, oh, huh, I had been trying to solve problems with the toolkit that I possessed as a journalist. And here was this totally different way of seeing and framing problems. problems in terms of, in behavioral science, we talk a lot about context matters, right?
And so it was just this mind-opening experience of, oh, huh, I had been trying to solve problems with the toolkit that I possessed as a journalist. And here was this totally different way of seeing and framing problems. problems in terms of, in behavioral science, we talk a lot about context matters, right?
And so much of why we do the things we do and our behaviors are a result of our environments and the way in the kind of systems that we interact in. And so this was, at the time, a totally new concept for me and blew my mind. I just had never thought about my own behavior and the world in that way. And Eris just beautifully frames up this challenge.
And so much of why we do the things we do and our behaviors are a result of our environments and the way in the kind of systems that we interact in. And so this was, at the time, a totally new concept for me and blew my mind. I just had never thought about my own behavior and the world in that way. And Eris just beautifully frames up this challenge.
And so much of why we do the things we do and our behaviors are a result of our environments and the way in the kind of systems that we interact in. And so this was, at the time, a totally new concept for me and blew my mind. I just had never thought about my own behavior and the world in that way. And Eris just beautifully frames up this challenge.
And I will say that Iris and a friend of mine now, Siri Chalazi, they have a new book out, which is really exciting building on that work. But this was a book that, again, I think I had this personal and professional passion around global gender equality.
And I will say that Iris and a friend of mine now, Siri Chalazi, they have a new book out, which is really exciting building on that work. But this was a book that, again, I think I had this personal and professional passion around global gender equality.
And I will say that Iris and a friend of mine now, Siri Chalazi, they have a new book out, which is really exciting building on that work. But this was a book that, again, I think I had this personal and professional passion around global gender equality.
And this book came at the right time to really change the way that I saw how I could address those challenges and made me want to pursue that in my own career.
And this book came at the right time to really change the way that I saw how I could address those challenges and made me want to pursue that in my own career.
And this book came at the right time to really change the way that I saw how I could address those challenges and made me want to pursue that in my own career.
I love that. It sounds like we had a similar experience there of just something clicking on, right? And all of a sudden you see, oh, this is a set of tools that can really help me in a way in my work. And once you start learning about it, at least from my experience, it's just the most fascinating world. And there's endless learning because we humans are strange and complicated individuals.
I love that. It sounds like we had a similar experience there of just something clicking on, right? And all of a sudden you see, oh, this is a set of tools that can really help me in a way in my work. And once you start learning about it, at least from my experience, it's just the most fascinating world. And there's endless learning because we humans are strange and complicated individuals.
I love that. It sounds like we had a similar experience there of just something clicking on, right? And all of a sudden you see, oh, this is a set of tools that can really help me in a way in my work. And once you start learning about it, at least from my experience, it's just the most fascinating world. And there's endless learning because we humans are strange and complicated individuals.
So always something to learn in the behavioral science field.
So always something to learn in the behavioral science field.
So always something to learn in the behavioral science field.