Shankar Vedantam

With Loom, teams move work forward faster, replacing endless meetings and slow approvals with quick, clear video messages.

Today we'll hear from Dr. Molly Sands, head of the Teamwork Lab at Atlassian, about how Loom is transforming the way teams work.

Thanks again to Loom for sponsoring the Perceptions Tour.

Loom is AI-first powered video communication that moves teams forward, whether you're sharing feedback, obtaining approvals, or setting context.

Reduce unnecessary meetings and make the ones that matter more effective.

So unstuck your teams today at loom.com.

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It's a team changer.

I'm Shankar Vedantam.

See you soon.

This is Hidden Brain.

I'm Shankar Vedantam.

I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.

So says the protagonist in Ralph Ellison's 1952 novel, Invisible Man.

Readers never learn the character's name, but they are invited to experience his life.

Walking down the street in Harlem, passers-by look right through him.

Diligently working at a paint factory, his efforts go unnoticed.

He joins a political organization, but he is treated as a pawn, a tool to advance the agendas of others.

Ralph Ellison's novel was about the dehumanizing effects of racism, but the feeling of invisibility affects many people.

I recently met an older woman at one of the stops on a Hidden Brain live tour I've been doing across the United States.