Today’s coffee companion is a coach who has worked in life sciences for most of her career.
We talked about:
- our mutual connection
- changing careers
- the expectation that coaches come from the world of HR
- feeling like an imposter (and how to deal with it)
- the challenges of working in a heavily regulated industry
- the challenges of coming out of working in heavily regulated industries
- not limiting oneself to one sector
- how much understanding the “lay” person needs to have an understanding of science
- ditto statistics
- the Dan Gardner book Risk
- the Adam Grant book Give and Take
I’m still looking for people to coffee with… sign up at calendly.com/matt-ballantine
I’m now writing up a How to have coffee guide based on the experiences of #100Coffees in 2023. You can find the draft here.
Talking of statistics…
