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…

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