An Engineer's Mind, Teacher's Heart, and Two-Time TEDx Speaker with Melanie Flores

An episode of the When Science Speaks podcast, hosted by When Science Speaks, titled "An Engineer's Mind, Teacher's Heart, and Two-Time TEDx Speaker with Melanie Flores" was published on October 3, 2022 and runs 18 minutes.

October 3, 2022 ·18m · When Science Speaks

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Episode Description

This week's episode features Melanie Flores, an MIT-trained chemical engineer, theater arts aficionado, and two-time TEDx speaker, who currently applies her multidisciplinary skills to her work as Director of Solutions Consulting at SymTrain, a firm that automates and scales role-play training and coaching.

We discuss a range of issues such as:

- Melanie's fascinating career journey - themes and common qualities in her various roles

- The importance of feelings and human emotions in professional environments, even those where technical skills are emphasized

- When and from which influences Melanie's interest and aptitude in writing and communication originated

- How Melanie unveils the value of emotional intelligence and storytelling through setting an example, not lecturing

- Melanie's professional role and why she enjoys it

- How Melanie's experience teaching pre-school helped her in the engineering and - more broadly - the business world

- Recommendations for engineers and other technically-focused listeners who want to add or enhance communication skills in their own toolkit

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