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An Engineer's Mind, Teacher's Heart, and Two-Time TEDx Speaker with Melanie Flores
Manage episode 342921679 series 2472119
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 toolkit240 episodes
Manage episode 342921679 series 2472119
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 toolkit240 episodes
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