The leader of NASAs Psyche mission has tips for interplanetary team building
News Source : Scientific American
News Summary
- The leader of NASA’s Psyche mission has tips for interplanetary team building.
- Lindy Elkins-Tanton, principal investigator of the mission, explains in her new book how lessons from interplanets can help people solve problems together.
- She says maintaining calm in a high-pressure situation is a teachable skill and can be unlearned.
- Her book outlines what leading the mission taught her about creating successful teams and provides a framework for others to develop their leadership skills.
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