Carmen Varela, Research Scientist
Enrollment: To sign up, please email: carmenv@mit.edu
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Priority will be given to participants that can attend all sessions
Prereq: None. Particularly suitable for postdocs and Jr. faculty
The business and academic worlds are often seen as involving fairly different cultures and work styles. Yet the way successful companies like Google, Apple, or Pixar approach management, creativity, or the organization and motivation of their workforce may be applicable and beneficial to academic scientific practice. Through readings and discussions, we will explore and reflect on the approaches that business schools and companies take to address issues (management, team dynamics, creativity) that are essential components of research practice. The overall goal of these reading/discussion sessions is to work together on a series of business-related readings in order to learn about and discuss strategies used in the business world to address issues that, while important in neuroscience, are often ignored in academic labs and training schools.
Readings will be distributed on Monday each week for group discussion on Thursday. The topics for each Thursday will be as follows:
Week 1. Management and Leadership: Academia vs Business
Week 2. Recruitment, Motivation, and Team Dynamics
Week 3. Creativity and Innovation
Sponsor(s): Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Contact: Carmen Varela, 46-5233, 617-501-6261, carmenv@mit.edu
| Jan/11 | Mon | 05:30PM-06:00PM | 46-4062 |
| Jan/15 | Fri | 05:30PM-07:00PM | 46-4062 |
| Jan/22 | Fri | 05:30PM-07:00PM | 46-4062 |
| Jan/29 | Fri | 05:30PM-07:00PM | 46-4062 |