Change, Technically

Feb 10 2025 8 ep. 37 mins 52
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Ashley Juavinett, PhD and Cat Hicks, PhD explore technical skills, the science of innovation, STEM pathways, and our beliefs about who gets to be technical—so you can be a better leader and we can all build a better future.

Ashley, a neuroscientist, and Cat, a psychologist for software teams, tell stories of change from classrooms to workplaces.

Also, they're married.

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Stepping out of the silo

Feb 10 2025 43 mins  
How do human beings work together and learn to be, well, human? Stepping out of our comfortable and cozy silos and learning to communicate our value in new contexts might just be the key to unlocking shared innovation. In this episode, we explore this question with Cristine Legare, a psychology professor at the University of Texas at Austin interested in the interplay of the univer

The NIH pays off beyond our dreams

Jan 25 2025 34 mins  
In a special edition of Change, Technically, Ashley and Cat get into the facts of the NIH: what it does, how it works, and the consequences of disrupting its essential work. The NIH creates enormous economic impact, 400,000 jobs across the US, and sets science in motion that touches all of us. How to contact your representatives: Dial (202) 224-3121Tell autoresponder your represent

The magic of little boxes

Jan 04 2025 21 mins  
In this special 'Change, Technically: Holidays On The Couch' edition of the podcast, Ashley & Cat discuss their philosophies of measurement and goal tracking, debate the value of data, and ponder the behavioral science of doing the stuff we resolve to do. Notes: Cat & Ashley mention this essay: https://issues.org/limits-of-data-nguyen/ Show correction: Ashley wrongly said t

Open science: hope is other people

Dec 10 2024 36 mins  
Much like open source software, open science is a path to distributed collaboration. By sharing the data from experiments and investigations open and available, scientists can multiply impact and discovery for teams they've never even met. Our guest, Saskia de Vries, talks to us about her work at the Allen Institute, including accelerating the pace of discovery by making scientific

What really matters in software?

Nov 11 2024 46 mins  
Can creativity mean more for software than productivity? Do we need to let go of “hardcore developer stuff”? Will getting more people to major in computer science fix everything? Ashley and Cat chat with Change, Technically’s first guest star SUE SMITH about developer learning and the future of software teams as technology changes. Credits Sue Smith, guest Ashley Juavinett, h

What’s neuroscience got to do with it?

Sep 06 2024 36 mins  
Neuroscience is the hottest STEM field. Why? What does a neuroscientist actually do? Is the brain some mechanically deterministic box configured at birth? Cat knows Ashley has the answers, and now you will, too. Credits Ashley Juavinett, host + producer Cat Hicks, host + producer Danilo Campos, producer + editor For an incisive breakdown of “the crimes against dopamine” please

Who's technical?

Aug 30 2024 40 mins  
What makes someone technical? What are our preconceptions about "technical" skills? How do those beliefs influence outcomes, and the success of who we include? Ashley and Cat dig in. Credits Ashley Juavinett, host + producer Cat Hicks, host + producer Danilo Campos, producer + editor On Communities of Practice, Ashley has published a paper on the impact of the program she co-direct

You can do it, too

Aug 23 2024 37 mins  
What does it take to make STEM work more accessible and effective? Ashley and Cat introduce their work and their values by answering this question. Credits Ashley Juavinett, host + producer Cat Hicks, host + producer Danilo Campos, producer + editor Ashley on teaching coding to neuroscientists: Juavinett, A. L. (2022). The next generation of neuroscientists needs to learn how to co