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Lindy Elkins-Tanton

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Deep-Space Mission Leader & Author, Mission Ready

Lindy Elkins-Tanton is a professor at UC Berkeley, director of the Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, and lead of the NASA Psyche mission. She is the author of A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman. She lives in Richmond, California.

When Bad News Is Good News
May 19, 2026

When Bad News Is Good News

In this episode, we explore one of the most powerful—but counterintuitive—practices for sustaining high-performance teams: making it safe to bring bad news forward, early and often. Drawing from manufacturing history and deep...