Change, Technically
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.
Podcasting since 2024 • 11 episodes
Change, Technically
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You deserve better brain research
SHOW NOTES:For an example of a consideration of learning with information searching, a paper by Saskia Giebl and co-authors explored students learning basic programming concepts aided with a search engine and how active problem-so...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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52:43
Dire wolves and bullshitters
More reading & sources:Fantastic article which echos many of our arguments here: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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41:23
Who's afraid of math?
SHOW NOTES: Cat wants you to know she read a *lot* of research for this episode. Major highlights we specifically drew from, and quote sources, were aross three reviews: Cat found this one especially helpful and refers...
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53:16
Stepping out of the silo
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, w...
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43:20
The NIH pays off beyond our dreams
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, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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