Hidden Figures author Margot Lee Shetterly on reframing the stories we tell | ReThinking with Adam Grant

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🗓️ 18 February 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Margot Lee Shetterly used to be an investment banker, a business owner and a content marketing and editorial consultant. Now she's the author of the number-one New York Times bestseller "Hidden Figures," which chronicles the challenges and contributions of the Black women who worked at NASA from the 1930s through the 1960s. In this episode of ReThinking with Adam Grant, another episode from the TED Audio Collective, Margot and Adam talk about the process of finding and researching the story behind 'Hidden Figures," how to navigate career transitions and why reframing familiar tales creates more complex and compelling narratives. Transcripts for ReThinking are available at go.ted.com/RWAGscripts

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1:16.0	Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick.
1:20.0	I'm an organizational psychologist,
1:22.0	and I'm taking you inside the minds of
1:23.6	fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
1:27.2	My guest today is Margot Lee Shederley. She's best known as the author of Hidden Figures,
1:37.0	a hugely influential book turned movie about the black women mathematicians at NASA who were responsible for some of the key calculations
1:45.0	in the space race.
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