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Sanita, thanks for joining us today. It's wonderful to be here. Thank you for inviting me.

Yes, and it is our pleasure to have you. So how would you get us started by telling us a little bit

about yourself and what you do? Sure, absolutely. I am a physician-turned

organizational psychologist, and I study compliance, defiance, influence, advice, and authority.

And I've studied that for many decades now. Starting first in the medical context, of course,

then then spreading out to many different

industries and areas and really now just interpersonal relationships. Anytime we have an

interpersonal relationship, I look at helping people reclaim their agency and speak up when

they often feel forces that keep them mute and silent.

There is so much to explore already.

Now, before we get into some of that, I heard through the rumor mill that you perhaps may have

written a book.

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