Pioneering Leadership with Jennifer Doudna and Esther Duflo

Today’s changing world faces continuous social, economic, and environmental
challenges—from disease to natural disaster to war. The leaders stepping up to solve these
issues possess deep ambition, vision, and skills to bring their ideas to life.
In this episode, host Gautam Mukunda speaks with Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., Professor of
Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley and Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry
and Esther Duflo, Ph.D., Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at MIT
and Nobel Prize Winner in Economic Sciences. Together, they discuss how great leaders can
pioneer breakthroughs and effectively enact change—from discovery to implementation.
Resources: 
Poor Economics by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
“There are so many things I kind of wish I had known early in my career, but the big ones for me
are, first and foremost, that each person is an individual and has their own sets of passions,
strengths, weaknesses, desires.” – Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry and
Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley
“Try to avoid micromanaging people. You get much more done if you can trust someone to run
with it.” – Esther Duflo, Ph.D., Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at
MIT 
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