Namrata Kala is an associate professor in applied economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She studies the value of employee training and incentives, how communities adapt to environmental change and regulation, and the returns on environmental technology investment. Here, Namrata speaks with MIT President Sally Kornbluth about the importance of soft skills training, and the benefits of being a straight shooter.

Links: 

• MIT Sloan School of Management
• ​​”J-PAL,” the Jameel Poverty Action Lab
• MIT Climate Project

Timestamps:

• (10:07 ) - Communication skills and productivity
• (13:14 ) - Building relationships to benefit climate work
• (15:29 ) - MIT’s climate efforts

Show notes and transcript:

https://news.mit.edu/podcast/podcast-curiosity-unbounded-episode-8-hard-facts-soft-skills

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