Priya, the Hyderabad Professor Who Didn't Know She Looked Cautious
A Hyderabad university professor thought of herself as innovative. Her peers saw her as cautious and slow to change. The Elbaek Model showed her the gap — and what she did next changed how her students and colleagues saw her.
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