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TheBridge profile: Laura Manley

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Name: Laura Manley

Current city: Cambridge, MA

Current job: Director, Technology and Public Purpose Project at Harvard Kennedy Center’s Belfer Center

Past job: Co-Founder, Center for Open Data Enterprise

Q. Favorite spot for a coffee meeting? Anywhere outside. Bonus points if we can get a view of the water.

Q. Describe how a skill you learned in a previous job helped you in your current job. That trusting your team and always giving people the benefit of the doubt works out in the end.

Q. Job advice in three words? Shatter the ceiling.

Q. How are you (or your company, org, nonprofit) currently bridging the gap between politics and tech / innovation and regulation? We develop policy briefs, trainings, and recommendations on how to integrate public purpose into the development, management, and regulation of emerging technologies.

Q. What can innovators learn from policymakers? How to balance exciting new ideas and products with more thoughtful considerations how their work might impact society.

Q. What can policymakers learn from innovators? How to reimagine solutions to our biggest societal challenges.

Q. Favorite book/podcast/long-form article you recommend? Art of Happiness

Q. Everyday is probably different, but can you describe a "day in the life" of your job?

  • Weekly stand-up with the team and quick discussion of recent events.

  • Working on a policy briefing related to our recent work on a tech and public purpose (e.g. congressional science and tech capacity)

  • Speaking with experts, stakeholders, students, and others about our work and how to get involved.

Q. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself in the beginning of your career? There is no single correct path to success and professional fulfillment.

Q. What's one piece of advice you are still trying to master? Each week, block time on your calendar to just reflect and write.

Q. Best advice you’ve received? Deep expertise in process, management, and leadership is just as valuable as deep expertise in a specific topical area.

Q. How do you unwind after work? Long bike rides and binging on the Bachelor.


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