Choosing Work That Multiplies Impact
What does it take to build a career that creates lasting impact? In this episode, Meghan Lynch sits down with Dr. Robert Langer, MIT Institute Professor and co-founder of Moderna, to explore how he’s spent decades choosing problems worth solving.
Rather than chasing incremental gains, Dr. Langer focuses on work where he sees the potential for real, far-reaching impact, and then builds teams and mentors others to extend that impact beyond what any one person could achieve alone.
It’s a conversation that connects scientific innovation to a question many leaders are asking: what’s actually worth your time, and who do you need to develop to make that work matter at scale?
Key Topics Discussed
Rather than chasing incremental gains, Dr. Langer focuses on work where he sees the potential for real, far-reaching impact, and then builds teams and mentors others to extend that impact beyond what any one person could achieve alone.
It’s a conversation that connects scientific innovation to a question many leaders are asking: what’s actually worth your time, and who do you need to develop to make that work matter at scale?
Key Topics Discussed
- Evaluate opportunities based on whether they can create meaningful, far-reaching impact
- Focus on problems with broad application across industries or markets
- Align your work with skills you can meaningfully apply and expand
- Multiply impact through mentorship and developing future leaders
- Move ideas beyond theory by ensuring real-world application and commercialization
