In science, as in all activities, sometimes you learn more than you are aware of while carrying them out. Keeping your eyes open as you go can be an incredibly valuable way to garner extra knowledge… as in this case example, where collaborating on a paper led to me pondering handovers, organisational risk, and how to strategically manage groups to mitigate that risk. Continue reading Musings on handover through nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond.
Category: Soft skills
The skills you gain in science, sometimes without realising it — and all too often, what you need to survive outside as well.
Lessons from writing my first paper
Now that I’m supervising students of my own, who are writing their first papers, I think it’s timely that I reflect on some of the things I learned from mine — whether the easy way, or the hard way… Continue reading Lessons from writing my first paper