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Ep 75: [Republish] Pooja Jesrani : The Flight Director at NASA
NASA’s first South Asian female flight director, Pooja Jesrani has a unique lens on building inclusive environments in high stakes circumstances.
As one of the 24 NASA Flight Directors, apart from guiding mission control Pooja is responsible for managing operations for all human spaceflight programs including the International Space Station (ISS), a habitable artificial satellite and microgravity laboratory that is maintained as a multinational collaborative project.
Pooja has managed life support and motion control systems on the ISS and has also been a capsule communicator (CAPCOM), speaking directly with the astronauts in space.
Recently, Pooja has been working to integrate mission operations for the upcoming commercial crew flights.
Key themes emerging out of our conversation:
Bringing authenticity and vulnerability to leadership.
Importance of building relationships as Individuals vs team members.
Finding the balance, you can't have it all.
Mentoring and Supporting other women.
Setting your reputation at get go.
Connect with Enma Popli on Linkedin:
>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/enmapopli/
Visit Enma Popli's website
>> http://www.enmapopli.com/
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By Enma PopliNASA’s first South Asian female flight director, Pooja Jesrani has a unique lens on building inclusive environments in high stakes circumstances.
As one of the 24 NASA Flight Directors, apart from guiding mission control Pooja is responsible for managing operations for all human spaceflight programs including the International Space Station (ISS), a habitable artificial satellite and microgravity laboratory that is maintained as a multinational collaborative project.
Pooja has managed life support and motion control systems on the ISS and has also been a capsule communicator (CAPCOM), speaking directly with the astronauts in space.
Recently, Pooja has been working to integrate mission operations for the upcoming commercial crew flights.
Key themes emerging out of our conversation:
Bringing authenticity and vulnerability to leadership.
Importance of building relationships as Individuals vs team members.
Finding the balance, you can't have it all.
Mentoring and Supporting other women.
Setting your reputation at get go.
Connect with Enma Popli on Linkedin:
>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/enmapopli/
Visit Enma Popli's website
>> http://www.enmapopli.com/