Lena and Eli explore why technical skills fail when transforming people, diving into the psychology of resistance, culture-individual connections, and practical strategies for leading adaptive change in engineering contexts.

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Lena: Hey everyone, welcome to another personalized episode from BeFreed! I'm Lena, and I'm absolutely thrilled to dive into something that's been on my mind constantly-how we actually transform people, especially in engineering contexts.
Eli: And I'm Eli! Lena, I can already feel the energy around this topic. When we talk about engineering transformation of people, we're really talking about something much deeper than just changing processes or implementing new tools, aren't we?
Lena: Exactly! It's fascinating because engineers are trained to solve technical problems, but when it comes to transforming people-whether it's their teams, their organizations, or even themselves-suddenly all those technical skills don't quite apply the same way.