Becoming a boundary spanner: Mastering the path of the scientist change-maker

So, you’re taking a path that is becoming increasingly common: thriving as a boundary-spanning scientist. As a practitioner working at the intersection of diverse communities, including the philanthropic, decision-making, and non-profit sectors, you quickly learn to navigate many worlds simultaneously, connecting diverse people and organizations, acting as instigator, innovator, and problem solver. Developing professional mastery as a boundary spanner is a lifelong adventure, and can include everything from cultivating an appreciation for conflict and resistance as signs of change to valuing your own subjective, emotional, embodied experience in your work.