Busting career-limiting beliefs and unlocking smart, strategic action for STEM professionals

💥 Are your beliefs about being “just a scientist” quietly holding you back from the impact-driven career you actually want?

🔍 What You’ll Learn:

This episode is your wake-up call if you’re a STEMM-trained professional who feels stuck, unseen, or unsure how to translate your technical skills into a bigger mission. In this quickfire conversation, industrial designer turned MedTech founder ShanShan Wang dismantles common self-limiting beliefs and shows how to take bold, strategic steps—starting now.

• Learn why communication is one of the most powerful, underrated STEM skills when transitioning out of the lab or technical fields.

• Discover how to work smarter (not harder) by thinking big and acting strategically—yes, even from Day One.

• Get practical on what’s “good enough” to start and how to stop hiding behind the excuse of needing more time, resources, or experience.

🎯 Action:

Press play to get the mindset reset and tactical clarity you need to stop waiting and start building your own meaningful path in STEM.

Full interview : https://shows.acast.com/multiple-hats/episodes/67e61b153cc004e4537316be

🧠 About the Guest:

ShanShan Wang is an award-winning industrial designer and the founder of Roam Technologies, a MedTech startup developing a handheld oxygen device. She’s a powerful voice in the STEM entrepreneurial space who’s turned her design lens into a tool for high-impact problem solving and product innovation—without waiting for permission.

Full interview:

🔗🎧 https://shows.acast.com/multiple-hats/episodes/67e61b153cc004e4537316be

📌 Episode Highlights:

00:00 Introducing ShanShan Wang and the power of tackling limiting beliefs

01:10 What’s the most underrated transferable STEM skill? Communication.

02:45 Work smart vs work hard: how ShanShan designed for scale from Day 1

04:00 Why “my work will speak for itself” is a myth (and what to do instead)

04:45 What’s good enough to start? Three priorities and a simple to-do list

05:20 Final thoughts from Angelique

🔗 Resources Mentioned:

• Learn more about Roam Technologies: https://www.roamtech.ai

🤔 Reflection Time:

1. What’s one belief you’ve been holding about yourself that might be limiting your potential?
2. How could you reframe your “I don’t have X” excuse into a clear, doable first step?
3. Are you expecting your work to speak for itself—or are you learning how to make others care?

Full interview: https://shows.acast.com/multiple-hats/episodes/67e61b153cc004e4537316be

Want to craft a career story that opens doors?

I help STEMM professionals speak with clarity, confidence, and purpose and show up as thought leaders —so the right opportunities find you.

📬 Let’s connect: angeliquegreco.com.au | LinkedIn 

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