How to nurture scientists Individual and community stewardship - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

How to nurture scientists Individual and community stewardship Saskia van der Vies VU University Medical Center Amsterdam 14 ¡April ¡2015 ¡

How to nurture scientists Individual and community stewardship ??? What we want and what we do not want “Surviving” in the situation Who/What nurtures

How to nurture scientists Environment ! - freedom, money, little bureaucracy, inspiring people, nice office, (lab) equipment, transparency Attitude! - I have to make do? - active versus passive Happiness! - What makes me (individual) and others (community) tick

Individual and Community Stewardship Stewardship (originally) Made up of the tasks of a domestic steward from stig (house, hall) and weard (ward, guardian, keeper) Stewardship (nowadays) Acceptance or assignment of responsibility to shepherd (steer, direct, drive) and safeguard the valuables of others

Community and Practice 1. Common purpose – challenge and vision 2. Mutual engagement – contribution and commitment 3. Shared experiences – trust and reciprocity, individual versus community narrative Modfied ¡from ¡Wengen ¡1998 ¡

Community stewardship NC 3 sharing Alter activities sharing enhance capacity information mutual benefit resources of other partners Networking X Coordination X X Cooperation X X X Collaboration X X X X

Interdisciplinary Research/Education • Growing and learning TOGETHER • All individuals should be “on board” • Get to know “the others” • Do you know that the message that you “send” is also “heard and understood” !! Check – check – check …………

Remember Albert Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt ( 1893 – 1986 ) Hungarian physiologist Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 Discovery of vitamin C & reactions of the citric acid cycle Refused to submit government grants which required him to provide minute details on exactly how he intended to spend the research dollars and what he expected to fin d ¡ "Think boldly, don't be afraid of making mistakes, don't miss small details, keep your eyes open, and be modest in everything except your aims.”