THE DATA
Not All Stress Is the Same
Research distinguishes between two types of stress
Complex technical problems, meaningful deadlines, working towards important and high-impact goals. This kind of stress can stimulate growth and innovation.
Challenge stress
Excessive workload, unclear roles, persistent conflict, burnout. This kind of stress reduces innovation and erodes performance and most scientists becoming founders are not trained to navigate this type of stress.
Hindrance stress
A multi-level analysis by International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that while challenge stress can enhance innovation, hindrance stress significantly undermines it (He et al., 2019).
The research shows that innovation doesn’t fail because people are appropriately challenged. The data shows that individuals, and thus innovation and organizations, struggle when the strain is strain is chronic, ambiguous, or destabilizing.This is an extremely common experience in the leap from researcher to founder, and I am here to help you more efficiently navigate this kind of stress.
Read more about my approach to working with you to minimize the impact that hindrance stress has on your career and your life.
