154. Failure is an Opportunity not Ending, with Madeline Quinlan

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today I am honored to be joined by Madeline (Maddie) Quinlan, co-founder of Salient. Just like last week’s guest, Nuala Walsh, you’ve heard Maddie’s voice when she was part of the contingent who came on to discuss the Global Association of Applied Behavioral Scientists, or GAABS, when it first launched in the fall of 2020. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition to being head of membership and a co-founder of GAABS, in her role as a director of Salient, Maddie works as a behavioral scientist and has expertise spanning private, public, and not-for-profit organizations. She focuses primarily on the areas of finance, energy, and risk management. I also love that her bio states that she believes in “relentless betterment and radical authenticity” – great word choice!</span></p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Notes:</span></h3> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:06] In today’s episode, I’m very delighted to introduce you to Maddie Quinlan, co-founder of Salient.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:01] In addition to being head of membership and a co-founder of GAABS, in her role as a director of Salient, Maddie works as a behavioral scientist and has expertise spanning private, public, and not-for-profit organizations.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:11] Maddie shares more about who she is and what she does. She has been working exclusively as a behavioral scientist for the last three years and prior to that, she worked a lot in finance. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:26] She shares more about her leap from finance to behavioral science. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:07] She ended up leaving her job in finance to go from Canada to England to obtain her master’s degree in behavioral science from the London School of Economics. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[06:46] Melina shares her (very similar!) story about the moment she knew her destiny was in