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Human behaviour: Find your voice

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Technology and practice can help shy and introverted researchers to succeed when reticence is risky.

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    An earlier version of this article misrepresented Steve Blank’s role in the NSF Innovation Corps Program. He didn’t just work with the programme, he is its architect.

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Rosen, J. Human behaviour: Find your voice. Nature 540, 157–159 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7631-157a

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