Dr. Mary K Haas’ Post

It was a wonderful day at the MIT Energy Initiative discussing the role of hydrogen in the energy transition, as well the emerging possibility of geologic generation. Thank you to Robert Stoner for the invite and Dirk Smit for moderating. Innovation is one of the keys to making clean technology accessible and affordable to the entire world. I remain optimistic, seeing progress across a wide range of impactful technologies. Some of the best minds are pouring their efforts into driving the energy transition - I'm grateful to and inspired by each of them. I enjoyed catching up with colleagues and hearing perspectives from new acquaintances. What an amazing time to be part of Breakthrough Energy and the fundamental science, partnerships, and acceleration of technologies in the energy transition. (photos by Gretchen Ertl)

Carbon Removal was a hot topic at the 2022 Breakthrough Energy Summit in Seattle. Sustaera was proud to join an esteemed panel on the topic as a representative of Direct Air Capture technology. The IPCC highlights the scale of the challenge: projecting that preventing warming above 1.5C requires around 6 GtCO2 of atmospheric CO2 removal per year by 2050, on top of accelerated adoption of renewable energy and industry decarbonization. Our passion for a product that matters is what defines us at Sustaera. #BESummit2022 #carbonremoval #directaircapture

I am lucky in my life to have a circle of close colleagues who truly find joy in each other's successes. We are stronger when we build each other up and cheer each other on. We also get more done! A leader needs a big enough ego to have the confidence to lead others. At the same time, we owe it to our teams to keep an eye on that ego and stay self-reflective... to actively squash that little voice that sometimes wants to take others down a peg to feel better about ourselves. No matter how hard that might be. We all have it, we're only human, afterall. It's one of my personal goals this year to pay attention to finding joy in other's successes. I believe we can purposely build that freudenfreude* into the teams we lead, and into our business cultures. It's certainly worth the experiment. *See freudenfreude in Brené Brown, Atlas of the Heart

This week an executive recruiter asked me "what legacy did you leave behind at your prior company?". First, I love getting interview questions that I haven't heard before. I'm totally using that one in future hiring. Second, what a good topic to pause for reflection. When I heard the word "legacy", I thought of the various individuals I had a role in developing and coaching. Did they become stronger leaders through interacting with me? Did I pay forward my insights into unspoken corporate culture, that are often so hard-earned? Did I check my own ego and develop the people who I knew could go on to surpass me? I was lucky to receive many personal notes from colleagues when I announced my career change. There is one that stands out for me .... "I want to thank you for showing me the very best side of what I could strive to be". My kids recently discovered my Technology Innovation Award Trophy in the basement. I'm proud of it, but at some point it made its way into storage and inevitably became a footnote. On the other hand, that message from my team member is scotch taped to the wall near my home office desk. Building a next generation of leaders is about more than shareholder returns and business continuity. We honor our own grit, life lessons, failures, and triumphs when we purposely leave the blazed pathway wide open behind us and mark the trail for safe passage.

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