Stop Fixing Your People. Fix the Work. | Mylena Maulepes

The Bigger Stage w/ Matt Stone · Sep 26, 2026 · 48m

Everyone told Mylena Maulepes not to bother applying to Harvard. She applied anyway. Now she helps companies beat burnout by fixing how the work is designed, not by asking people to be more resilient.--Everyone told Mylena Maulepes not to bother applying to Harvard. She was Brazilian, English wasn't her first language, and she already had offers from other schools. She turned them down and applied anyway. A few months later, an email arrived at work: "Welcome to Harvard."Mylena started out as a mechanical engineer on a truck engine line, went on to earn a master's in industrial-organizational…