Activating Innovation: Leveraging Growth Mindset to Improve Quantum Advancements

Date: October 27, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm
Webinars

Join us on October 27 at 3 pm ET | 2 pm CT | 1 pm MT | 12 pm PT

In a field where the playbook is still being written and almost everyone is learning on the job, the belief that talent is fixed is a liability you can’t afford. It screens out the people the industry needs most: the physicist-turned-engineer, the career changer, the strong collaborator who doesn’t fit the “genius” mold. Drawing on Carol Dweck’s research on “growth mindset,” this session shows how leaders can replace “natural genius” thinking to build highly productive, innovative teams where potential, learning, and recovery from failure are rewarded. You’ll leave with concrete practices to try in your organization this week.

Meet the Presenters

Dr. Catherine Ashcraft

Director of Organizational Research & Change
Senior Research Scientist 

Center for Technology Workforce Innovation
College of Engineering & Applied Science
University of Colorado, Boulder
https://ncwit.org/profile/catherine-ashcraft-ph-d/

A headshot of Catherine Ashcraft smiling at the camera

Dr. Brad McLain

Director of Corporate Identity & Culture 
Center for Technology Workforce Innovation
Managing Director of the Center for STEM Learning
College of Engineering & Applied Science
University of Colorado, Boulder
https://ncwit.org/profile/brad-mclain-ph-d/

A photo of Brad McLain standing with water and trees in the background.

About the Center for Technology Workforce Innovation

The Center for Technology Workforce Innovation (CTWI)’s mission is to build the technology workforce of the future by supporting organizations and initiatives that strengthen and expand the nation’s technology talent pool (K-12 through career).

We accomplish this by providing program management, project management, operational oversight, research, and evaluation services to both on-campus and off-campus partners.

About Elevate Quantum

Quantum technologies will be as important to the next century as semiconductors were to the last, and Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming are leading the way to build them. Since 2000, Colorado’s scientists alone have earned four Nobel Prizes for groundbreaking work on quantum science and the region is home to more quantum organizations, companies and jobs than anywhere else in the country.

Elevate Quantum is a Designated TechHub by the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration and boasts the largest regional consortium in America. The consortium of 120 organizations works to ensure that the region remains the global epicenter for Quantum by helping turn cutting-edge research into world-changing companies, facilitating a vibrant startup and scale-up ecosystem and building a strong workforce.

Elevate Quantum’s mission is simple: Dramatically accelerate the pace of commercialization in quantum.

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