Applied Thinking: Dr. Jayshree Seth on Innovation, Advocacy, and the Science of Impact

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The Double X Effect: Trailblazing Women Redefining Our World

Shripriya Kalbhavi

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Society & Culture

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Applied Thinking: Dr. Jayshree Seth on Innovation, Advocacy, and the Science of Impact

The Double X Effect: Trailblazing Women Redefining Our World

59 minutes 53 seconds

8 months ago

Applied Thinking: Dr. Jayshree Seth on Innovation, Advocacy, and the Science of Impact

In this episode, I talked to Dr. Jayshree Seth, a scientist who is changing lives through her science advocacy and innovation. For more episodes, visit ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/thedoublexeffect⁠⁠.

Jayshree Seth is a Corporate Scientist at 3M and currently holds 80 patents for a variety of innovations, with several additional pending. She joined 3M in 1993 after an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York. She is a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from her alma mater REC Trichy India, now NIIT Trichy, where she earned a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering. Jayshree was appointed 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate in 2018 and is using her scientific knowledge, technical expertise and professional experience to advance science, communicate its benefits and the importance of STEM fields to drive innovation.

She is also a member of Carlton Society which is the 3M Science and Innovation “Hall of Fame.” Jayshree is the fourth woman and first female engineer to be inducted. In 2020, she was awarded Society of Women Engineers (SWE) highest Achievement Award. She is also the first-ever winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the new Female Thought Leaders of the Year – category in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in 2021. In 2025 she was named to the prestigious Thinkers50 Radar list featuring 30 people those whose ideas will help shape the future of organizations and leadership.

Jayshree is a TEDx speaker and was also featured in a docuseries titled Not the Science Type that premiered during the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and accepted for Brand Storytelling Showcase, a sanctioned event at Sundance Film Festival. She is the author of the books The Heart of Science – Engineering Footprints, Fingerprints, & Imprints, The Heart of Science – Engineering Fine Print and The Heart of Science – Engineering Blueprint published by the Society of Women Engineers, and all sales proceeds of the trilogy go to a scholarship for women in STEM.

You can also listen to her song, Life is like a donut... | Play it Forward, which she mentioned in the episode! It is a wonderful song and truly reflective of our modern society.