Jessi Levine, a creative director at a Kansas City, Mo., technology company, could feel strangers’ eyes on her. She felt uncomfortable and awkward, she said, but energized, too.

She took a breath. She popped the small cube of cheese into her mouth, and chewed.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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