Latest Episodes
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117: Safety Over Spectacle – Don Lee
Listen nowDon Lee joins Why I Left to discuss the shift from stunt performer to coordinator, safety as leadership, and knowing when your relationship to risk has changed.
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116: Build a Career Around the Problem – Chike Aguh
Listen nowChike Aguh joins Brian Aquart to discuss career transitions, public service, workforce leadership, and how to build a career around the problem you are called to solve.
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115: Leaving Corporate Tech to Close the AI Access Gap – Adamaka Ajaelo
Listen nowAdamaka Ajaelo left a successful corporate career in people analytics and strategic workforce planning to build Self-eSTEM and help close the AI and STEM access gap.
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114: Leaving the Same Career Twice – Dr. Jessica Herbert
Listen nowDr. Jessica Herbert left the same career twice, first from law enforcement and later from public safety analytics, to focus on leadership, trust, and human transformation.
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113: When Work No Longer Fits Who You Are Becoming – Kjell van Zoen
Listen nowKjell van Zoen joins Why I Left to talk about identity, alignment, leadership, and the quiet cost of staying in work that no longer fits who you are becoming.
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112: Leaving Law to Reclaim Rest, Voice, and Agency with Dana T. Weekes
Listen nowDana T. Weekes shares why she left a successful legal and policy career, took a year to rest, and built Thrive Architects around voice, agency, and self-liberation.