Tag: Career Pivot
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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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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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109: Leaving Corporate Healthcare to Finally Be Authentic – Geoffrey Roche
Listen nowGeoffrey Roche joins Why I Left to discuss leaving corporate healthcare, coming out later in life, building a personal brand, and choosing a leadership path rooted in authenticity, courage, and alignment.
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108: How Gretchen Andrew Hacked Her Way Into the Whitney – Gretchen Andrew
Listen nowArtist Gretchen Andrew shares how she left Google with $5,000, taught herself art online, hacked search engines as artistic expression, and eventually landed in the Whitney Museum collection.
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104: Why High Achievers Choose Alignment Over Status – Aundrea Cline-Thomas
Listen nowAundrea Cline-Thomas shares why she left a successful journalism career to pursue alignment, identity, and purpose on her own terms.
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103: Why a PayPal Executive Walked Away to Lead Differently – Farah Hussain
Listen nowFormer PayPal executive Farah Hussain shares the moment she realized corporate success wasn’t enough and how she built a new path as a leadership coach.