Herminia Ibarra, author of "Working Identity," talks about career reinvention, expanding networks, leveraging past skills, and navigating the AI revolution. She emphasizes the importance of networking with "loose ties" and adopting a portfolio approach to work.
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Career Reinvention is Discovery
Career reinvention is a discovery process, not a straight change from A to B.
Starting with what you don’t want can help you explore and find what truly interests you.
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Start With Side Projects
Start career change by exploring outside your usual network and trying new things.
Gain experience and vocabulary through side projects or hobbies before full transition.
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Eight Years of Dual Careers
A woman worked as a business manager while building a high-end jewelry gallery on the side.
She managed double duties for eight years before turning her passion into a viable career.
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Have you ever dreamed of starting again? Maybe after 5, 10, 15 years in the same field, your heart’s just not in it anymore. Today’s guest wrote her bookbased on years of interviews with professionals in this exact position. Herminia Ibarra’s Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career breaks down the process of career reinvention, giving readers the tools to identify their next steps towards a more fulfilling career. Herminia has a PhD in Organizational Behavior from Yale University and teaches this subject as a professor at London Business School. Today, Herminia sits down with Jessi to break down the three ways of “working identity” and leveraging them to achieve your new career goals.
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