Following A Spark and Owning Your Career with Google's Jenny Wood

Taking risks, being vulnerable, and seeking help are often the initial actions required to pursue your aspirations. In this episode of The Future of Teamwork, Dane Groeneveld, the host, discusses taking charge of your career with Jenny Wood, the founder of Google's Own Your Career initiative. The duo explores the idea that working in teams provides a fresh opportunity to transform oneself, establishing psychological safety in collaborative settings, and acknowledging that development and advancement can stem from sources other than the upper echelons of an organization.

Episode Highlights:

• [00:10 - 03:51] Jenny Wood and the Own Your Career program she founded at Google
• [03:53 - 06:24] Going after what you want, and psychological safety
• [06:27 - 09:11] How Jenny's Own Your Career program creates frameworks for safety and team building
• [09:23 - 12:14] Open dialogue and the power of addressing awkward conversations early
• [12:18 - 17:16] How growth opportunities flow at Google from Jenny's Own Your Career program
• [17:17 - 19:25] Working in teams is a chance to reinvent yourself each time
• [19:27 - 22:04] The opportunity to own your past and reinvention
• [23:01 - 27:43] Setting agendas with leadership and your manager's manager
• [27:43 - 30:47] Leaders who invite conversations, availability, and collaboration
• [30:47 - 34:38] Progress and leadership beyond the organizational chart
• [34:40 - 37:13] Learning to ask for help is vital to building relationships
• [37:22 - 40:58] Where technology plays a part of the team and helps people elevate their careers