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922: How to Reinvent Yourself and Your Career with Herminia Ibarra

Dec 11, 2023

35:37

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Herminia Ibarra, a Professor of Organisational Behaviour, shares counter-intuitive perspectives on successful career transitions. She discusses crafting 'identity experiments', figuring out the next best option, and building networks. She emphasizes the power of exploring new paths and reaching out to strangers for advice. Herminia also explores the concept of reinventing oneself and the importance of experimenting, learning, iterating, and networking to discover new opportunities.

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Craft and execute identity experiments to explore different career options and gain clarity on preferences.

Figure out your next best option by assessing attractiveness and feasibility, and actively explore different possibilities.

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Crafting and Executing Identity Experiments

One key idea discussed in the podcast episode is the importance of crafting and executing identity experiments when considering a career transition. The speaker emphasizes the need to explore different possibilities and get a taste of various options. They share a story about a person who took a sabbatical to explore their love for scuba diving as a potential career path. Through the sabbatical experience, the person realized that scuba diving as a profession might not be as enjoyable or financially viable as they initially thought. However, they were glad to have explored it fully, ultimately crossing it off their list of potential career paths.

When you don’t know what you want - Part 2, Context

00:56

Experiment and Learn - Explore Possible Selves

04:19

The Strength of Weak Ties

01:36

Introduction

3min

Memorable Career Transitions: Delightful and Disastrous

3min

Exploring New Career Paths

20min

The Power of Reaching Out to Strangers

4min

Exploring the Use Cases and Capabilities of Chad GPT

2min

Reinventing Yourself and Your Career

4min

Herminia Ibarra shares counter-intuitive perspectives on how to make successful career transitions.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to craft and execute your “identity experiments.”

2) How to figure out your next best option in two questions.

3) How to reach out and build your network .

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— ABOUT HERMINIA —

Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School. Prior to joining LBS, she served on the INSEAD and Harvard Business School faculties.

An authority on leadership and career development, Thinkers 50 ranks Herminia among the top management thinkers in the world. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network, a judge for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, a Fellow of the British Academy, and the 2018 recipient of the Academy of Management’s Scholar-Practitioner Award for her research’s contribution to management practice.

Herminia is the author of two bestselling books, Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader and Working Identity.

A native of Cuba, Herminia received her MA and PhD from Yale University, where she was a National Science Fellow.

• Book: Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career

• LinkedIn: Herminia Ibarra

• Website: HerminiaIbarra.com

• X: : @HerminiaIbarra

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes by William Bridges

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