In this episode of 5to9, I had a chat with Kaitlin Maud, a strategist artist, strategist, and activist.

Always having the audacity to carve a path that’s in integrity to her values, Kaitlin started her self-employment journey 5 years into her career and since then has operated as a freelancer, consulting for brands like Nike, Beats by Dre, and Google, founded a consultancy with partners (then eventually left the company), done 3 Tedx talks, was featured in the book Company of One by Paul Jarvis and been a vocal agent for change in the communications industry.

We talked about why she thinks self-employment is more sustainable than a corporate job, what career growth looks like when you work for yourself, different seasons in her work, how boundaries is about creating space, what to think about when you start a business, and more hot takes!

This is Kaitlin Maud for 5to9.