The Unexpected Career Podcast
Real people’s stories to inspire at every twist and turn of building a career and a life.
Did you know what you wanted to be “when you grew up” when you were small? Is that what you are doing now? Most people don’t and yet there is so much pressure at every milestone in life to know exactly what you want to be doing and make the right decision, as if there are only a few “right” ways to create a life.
While there are cultural differences and systemic barriers that create real roadblocks and heighten this pressure for some, most individual decisions do not set your fate in stone. Most people I know have found themselves in a particular industry largely by accident and have built careers from there; taking steps forward, sideways and complete pivots around great (or terrible) bosses, company cultures that encouraged (or discouraged) them, changing life circumstances and evolving values. I’m excited to share the stories of people who have built their career and life on the winding road.
The Unexpected Career Podcast
Latest Episodes
Liz Gebhard: Leaping in Ecommerce
S5E9: Liz Gebhard pursued Marketing and Journalism in university, but then built a career in ecommerce. She is now Chief Transformation and Data Officer at World of Books, and a board advisor and angel investor.
Mike Jones: The Long Journey to Innovation and Community in Payments
S5E8: Mike Jones is a senior executive in the payments and fintech industry and CEO and founder of GravityIN. Mike had a very winding path with many different jobs before ultimately finding his career in payments in his late thirties.
Svetlana Hoffmann: Transformation Across Industries and Countries
S5E7: Svetlana Hoffman is a payments executive, consultant, and entrepreneur with a background in Economics and Engineering.She can be found on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/svetlanahoffmann/
Dr. Nicola Harding: Criminologist transformed by Education
S5E6: Dr. Nicola Harding, is a criminologist and fincrime specialist, who is chief scientific officer at Tuteliq and founder and director of the Financial Crime Lab and Just for Good. Nicola went to university for the first time at 28 years old...
Vivienne Hsu: Following Her Curiosity to Venture Capital
S5E5: Vivienne Hsu started her career in Advertising before several unexpected twists brought her to Venture Capital, where she is focused on helping organisations launch, level or leap to build successful businesses. She has also been recognis...
