In this great episode, I had the pleasure to talk in person with Sonia Ferreira(LinkedIn) from Portugal, who works for the Maersk Group in a strategic and customer solutions sales role, and is also an investment advisor as well as a volunteer for women in business. We discussed how you can be the startup in a large enterprise.  

We also talked about the challenges faced in large organisations when trying to implement change; we discussed what the right mindset is; being a lifelong student; and more, here is some takeaways from the episode:  

✏️ Always keep a curious mind and challenge yourself to do things that make you uncomfortable   

✏️ Be true to yourself. You have to know who you are and what you strive for as an individual  

✏️ Surround yourself with like-minded people within the organisation that will challenge you as a person  

✏️ Take care of yourself in terms of how you evolve as a professional, develop yourself and learn skills outside of the company that will motivate you back into your workplace  

✏️ If you want to be the startup in a large enterprise, you need to build that community which shares your ways of thinking and remember if you really believe in something, and you have the vision and drive, you can do anything, but if you do it alone it will be much harder to create change in an organisation.  

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