This week I'm joined by Mike Burkly for a truly inspirational conversation about his life, work and study. Mike completed an MBA at Durham University Business School in the late 80s and has spent almost his entire career since working on humanitarian projects around the world. He's been with USAID since 1997 and is now Director of International Security Programs, currently contributing to their work on the global coronavirus pandemic from his base in Washington DC.

In this episode we discuss the impact an MBA had on Mike's work in the non-profit sector, and how a strong knowledge of business, particularly in marketing, was instrumental to many of the programs he worked on later around the world. We discuss the importance of finding a career that aligns with your values, and how he knew by the end of his MBA that he "wanted nothing to do with business".

This is a special one and gives a completely different perspective on the "traditional" MBA career path.