Personality is a key ingredient in Sian's personal brand, and in this episode Sian shares her story of how her personality and curiosity  has bridged a career from librarian to landing a corporate role in information governance, speaking opportunities and how she maintains a balance between corporate life and staying creative.

Links mentioned:

Australian Library and Information Association

Records & Information Management Professional Development Australasia

Women’s Circus

LinkedIn - Sian Sewell

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Amanda Ting  shares her story about how a decision she made in her final year of university in a science degree, ended up being the launch pad of a career that spanned design, marketing, and information technology. 

Despite not knowing what she wanted to do in her career, Amanda has overcome her own fears and built a strong personal brand for  "making things happen".  

Her ability to navigate ambiguity and openness to trying many different paths has ultimately led her to be highly sought-after in her industry and opened doors to shaping her own career opportunities.

LinkedIn - Amanda Ting

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I share why it’s a good idea to set up your LinkedIn as a digital portfolio, and a few tips you could do to turn a profile that probably looks like an online version of your resume into a digital portfolio.

Use your digital portfolio to showcase your talent stack, build credibility.... and imagine if this was visible to someone in your network who's looking for someone like you!

Links mentioned in this episode:

Content Mind Map 

Tutorial on how to add links to your LinkedIn profile 

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I share 3 ways I’ve experimented with augmenting my reading list with a modern learning approach - where I learn about big ideas from a wider range of books without having to actually feel overwhelmed about getting through what i”m already struggling to finish reading.   I also share which of these 3 approaches work best for me, and which ones not so much.

Add your favourite culture books to my LinkedIn thread!

Books mentioned in this episode (affiliate links)

An Everyone Culture - Robert Kegan & Lisa Lahey

Power of Moments - Chip and Dan Heath

Dare to Lead - Brene Brown

Culture Code - Daniel Coyle

Radical Candor - by Kim Scott

Building a StoryBrand - by Donald Miller

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team - by Patrick Lencioni

Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get out of your own way - by Steven Pressfield

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The skills we need to stay relevant in the future are rapidly changing.   Gone are the days when education is a once a done thing, and instead we should be thinking about future proofing our talent stack to adapt to the jobs in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

In this episode, I explore 3 future proof skills and how these can help guide you in deciding how to evolve your talent stack.

1. Transdisciplinarity -  the ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines.

2. Learning how to learn - inspired by Dom Price from Atlassian

3. Cognitive load management -  the ability to filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximise cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and techniques

To view the expanded list of future proof skills and their sources, check out my LinkedIn Post "Future of Work: 5 questions we should ask ourselves".  

Storytelling with Data - by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

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I share 3 lessons from helping 3 people successfully land new jobs this year - all of which were promotions into different areas from where they were previously.

The 3 people came from very different paths and the journey to get to their career leap was also over different lengths of time with their fair share of challenge in between.

It’s so easy to jump into assumptions about how people land promotions - because what most people see is only what’s visible on the surface.

So I thought I’d take the opportunity to share with you 3 things I learned from helping these 3 people.  A little behind the scenes on the preparation involved in putting their best feet forward to land these opportunities.

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September in numerology symbolises the final act for what you’ve been working on since the beginning of the year.

It's a time of transition where we come face to face with the lessons and challenges  this year, so we can wrap up and prepare for the new lessons and challenges that the new year will bring.

In this episode, we dive into a reflective practice checking in on your journey in building your talent stack, what you've learned this year and what this means for setting yourself up for the runway into next year.

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Being clear about what your zone of genius is & being able to define it helps you become clearer in how you communicate & invite others to connect and collaborate with you.

If you’re someone who struggles to frame your own elevator pitch because you’re interested in way too many things, and this is having a flow on effect in helping you make career decisions, then after listening to this episode, check out my program "Leap into Your Purpose".

Find out how I went through in finding the missing pieces of the puzzle in helping me launch new ideas that make up my portfolio career and bring my purpose to life.

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Hima Tk is the founder of InquiBox, an education startup based in Melbourne. Prior to starting her startup, she worked as a management consultant, technology consultant and software engineer across Asia, USA and Australia. 

In today’s episode, we discuss Hima's proactive approach to seeing opportunities outside of work to add skills to her talent stack, her perspective on learning since making the switch from corporate to entrepreneur, and her take on future-proofing your skillset to adapt to the jobs of the future. 

Hima has won several startup pitches, so I also squeezed in a question to find out what she’s found as the ingredients of a successful pitch.  

Inquibox

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Gary Andrews is a Content Director at Mercer Bell, where he looks after everything from content strategy to content creation for major brands such as Toyota, Purina and Pernod Ricard.  Gary originally trained as a journalist and since then has worked across the communications disciples, taking in PR, marketing, online content and social media. He’s worked for the BBC and ITV in the UK, where he helped develop the broadcaster’s first social media unit.

In this episode Gary shares his perspective on:

How his career in content creation has evolved with digital transformation

What's next for digital marketing in the future of work

Content tips for raising your profile on LinkedIn 

How to engage your employees more effectively through digital media

Fostering creativity in the workplace

Connect with Gary Andrews online:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/garyandrews

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyllewellynandrews/

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