Squiggly Careers

Squiggly Careers

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Squiggly Careers episodes

  • #598 How to understand and take action with your ambition

    In this shortcut, Helen, talks about a matrix that can help you to understand where your ambition is right now and what is the most effective action to take to support your development.

    🎯 What You'll Learn
    - that ambition is individual
    - where your ambition in today
    - what action to take to activate your ambition
    For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: [email protected]
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    3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
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    9 min
  • #597 How thinking inside the box will lead to more opportunities for your squiggly career.

    Could putting more constraints on your career actually create more possibilities?

    In this episode, Helen and Sarah borrow brilliance from David Epstein's book (Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better) to explore how choosing your own constraints can help you think differently and more creatively about your career. They experiment with constraints across six areas of career development, from learning and strengths to confidence and future possibilities.
    🎯 What You'll Learn
    – Why constraints can help you think more creatively
    – How to experiment with constraints in your career
    – How to focus your learning, strengths and values
    – How constraints can help with confidence and networking
    – How to explore your future possibilities differently
    📚Resources mentioned
    David Epstein – Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better
    https://davidepstein.com/inside-the-box/
    Adam Morgan & Mark Barden – A Beautiful Constraint
    https://www.eatbigfish.com/thinking/a-beautiful-constraint
    Squiggly Careers podcast episode #256 – You Coach You: Overcoming Constraints
    https://www.amazingif.com/listen/you-coach-you-overcoming-constraints/
    Squiggly Careers podcast episode #220 – How to Explore Your Progression Possibilities
    For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
    Need some more squiggly career support?
    1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/
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    3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
    4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/

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    43 min
  • #596 3 ways teams can learn when they are not together

    The people you work with make a significant difference to your development. In this shortcut, Sarah shares 3 ways to learn more from the people around you.

    🎯 What You'll Learn
    - the importance of showing how you work
    - why volunteering to support somone outside of your day job helps you grow
    - how next level noticing will support you to succeed in your team
    For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: [email protected]
    Need some more squiggly career support?
    1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/
    2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/
    3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
    4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/"

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    9 min
  • #595 How to Answer AI Questions in Job Interviews

    Getting ready for a job interview can feel daunting, but what happens when you have to face an AI interviewer or answer tough questions about how you use artificial intelligence?

    In this episode, Helen puts Sarah on the spot with real AI interview questions shared by the Squiggly Careers community.
    Together, they explore how AI is changing the interview experience, what interviewers might be looking for in your answers, and how you can prepare to talk confidently about how you're using and learning about AI at work.
    🎯 What You'll Learn– How AI is changing the interview experience– The AI questions you could be asked in an interview– What interviewers might be looking for in your answers– How to talk about where AI adds value and its limits– The AI questions you could ask an interviewer
    📚Resources mentioned
    - Claudia Harris on the future of AI and work: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudia-harris-obe-71793374/
    - We Are Not Machines by Sarah O’Connor: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/462159/we-are-not-machines-by-oconnor-sarah/9780241704226
    - Hannah Fry’s AI agent experiment with Cass/Cassandra: https://microblog.christhomas.co.uk/blog/hannah-fry-cass-why-ai-agents
    For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: [email protected]
    Need some more squiggly career support?
    1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/
    2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/
    3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
    4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/

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    47 min
  • #594 How to increase your autonomy

    Increasing your autonomy has a proven impact of work wellbeing and fulfilment and in this shortcut, Helen talks through 3 practical actions to help you to earn more autonomy at work.

    🎯 What You'll Learn
    - how to build trust
    - why working autonomously doesn't mean going it alone
    - the importance of owning your outcomes
    For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: [email protected]
    Need some more squiggly career support?
    1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/
    2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/
    3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
    4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/

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    7 min
  • #593 No Regret Skills: How to Get Better at Adaptability

    When things change at work, how good are you at changing how you think or act in response?

    In the second part of our No Regret Skills mini-series, Helen and Sarah turn their attention to adaptability. Sarah breaks this skill down into eight different dimensions and puts Helen through a real-life scenario to explore where her adaptability strengths are and where she could get better.
    🎯 What You'll Learn
    – The difference between flexibility and adaptability
    – The eight different dimensions of adaptability
    – How to spot your own adaptability strengths
    – Where you could get better at adapting to change
    – How to explore adaptability as a team
    For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
    Need some more squiggly career support?
    1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/
    2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/
    3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
    4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/

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    38 min
  • #592 How to look for leaders you can learn from

    The leaders you surround yourself with make a significant difference to your squiggly career. In this shortcut Sarah shares 3 ways to look for leaders to learn from and what you don't need to worry about.

    🎯 What You'll Learn
    - how to look for leaders who get stuff done
    - why spotting leaders who say I don't know is a good source of learning
    - the most curious leaders will help you to stay curious
    For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: [email protected]
    Need some more squiggly career support?
    1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/
    2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/
    3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
    4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/"

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    6 min
  • #591 No Regret Skills: How to Make Better Decisions

    With so many skills competing for our attention, how do you decide which ones are worth investing in?

    In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore the idea of 'no regret skills' – skills that will stay useful whatever the future of work looks like. In the first of this two-part series, Helen borrows brilliance from poker player and author Annie Duke to explore decision-making and shares four practical ways to get better at it.
    🎯 What You'll Learn
    – How confidence scoring can improve your decisions
    – How a truth group can challenge your thinking
    – How to decide which decisions deserve more of your time
    – How back-casting can help you make better decisions
    – Why a good decision doesn't always lead to a good outcome
    Next week, Helen and Sarah explore another no regret skill: adaptability.
    For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
    Need some more squiggly career support?
    1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/
    2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/
    3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
    4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/

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    35 min
  • #590 How to increase your impact in every meeting

    We spend a lot of our working week in meetings, but how much impact are you having when you're in them?

    In this Shortcut, Helen shares three simple ways to increase your impact in every meeting: asking a question, making a suggestion and offering a reflection. Whether you tend to stay quiet or want to make your contributions more useful, these small actions can help you show your strengths, add more value and make your presence count.
    🎯 What You'll Learn
    – How to ask better questions in meetings
    – How suggestions can move conversations forward
    – How reflections can help people think differently
    – How to make more impact in every meeting
    For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
    Need some more squiggly career support?
    1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/
    2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/
    3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
    4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/

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    5 min
  • #589 How to use the next 88 days at work wisely

    With 88 working days left until the end of the year, how will you choose to spend your time? September can bring a 'new pencil case' feeling – a useful opportunity to reset and refocus on what matters most.

    In this episode, Helen and Sarah share eight questions to help you use the rest of your working year well and wisely. Exploring priorities, time, people and skills, they reflect on their own answers and the actions they're going to take as a result.
    🎯 What You'll Learn
    – Identify your number one priority for the rest of the year and whether your diary reflects it
    – Map out the key people who will influence and support your success
    – Decide what to start or continue saying no to
    – Identify the boundaries you want to protect so you can be at your best
    – Explore five-minute favours and ways to borrow brilliance from other people
    – Choose one skill you want to get 10% better at
    – Decide what role you want AI to play in your work
    For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: [email protected]
    Need some more squiggly career support?
    1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/
    2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/
    3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
    4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/

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    41 min

About Squiggly Careers

From the publisher's feed

Squiggly Careers is a weekly podcast that will help you take control of your career development. Hosted by the founders of Squiggly Careers. (https://www.squigglycareers.com/), Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper, together they cover all things work: from how to manage stress and overcome your confidence gremlins to micro-aggressions and discovering your strengths. Each episode is full of ideas, actions, hints, and tips that you can put into practice straight away. 

Best of Squiggly Careers

Ranked by our users in the last 21 days

  1. Number 1: #592 How to look for leaders you can learn from
    6 min
  2. Number 2: #591 No Regret Skills: How to Make Better Decisions
    35 min
  3. Number 3: #590 How to increase your impact in every meeting
    5 min

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