The Generalist World Pod

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  Take ‘Chief of Staff’ off the pedestal 12.08.2026 27min

  Courtenary Hallwood on generalist superpowers, learning through discomfort, and self-belief. 📚What You'll Learn How to build self-belief through proving capability to yourself, not through external validation Why generalists are uniquely positioned to ...
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  Don't fit the template 06.08.2026 51min

  Sakshi Shukla on narrative depth, human solutions, and the long game. 📚What You'll Learn Why story is the first technology and how every business is fundamentally a narrative inviting people into a new reality How transferable skills from working acros...
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  Learning as a transformational tool 23.07.2026 43min

  Eva Košćak on distilling knowledge, personal perspective, and what makes learning stick. 📚What You'll Learn The framework for finding and owning your point of view: Known, Own, Tone How to distill expertise into digestible, actionable learning without ...
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  Get comfortable being uncomfortable 15.07.2026 39min

  Aliénor ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali%C3%A9nor-hunter/ ) ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali%C3%A9nor-hunter/ )Hunter ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali%C3%A9nor-hunter/ ) on getting comfortable speaking, breaking the cycle of avoidance, and and accep...
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  You can do anything, but not everything 10.07.2026 22min

  Supanuch Yik ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/supanuch/ ) on decision-making, co-creation, and finding purpose across borders. 📚What You'll Learn How generalists and connectors bridge communication gaps between specialists by using active listening and cl...
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  Choosing people over job titles 03.07.2026 34min

  Chavi Pande on collaborators, removing metrics, and letting things unfold. 📚What You'll Learn Emergence as a design philosophy that extends far beyond products into process, work, and decision-making Why team culture and people matter infinitely more t...
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  Keep your hobbies or lose yourself 10.06.2026 37min

  Rachel Fenton ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-fenton/ ) on the messiness of pivots, curiosity as the thread, and making things with your hands. 📚What You'll Learn Why staying connected to multiple identities and hobbies is essential insurance agai...
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  If it sucks, you can leave; the world is as we've made it 03.06.2026 43min

  Tyler Sellhorn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-sellhorn/ ) on showing up whole online, identity stacking, and life’s seasons. 📚What You'll Learn Why "if it sucks, you can leave" is the foundational belief that changes everything about how you appro...
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  Your easiest thing is your truest thing 27.05.2026 49min

  Avi Love ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/avi-love/ ) on alignment, play in difficult moments, and creativity as nervous system medicine. 📚What You'll Learn Why deep conversations and containers matter more than ever in a shallow, algorithm-driven world T...
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  She got fired. Then she wrote a book about empathy. 24.04.2026 44min

  Jessica Bozsan ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-bozsan/ ) on getting blindsided, building a web of people who root for you, and why empathy is the most underrated business strategy right now. 📚 What You'll Learn Why getting fired can be a catalyst...
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  She helps first-time leaders survive the identity crisis nobody warned them about 22.04.2026 27min

  Valeria Collu ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/valeriacollu/ ) on putting her financial career on hold, coaching yourself like your best friend, and why becoming a leader is nothing like getting promoted. 📚 What You'll Learn How to run "time experiments" ...
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  What happens when work identity and self-identity become the same thing 16.04.2026 36min

  Madalina Buzdugan ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/madalinabuzdugan/ ) on career breaks as privilege, generative AI's climate problem, and prompt efficiency. 📚 What You'll Learn Why work identity has become dangerously entangled with self-identity for mil...
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  Why your transferable skills don't care about your industry 09.04.2026 46min

  Natalie Hoop ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliehoop/ ) on squiggly careers, the confidence problem, and multi-unit retail as training ground. 📚 What You'll Learn Why your transferable skills don't disappear just because you're sitting in front of a ...
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  The accidental glue person: How community work kept finding her 31.03.2026 29min

  📚 What You'll Learn Why "glue people" are valuable in organisations and how spotting the best in others helps you connect the dots The difference between transactional networking and the "be a villager" approach of showing up consistently without expec...
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  From screens to streets: Why local community work is the future 18.03.2026 35min

  📚 What You'll Learn Why the "back to the 90s" prediction suggests internet-era careers will be massively disrupted as AI forces us to reconnect with our physical communities How AI is acting as a mirror that prompts us to think deeply about what we val...
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  How to go fractional (the realistic version) 04.03.2026 33min

  📚 What You'll Learn What a fractional role actually is (a senior embedded leader working part-time for multiple companies, not just consulting or freelance work) Why the fractional job market is harder than people think and can take 3-9+ months to land...
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  He survived a performance improvement plan by refusing to abandon himself 26.02.2026 34min

  What You'll Learn Why interpreting friction as personal failure keeps you stuck, and how to reframe it as a signal that something needs communication or change How building AI reflection bots as "survival scaffolding" during burnout can become tools th...
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  What happens when a cat matchmaker can't stop saying yes 18.02.2026 30min

  What You'll Learn Why volunteering for nonprofits' behind-the-scenes operations work is an untapped opportunity to build new skills and meaningful connections How following "breadcrumbs" of community connections can lead you to unexpected opportunities...
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  The guy teaching robots to not destroy your suitcase 11.02.2026 27min

  What you'll learn How to get diverse teams speaking the same language using glossaries and visual communication across global organisations Why using AI as a "trained co-pilot" on your own content creates better outputs than generic prompts How treatin...
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  How to answer “so what do you do” as a generalist 06.02.2026 39min

  What You'll Learn How to answer "what do you do?" as a generalist using the "I'm at my best when [X], and that's when I step away" framework Why identifying your zone of genius (not just competence or excellence) is critical for career clarity and sati...