This episode of Professional Life Crisis features my friend and fellow podcaster, Jenna Masi. Jenna is an ex-KPMG consultant, ex-Chief of Staff and currently exploring themes around creativity in her career, and the career journeys of others. In this episode:
We delve into Jenna's experience in consulting (which, hint: was far better and cooler than mine!) and how the Innovation Lab at KPMG laid the foundation for her interest in startups. (You too can find startup-y experiences in consulting if you’re looking in the right places!)
Finding the right fit after leaving the innovation lab- after exploring the marketing or product routes, she eventually landed on the Chief of Staff role. We talked about which skills translated and which didn’t coming from a more corporate background into the CoS role at a scrappy startup.
How sabbaticals have helped Jenna’s career on a number of occasions (and not all the sabbaticals were formal!)
A day in her career when everything went wrong: how to pivot when the client hates your work, and still salvage the engagement by thinking on your feet and not being attached to your work.