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Author Daniel Pink is pro-regret. As he learned in the research for his new book, The Power of Regret: How looking backward moves us forward, regret is one of humanity’s most powerful teachers. On the eve of his book’s release, he joins Jessi for an inspiring look at what we gain when we’re willing to talk about the roads we didn’t take. 

Drew Overcash is a songwriter (and Jessi's cousin). He's talented, and he has drive. And he had some success in the musical theater world, while continuing to hold down multiple survival gigs. Eventually, though, he realized that his career aspirations - and life goals - were shifting. And that led him somewhere entirely different: Coding bootcamp, and a job as a front-end engineer at Spotify. Drew joins Jessi to share his story of career reinvention.

Jessica Powell landed a dream job at Google, where she served as Vice President for Communications. But eventually, she realized it wasn't her dream job... and she quit. In this episode from the Hello Monday archives, she tells host Jessi Hempel what it's like to leave when you're not sure what's next for you. She shares some tips on how to evaluate whether your job still works for you, and Jessi ends with an all-new coda on what Jessica is up to now, a few years later.

This year, we're focused on reinvention, which often requires setting big goals. We also have to figure out how to work with the fear that sometimes comes along with those big goals. Our guest for this episode, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, is the author of PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER: The Fear-Fighter Manual. In this conversation with Jessi, Luvvie shares her framing mechanisms for taking on fear. She advises us on how to know ourselves deeply, how to use our voices with authority, and how to take meaningful action.

Happy New Year! This year at Hello Monday we’re exploring Reinvention. To start, we’re highlighting conversations that sparked change or inspired us to take a leap of faith.

For this US holiday week, we’re going into the archives. Take a break from the world of work and follow along as Jessi features her favorite vacation stories.

Where’s the world going? It feels dangerous to make predictions, but understanding the future of work and life is part of Hello Monday’s mission. So this week, Jessi sits down with two experts on the future: Alison Rosenthal, the founder and Managing Partner of Leadout Captial, and by Dave Pell, the Managing Editor of the Internet. In a conversation inspired by LinkedIn’s Big Ideas for 2022, the trio share their predictions for what’s next. 

Sometimes it can feel like we’re powerless to make change, so this week Hello Monday brings you stories of two women who did just that. Shelley Zalis, entrepreneur and the founder of The Female Quotient, was sick and tired of being the only woman in some very powerful rooms. She turned an invitation to the World Economic Forum into an opportunity to pass the mic to more women at Davos. Gina Glantz, veteran political strategist and founder of Gender Avenger, got fed up that there were never any women on stages at conferences at places like Harvard’s Kennedy School and CES. She came up with a quick and practical approach to changing that, and it’s working. Today, host Jessi Hempel talks to this dynamic duo about their independent work and their recent collaboration together. This episode is for anyone who’s looking for a dose of hope and a call to action.

As The Great Reshuffle continues to disrupt workplaces, what should our cadence or schedule of work look like? With a five-day work week, there's minimal opportunity to recharge...and a lot of capacity for burnout. Ryan Breslow, CEO of technology company Bolt, joins Jessi to discuss his company's experiment in shortening the work week without scaling back on the work itself.

Beatriz Acevedo began her career as a TV host with a prime time show on Televisa. She later pivoted to run her own tech media company, Mitú. An early financial scare made a deep impression though, and during the pandemic Beatriz launched a new venture with a massive social goal in mind: she wants to help the LatinX community build wealth. In this conversation with Jessi Hempel, she talks about her own experience with money. And she explains how her new company, Suma Wealth, plans to arm the LatinX community with economic power.

Whether you know it as "The Great Resignation," "The Great Reshuffle," or something else entirely, job turnover in 2021 remains quite high in many sectors. In this episode, first released this summer, Jessi explores the phenomenon. She speaks with a LinkedIn colleague, several community members, and Professor Anthony Klotz, who went viral for predicting the trend - and has tips to consider before walking out the door.

In this episode of our sister podcast, In the Arena, host Leah Smart sits down with best-selling author and relationship expert Nedra Tawwab for a talk about setting healthy boundaries.

Much of the working world is online these days, and it’s imperative to figure out how to read the digital room. Enter Erica Dhawan - collaboration expert and author of the new book, Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance. She joins Jessi to share the genesis of her work, demystify online communication styles, and offer a few tangible tips.

Burnout is on the minds of the Hello Monday team and community. In this episode from the Hello Monday archives, Jessi speaks with sisters Emily and Amelia Nagoski, co-authors of the book Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle to better understand what burnout is and how to cope with it. On Wednesday, Nov 10, join us for Hello Monday Office Hours live on the LinkedIn News Page. Bring your questions and tips for beating burnout to our community conversation.

This week, Jessi sits down with Kal Penn, actor, former White House staffer, and now author of the new memoir You Can’t Be Serious, to discuss his new book, Hollywood and his years at the White House. Kal also opens up about mistakes he made while pursuing a dream job and shares a lesson learned that everyone can benefit from.

Elsa Sjunneson is a writer and award-winning editor of speculative fiction and non-fiction. Her life and work challenge and dismantle ableist expectations and attitudes about disability. This week, she sits down with Jessi to chat about her life, her hope for her new memoir, Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman’s Fight to End Ableism, and how welcome and accommodation in non-disabled spaces should really work.

It’s the fourth and final episode of Hello Monday’s new mini-series on creators using social media to build their businesses. This week, contributor Michaela Greer sits down with Joanne Molinaro, known to her millions of social media fans as The Korean Vegan, and author of The Korean Vegan Cookbook, out now. Joanne shares her perspective on authenticity and knowing when it’s time to let a side hustle become the main event. Later, host Jessi Hempel joins Michaela to outline some takeaways from this episode and the mini-series as a whole. 

In the third of a four-episode series on creators, contributor Michaela Greer sits down with Fabiana and Matthew Ferrarini, founders of “Queen Warriors” on how they capitalized on an opportunity in the height of a pandemic. Later, host Jessi Hempel and Michaela discuss the importance of being prepared with solutions for untapped needs. 

Comedian Kevin Fredericks, aka Kevonstage, came to his profession through funny viral videos. He has been building his online following for more than a decade, beginning with side gigs after his regular 9-5 job and YouTube shorts. Today, his content has over 210M views, and he's worked with the likes of Will Smith. By all accounts, he appears to have made it. For the second episode in our #Creator series, Hello Monday talks with Kevin about playing the long game.

In the first of a four-episode series on creators, Hello Monday contributor Michaela Greer interviews Amanda Halsey, owner of the Instagram jewelry shop “Vintage What” to learn some secrets to her success. Later, Jessi and Micheala break down the key takeaways for creators thinking of starting up their own businesses.