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Life Acumen at Work · June 21 · 21 min

Is Your Career Future-Proof

Preview: You did everything right. You studied hard, built a successful career, earned the title, the credibility, and the rewards. But in a world where people live longer, careers last decades longer, and AI is reshaping work, a new question emerges: Is the career you built still enough for the life ahead? In this episode, we explore why the traditional career ladder may no longer be sufficient, and how leaders can redesign their careers as portfolios of relevance, contribution, learning, and renewal for the next 20 to 30 years. Resources: THE NEW MAP OF LIFE | Stanford Center on Longevity 28 Apr 2022 — Work. Over the course of 100-year lives, we can expect to extend our working lives to 60 years or more. To be sustainable, even enjoyable ...Read more AI Will Reshape More Jobs Than It Replaces 3 Apr 2026 — Rather than treating workforce planning as a static forecast, companies will increasingly need to update hiring, upskilling, reskilling, and ...Read more Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset He adapted the idea to encourage employees to shift from Microsoft's historical “know-it-all” culture to embrace a “learn-it-all” curiosity. The case study ...Read more A Report from The Stanford Center on Longevity The goal of The New Map of Life is not for people to live forever, but have what they need to enjoy the longest possible health span over the course of their ...Read more Episodes Suggested for You: What Success Quietly Takes from You Podcast Description: On Life Acumen at Work Podcast, Executive Coach Vinod Wadhwani shares perspectives from the coaching conversations he has with corporate leaders focusing on the specific leadership challenges they face in their work life.

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Preview:

You did everything right. You studied hard, built a successful career, earned the title, the credibility, and the rewards. But in a world where people live longer, careers last decades longer, and AI is reshaping work, a new question emerges: Is the career you built still enough for the life ahead? In this episode, we explore why the traditional career ladder may no longer be sufficient, and how leaders can redesign their careers as portfolios of relevance, contribution, learning, and renewal for the next 20 to 30 years. 

Resources:

THE NEW MAP OF LIFE | Stanford Center on Longevity

28 Apr 2022 — Work. Over the course of 100-year lives, we can expect to extend our working lives to 60 years or more. To be sustainable, even enjoyable ...Read more

AI Will Reshape More Jobs Than It Replaces

3 Apr 2026 — Rather than treating workforce planning as a static forecast, companies will increasingly need to update hiring, upskilling, reskilling, and ...Read more

Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset

He adapted the idea to encourage employees to shift from Microsoft's historical “know-it-all” culture to embrace a “learn-it-all” curiosity. The case study ...Read more

A Report from The Stanford Center on Longevity

The goal of The New Map of Life is not for people to live forever, but have what they need to enjoy the longest possible health span over the course of their ...Read more

Episodes Suggested for You:

What Success Quietly Takes from You

Podcast Description:

On Life Acumen at Work Podcast, Executive Coach Vinod Wadhwani shares perspectives from the coaching conversations he has with corporate leaders focusing on the specific leadership challenges they face in their work life.



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