Squiggly Careers

The Squiggly Career

Squiggly Careers is a weekly podcast that will help you take control of your career development. Hosted by the founders of Amazing If (https://www.amazingif.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.

Every so often they take a break from talking to each other to interview other people who are leading the way in making work better. Past guests include entrepreneur and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley, author of The Joy of Work Bruce Daisley, and neuroscience expert Amy Brann.

The Squiggly Careers podcast has been recommended by Harvard Business Review, Stylist, Marie Claire and Management Today.

For more ideas, tools and inspiration every week, you can also sign up to their newsletter Squiggly Careers in Action.

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Apr 28, 2020 · 24 min
#140 How to develop your adaptability
Adaptability and Squiggly Careers go hand in hand! We're all working with more change and ambiguity and our ability to find a way through it is crucial to our success (and arguably our sanity!).This week, Helen and Sarah share practical actions...
Apr 21, 2020 · 28 min
#139 Diverse Thinking and Rebel Ideas with Matthew Syed
Helen talks to Matthew Syed about the power of diverse thinking in this week's Squiggly Careers podcast.They tackle topics including growth mindset, collective intelligence and cognitive diversity, focusing in on how to put all of the theory in...
Apr 14, 2020 · 34 min
#138 How to stay resilient
In this episode Helen and Sarah give you the skills to develop strong resilience. They cover how to assess your steady state of resilience, how to think about your emotional agility, fear setting and learning to invest in your support solar sy...
Apr 7, 2020 · 32 min
#137 The human skills we need in an unpredictable world with Margaret Heffernan
For a special episode Sarah talks to Dr. Margaret Heffernan - author of 'Uncharted: How to Map the Future Together'. They talk about the difference between a complicated and complex world, why we need to build relationships based on ...
Mar 31, 2020 · 31 min
#136 Comfort vs. Courage zones and why they both matter
This week Sarah and Helen discuss the difference between your comfort and courage learning zones and why they both matter. Together they discuss ideas and actions you can take to spend more time in either zone including building your BMDs (brief moment...
Mar 24, 2020 · 28 min
#135 How to be kind at work
As our working lives go through a significant period of change, it's never been more important to show kindness to others. Everyone is going through their own challenges and we can all play a role in supporting each other. In this week's epis...
Mar 17, 2020 · 29 min
#134 How to be a brilliant listener
Listening plays a big part in our working lives, but often it's something we struggle to do well. Distractions, our own agendas, thoughts and feelings can all affect the quality of our listening efforts. In this week's Squiggly Careers podcas...
Mar 10, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min
#133 IWD: Women who are changing the world
In the final episode Sarah interviews two women leading the charge to make our world a better place. Kajal Odedre, director of change.org and author of 'Do Something': together they discuss how everyone can be an activist. She then chats to L...
Mar 9, 2020 · 1 hr 8 min
#132 IWD: Female entrepreneurship
In this special episode for International Women's Day, Helen talks to 3 guests about the topic of female entrepreneurship. With Sarah King and Claire Dunn (founders of We Are Radikl) she discusses the systemic barriers that can hold women back fro...
Mar 8, 2020 · 1 hr 1 min
#131 IWD: Engaging men in gender equality
In this special episode for International Women's Day, Helen and Sarah talk to two men who champion women in the workplace. First, Helen talks to Josh Graff (UK Country Manager for LinkedIn) about the actions he takes as a leader to support women ...
Mar 7, 2020 · 28 min
#130 IWD: Creating a gender balanced workplace - Part 2 w/Ann Francke
In part 2 of this special episode for International Women's Day, Helen talks to Ann Francke, CEO of the Chartered Management Institute about the commercial benefit of gender diverse workplaces and where issues arise in our organisations.Ann...
Mar 7, 2020 · 50 min
#129 IWD: Creating a gender balanced workplace - Part 1 w/Kathryn Jacob OBE and Sue Unerman
In part 1 of 2 of this special episode for International Women's Day, Helen and Sarah talk to different guests to get their perspective on how women can break through glass walls and glass pyramids at work. In part 1 they talk to Kathryn Jacob OBE...
Mar 6, 2020 · 55 min
#128 IWD: Life at the top, the reality of being a female CEO
In this episode Sarah talks to three CEOs who happen to be women. Sarah interviews Cilla Snowball, Eithne O'Leary and Kate Stephens about the reality of life as a CEO, the role of a support network and how to build the confidence to put yourself f...
Mar 5, 2020 · 23 min
#127 IWD: Gender portrayal in the media with Ella Dolphin
In this episode of our special series, Sarah interviews Ella Dolphin, CEO of The Stylist Group. Together they discuss how gender is portrayed in the media and how with great power, comes great responsibility. The media has always set the narrative arou...
Mar 4, 2020 · 30 min
#126 IWD: Taking on taboos – it’s about bloody time with Emma Barnett
In this special epsiode to support International Women's Day, Helen interviews broadcaster, journalist and author Emma Barnett. Together, they discuss Emma's book 'It's about bloody time. Period.". They get into the issues that...
Mar 3, 2020 · 26 min
#125 How to avoid the comparison trap
It's easier than ever to think the grass is always greener, we see perfect lives and curated workplaces on social media and can feel left out. In this episode Sarah and Helen give tips on how to avoid comparing yourself to others, including knowin...
Feb 25, 2020 · 42 min
#124 Work and Wellbeing - Live at Life Lessons
This week's Squiggly Careers episode was recorded Live at the Sunday Times Life Lessons festival where Helen and Sarah were joined by Tom Chapman, Pip Murray and Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton to talk about work and wellbeing. With Tom, Helen and Sara...
Feb 20, 2020 · 48 min
Bonus: Squiggly Career Story with David Pearl
For a special bonus edition of the show Sarah takes to the streets to talk to David Pearl, founder of Street Wisdom and author of 'Wanderful'. They discuss using walking for ideas, embracing the unexpected and the real meaning of the word car...
Feb 18, 2020 · 45 min
#122 How to make your strengths show up and stand out
It's not enough to just know what you're great at. In order to do your best work you need to spend time making sure your strengths show up and stand out at work. When your strengths are visible to others, they can help to spot opportunities f...
Feb 11, 2020 · 46 min
#121 How to manage your boundaries
Boundaries have never been harder to manage at work. Technology, pace and the volume of work we're all dealing with are causing us to blur our work and home life, our relationships and our identity.Maintaining boundaries are key to our health a...