REOPENING: How do we take risks again?

This week is the final episode of our #REOPENING series. Together, we’ve taken a deep look into what we want from our work lives as we finish quarantine. I think it’s clear that we’ve changed. The last 16 months have changed us. As things open up again, we want to approach our careers with ambition and optimism. To that end, we’ve talked about where work happens, and who we work with. We’ve examined our habits, good and bad. We’ve processed loss together, and gotten in touch with our dreams.

Today we tackle our sixth and final big question: how do we take risks again?

This episode is meant to be pragmatic. And so I’ve invited Sukhinder Singh Cassidy to join us. Sukhinder came up in Silicon Valley and I’ve followed her career as a tech executive for decades. She has a new book. It’s called: Choose Possibility: How to Master Risk and Thrive.

Sukhinder breaks down different types of risk. She’ll offers a strategy for how to build your risk-taking muscle by starting small and acting frequently. She gets real about failure, and how to recover from it--and she talks openly about her own failures. And Sukhinder lays out a plan for how to make risks feel safer. You can find the episode here, or listen directly below:

🪐 Office Hours: Taking risks again

Thanks for joining us for the #REOPENING series. If you’ve missed any of our big questions, go back and take a listen. This moment now offers a turning point for many of us. The pandemic isn’t over; but a year-and-a-half in, we’re growing. We’re learning to live differently because of it. We’re coming out of hibernation and stepping into our ambition again.  Please, join us for Office Hours on Wednesday to discuss this week's show. We’ll see you at 3pm EST as usual. You can find us on the LinkedIn News Page or email hellomonday@linkedin.com.

🪐 Take things further: LinkedIn Learning

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