CareerSense the Book
"CareerSense: Build Your Career in Un-common Times" examines the rapidly changing work landscape and how individuals can navigate it successfully. Penned with warmth and wisdom, it offers practical advice on making astute career decisions, excelling at your role, and acquiring vital future meta-skills. The book seamlessly blends thoughtful essays, real-life examples, and expert insights, acting as your guide from technical education to the AI-enhanced, post-pandemic world. It emphasizes essential human traits like empathy, collaboration, and design thinking, framing them as your key to success.
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This thought-provoking book is applicable to a wide cross-section and provides insights into the various stages of one's professional journey.
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Choose Well – How to make good career choices as you start on your career journey
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Level Up – Excelling in your career
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Future-Proof – Meta-skills to prepare for the future
Each chapter empowers readers to take control of their career path and thrive in an ever-changing world.
About the Authors
Sonali Shetty serves as a fractional Chief Technology Officer for high-growth companies, while also coaching senior executives on innovation strategy and digital transformation. Her impactful career includes co-founding a product innovation agency and an AI/ML company, as well as serving as CTO for a global non-profit. As an adjunct faculty member at VCU’s da Vinci Center, she teaches in the Master’s Program in Product Innovation. Sonali, a passionate advocate for women in technology, earned her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University and an MBA at William and Mary. She co-publishes the popular podcast, “Gita for Daily Living,” and enjoys unwinding by listening to podcasts while walking her pup, Layla.
Venkatesh Raghavendra is a global social entrepreneur and community-builder. He has established networks and alliances across the fields of environment, entrepreneurship, livelihoods, youth and water to enable social impact at scale. He has been an advisor and trainer to governments, corporations and leading social sector organizations over his career spanning four decades. When he can get away from all of this, he can be found hiking on the Appalachian Trail in the USA or in the Western Ghats of South India, soaking in the wilderness.
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Praise for the book
"CareerSense” is a valuable and practical guide for both young professionals and seasoned veterans as we try to make sense of and navigate the rapidly evolving world of work. I recommend “CareerSense” as an essential read for anyone striving to futureproof their career and unlock their potential.
RAVI VENKATESAN
Chairman at Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet; Ex-Chairman, Bank of Baroda & Microsoft India; Author of “What the Heck Do I Do with my Life”
The workplace has changed tremendously during the past few years, and the trend will no doubt continue, requiring each of us to upskill in an increasingly complex environment that demands up-to-date hard and soft skills. “CareerSense” identifies the major challenges and opportunities of the contemporary workplace, offering its readers an essential compass to guide their career trajectories. As an academic and former executive, I find “CareerSense” to be an
indispensable resource that fills the critical gap between technical and professional skills required for success in the future of work.
BARBARA PECHEROT, PhD, CFA
Clinical Professor, Thunderbird School of Global Management. Former Managing Director for Professional Learning at CFA
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