The Unexpected Career Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis
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Real people’s stories to inspire at every twist and turn of building a career and a life.
Did you know what you wanted to be “when you grew up” when you were small? Is that what you are doing now? Most people don’t and yet there is so much pressure at every milestone in life to know exactly what you want to be doing and make the right decision, as if there are only a few “right” ways to create a life.
While there are cultural differences and systemic barriers that create real roadblocks and heighten this pressure for some, most individual decisions do not set your fate in stone. Most people I know have found themselves in a particular industry largely by accident and have built careers from there; taking steps forward, sideways and complete pivots around great (or terrible) bosses, company cultures that encouraged (or discouraged) them, changing life circumstances and evolving values. I’m excited to share the stories of people who have built their career and life on the winding road.
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Megan Dunford: Physics Degree to Payments Leader
Season 3 · Episode 10
mardi 16 décembre 2025 • Duration 48:08
S3E10: Megan Dunford didn't know what to take in university and ended up getting a degree in Physics and ultimately built a career in international payments and foreign exchange.
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Mary Kemp: Nurse to AI Consultant
Season 3 · Episode 9
mardi 9 décembre 2025 • Duration 33:12
Mary Kemp, started her career as a nurse and is now the co-founder of AI Potential which helps business leaders create a culture of high performance with AI.
https://simplerwith.ai/
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Season 3 Trailer
Season 3
mardi 7 octobre 2025 • Duration 03:43
S3 Trailer: Sneak peek from another amazing season of incredible career journeys.
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Suresh Vaghjiani: A Conversation at a Party Led to a Career in Payments
Season 2 · Episode 10
mardi 29 juillet 2025 • Duration 53:52
Season 2 Episode 10: Suresh is now the founder of Clowd9, but it was a conversation at a party that led to his first role in the Payments space.
Clowd9 is the world's first cloud native, decentralized issuer processing platform. Check out their website: https://www.clowd9.com/
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Ilona Brannen: Foreign Office to Executive Coach
Season 2 · Episode 9
mardi 22 juillet 2025 • Duration 45:34
Season 2 Episode 9: Ilona is a Leadership Coach and Consultant who found her way to her career with stops in Japan and Italy and stints in the Foreign Office and teaching along the way.
Check out her website: https://ilonabrannen.com/
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Aliya Dhalla: Finding her balance as a physiotherapist
Season 2 · Episode 8
mardi 15 juillet 2025 • Duration 34:01
Season 2 Episode 8: Aliya Dhalla is the founder of Box Wellness & Co and podcast host of "Not Your Mother's Pelvic Floor". Hear her journey from figuring out what she didn't want early in her career to ultimately finding balance and a passion for women's health.
Check out her website: https://boxwellness.co/ and check out her Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts
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Howard Young: Hospitality to Global Sales Leader
Season 2 · Episode 7
mardi 8 juillet 2025 • Duration 37:27
Season 2 Episode 7: Howard had dreams of becoming a Hotel Manager and followed that dream before ultimately pivoting and building a career as a Sales Leader.
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Genevieve Dozier: Fashion to Banking
Season 2 · Episode 6
mardi 1 juillet 2025 • Duration 44:14
Season 2 Episode 6: Genevieve had dreams of working in fashion before finding herself in financial services. Now she's Product leader, speaker, coach and is writing a book!
Checkout her website: https://www.warpaintconsulting.com/
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Dr. Nadia Morozova: Researcher & Data Analytics Entrepreneur
Season 2 · Episode 5
mardi 24 juin 2025 • Duration 25:21
Season 2 Episode 5: Dr. Nadia Morozova, Chief Analytics and Insights Officer, shares her journey from an early passion for research to launching a Data Insights company.
Check out her TedX Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VU8wDa5gMo
Check out her website: https://enrichedinsights.com/
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Christine LeLacheur: Corporate to Psychotherapist
Season 2 · Episode 4
mardi 17 juin 2025 • Duration 46:38
Season 2 Episode 4: Christine pursued a winding corporate career, with some teaching along the way, leaning into roles and opportunities that allowed her to learn and build on her previous experiences ultimately taking her into a new career as a Psychotherapist. https://momentymtherapy.com/
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