Practice Disrupted, Episode #007: How do people use an architectural education and career to redesign their career? In Episode #007 we interview Laura Weiss to discuss career transitions, how to actively manage change, and how to use career coaching to help. As a professional coach, facilitator, mediator, and consultant, Laura Weiss helps creative leaders engage in powerful conversations that drive change. She shares her experience of using prototyping as a method to prepare for major career pivots, and shares her journey from architect, to working at IDEO, to becoming the Founder of Design Diplomacy.
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