How to Navigate the Whitewater World of Work | Dr. Gabriella Rosen Kellerman (Chief Product & Innovation Officer at BetterUp and Author of Tomorrowmind)

CRAFTED. | The Tech Podcast for Founders, Makers, and Innovators

Career trajectories used to be like steamships: full steam ahead. And then they became more like sailboats: lots of tacking. But now… we’re swirling in whitewater. And, as the Chief Product and Innovation Officer at BetterUp, Dr. Gabriella Rosen Kellerman helps people build the skill they need to flourish:

“When you're kayaking in the whitewater. It's hard to get a sense of what could be around the bend, but if you know if what's coming up is a sudden cascade or versus another, you know, set of gentle bumps, or maybe it's a calmer space in the river, it can give you a great advantage.”

On this episode of Crafted, we focus on the five key skill groups that can help you be more successful: Prospection, Resilience, Innovation and creativity, Social support by way of rapid rapport, and Mattering and meaning.

And, good news! These skills can be trained!

Gabriella writes about these skills in Tomorrowmind, which she co-authored with Martin Seligman. And, at BetterUp she builds products that help companies — and their people — build these skills at scale. On an upcoming episode of Crafted, we’ll explore how BetterUp does this using human coaching, backed by artificial intelligence systems.

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Key Moments:

• [00:00 - 01:01] Introduction
• [02:16 - 06:40] From psychiatry to tech
• [06:40 - 09:53] Key skill needed for a "tomorrowmind"
• [09:53 - 13:51] Developing Resilience Skills
• [16:55 - 18:53] Enhancing Perspective and Creativity
• [18:53 - 22:35] Planning and Dynamic Adaptation
• [22:35 - 26:05] The Role of Coaching in Skill Development
• [26:05 - 27:35] Outro and What's Coming in Part Two

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Here’s the book:

• Tomorrowmind

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