Herminia Ibarra

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Still today, more than 20 years after I wrote Working Identity, almost every senior professional I talk to about a career change tells me the same thing: “I know what I don't want. But don't I don't really know what I want to do next. How do I figure it out.” My answer is always the same: you won't be able to figure it out in your head, you're going to have to try things out. That was the method I uncovered in the research for Working Identity. I followed mid-career professionals across a wide range of sectors for…

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