Build Your Talent Stack

Ever since I started podcasting, I get asked A LOT ...about HOW I podcast.  Today’s the day I’m going share my exact process - from how I first went from idea to launch, and lessons learned from my first year of podcasting. PART 1 - Craft the ingredients of your podcast elevator pitch,  choose the right format for your podcast and cover artwork. PART 2 - How to plan topics for  episodes,  pitch guests to interview and build your email list by incorporating opt-ins into your podcast. PART 3 -  I share the exact set up I use to record, edit, distribute and manage my workflow. ☆ Download my PODCAST PLANNER ☆ Article "Data confirm that podcasting in the US is a white thing" For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

Helen Blunden is a believer that learning at work and through work, and with othres anytime, anywhere, anyhow - are seamless. She believes in the power of working openly and tapping into a global network of people who can help us solve our organisational problems is a critical skill set for any knowledge worker. I chat with Helen about her career journey, and how using creative ways to learn out loud has opened doors to a new career, new side projects, a global community and opportunities that she wouldn’t have dreamed of previously.  Get ready to be inspired by Helen’s story of how she uses creative ways to learn out loud, and I hope it encourages you to try new ways of learning as well.  Helen Blunden - Twitter  Helen Blunden - LinkedIn For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

What is modern learning?  How do modern learners learn? I explore Jane Hart's definition of what it means to be a modern learner and share an example of how I used these concepts to prepare for my first international talk in Singapore at HR Festival Asia. Links mentioned: Jane Hart - Twitter Every Professional's Guide to Modern Learning For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

Personality is a key ingredient in Sian's personal brand, and in this episode Sian shares her story of how her personality and curiosity  has bridged a career from librarian to landing a corporate role in information governance, speaking opportunities and how she maintains a balance between corporate life and staying creative. Links mentioned: Australian Library and Information Association Records & Information Management Professional Development Australasia Women’s Circus LinkedIn - Sian Sewell For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

Amanda Ting  shares her story about how a decision she made in her final year of university in a science degree, ended up being the launch pad of a career that spanned design, marketing, and information technology.  Despite not knowing what she wanted to do in her career, Amanda has overcome her own fears and built a strong personal brand for  "making things happen".   Her ability to navigate ambiguity and openness to trying many different paths has ultimately led her to be highly sought-after in her industry and opened doors to shaping her own career opportunities. LinkedIn - Amanda Ting For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

I share why it’s a good idea to set up your LinkedIn as a digital portfolio, and a few tips you could do to turn a profile that probably looks like an online version of your resume into a digital portfolio. Use your digital portfolio to showcase your talent stack, build credibility.... and imagine if this was visible to someone in your network who's looking for someone like you! Links mentioned in this episode: Content Mind Map  Tutorial on how to add links to your LinkedIn profile  For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

I share 3 ways I’ve experimented with augmenting my reading list with a modern learning approach - where I learn about big ideas from a wider range of books without having to actually feel overwhelmed about getting through what i”m already struggling to finish reading.   I also share which of these 3 approaches work best for me, and which ones not so much. Add your favourite culture books to my LinkedIn thread! Books mentioned in this episode (affiliate links) An Everyone Culture - Robert Kegan & Lisa Lahey Power of Moments - Chip and Dan Heath Dare to Lead - Brene Brown Culture Code - Daniel Coyle Radical Candor - by Kim Scott Building a StoryBrand - by Donald Miller Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team - by Patrick Lencioni Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get out of your own way - by Steven Pressfield For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

The skills we need to stay relevant in the future are rapidly changing.   Gone are the days when education is a once a done thing, and instead we should be thinking about future proofing our talent stack to adapt to the jobs in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In this episode, I explore 3 future proof skills and how these can help guide you in deciding how to evolve your talent stack. 1. Transdisciplinarity -  the ability to understand concepts across multiple disciplines. 2. Learning how to learn - inspired by Dom Price from Atlassian 3. Cognitive load management -  the ability to filter information for importance, and to understand how to maximise cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and techniques To view the expanded list of future proof skills and their sources, check out my LinkedIn Post "Future of Work: 5 questions we should ask ourselves".   Storytelling with Data - by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic For more talent stack resources visit https://www.yishanchan.co/links

I share 3 lessons from helping 3 people successfully land new jobs this year - all of which were promotions into different areas from where they were previously. The 3 people came from very different paths and the journey to get to their career leap was also over different lengths of time with their fair share of challenge in between. It’s so easy to jump into assumptions about how people land promotions - because what most people see is only what’s visible on the surface. So I thought I’d take the opportunity to share with you 3 things I learned from helping these 3 people.  A little behind the scenes on the preparation involved in putting their best feet forward to land these opportunities. ☆ POWER HOUR ☆ https://www.yishanchan.co/power-hour Message me via LinkedIn or Instagram here https://www.linkedin.com/in/yishan/ https://www.instagram.com/buildyourtalentstack

September in numerology symbolises the final act for what you’ve been working on since the beginning of the year. It's a time of transition where we come face to face with the lessons and challenges  this year, so we can wrap up and prepare for the new lessons and challenges that the new year will bring. In this episode, we dive into a reflective practice checking in on your journey in building your talent stack, what you've learned this year and what this means for setting yourself up for the runway into next year. https://yishan.ck.page/talentstack