A Career That Doesn’t Fit the Mold and Isn’t Meant To

In this episode (recorded in Paris!), I sit down with Karin Chan, a quiet force behind a strong global community and innovative career experiments.Karin shares how her upbringing, creativity and love for connecting people shaped her career path. She embraced a slasher lifestyle and intentionally chose softness over scale, opening up about building businesses that serve people — not just metrics.We dive into GenieFriends' sacred dinners, we explore identity, the future of work and what it really means to design your own way of working.Content:(00:54) Meet Karin: Founder of Futurist Lab and GenieFriends(02:41) Karin's Childhood and Early Influences(06:48) The Genesis of GenieFriends(10:15) Scaling Up: From One Dinner to Multiple Cities(14:01) Challenges and Lessons Learned Post Covid(21:17) Rapid Fire Questions(25:22) Mental Health and Self-Discipline(29:57) The Importance of Saying No(33:56) The Future of Work: Slashers and Poly Careers(41:15) Upcoming Plans and Projects(43:33) Lessons for Fellow Entrepreneurs👉 To find out more about Karin:On LinkedInGenieFriends' website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.