Allowing yourself space to play during your career with Norma-Jean Rocky

Are you a strategic career decision maker who wants to always optimize and get to the next step on the ladder? Does that feel like a lot of pressure? Well it isn’t the only way. This week on Embrace the Squiggle Colleen and Kristine speak with Norma-Jean Rocky who has led a very squiggly career. Norma Jean started her career in a somewhat controversial move by playing around with lots of different options. So often people, especially at the beginning of their career, think they must optimize every move and can’t spend a while trying different things to see what you like. Norma-Jean has worked in consulting at McKinsey and then transitioned into entrepreneurship and started her own baby food company. She learned a lot from starting her own company including the importance of a strong business model and understanding her own strengths better. Then she pivoted to working for WestJet, a Canadian budget airline, in HR where she really found more alignment with her strengths. She has gotten a Masters in Data Science and worked at Salesforce and Aritzia. Today she is working in consulting in Vancouver where she above all values her colleagues and the space given to experiment and fail and try again. You can connect with Norma-Jean on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/njrocky/ You can connect with Colleen at https://www.maxady.com/  and on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/comara/ You can connect with Krsitine at https://www.kristinethody.com/ and on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinethody/ Subscribe to the podcast Embrace the Squiggle and listen every week for a new career adventure!