Who would do your work if you didn't?

Diese Folge ist in englischer Sprache. Auf YouTube stehen deutsche Untertitel zur Verfügung:.In this episode of the Effektiv Spenden Podcast, Basti Schwiecker talks with Devon Fritz, co-founder of High Impact Professionals and author of "The High-Impact Professional's Playbook," about an uncomfortable question: how much of what you achieve at work would not happen without you?Devon has put that question to himself, repeatedly. He left Founders Pledge once the team had grown and other people could do what he did. He helped Effektiv Spenden open its Swiss office and moved on. And he handed over the organization he had founded himself as soon as he found a successor he trusted. His yardstick is not whether his work is important, but whether it would go undone without him.Key topics of the conversation:Replaceability as a decision criterion: Why Devon walked away three times while things were going well — and why a spreadsheet of his ten best options meant that Effektiv Spenden did not come out on top.Why becoming a doctor might not be the best idea: A surgeon believes he saves hundreds of lives over a career. But the number of licenses handed out each year is capped, so somebody else would have stepped in — the additional impact is smaller than it feels.What a career change is worth: How High Impact Professionals put roughly 100 placements at $4.9 million in value — and why Devon himself says that number is less precise than it sounds. For its own costs, the organization counts the salaries its team could be earning in the private sector.Neglectedness is the neglected factor: With the ITN framework, most people look at importance and tractability. Devon uses an example from a previous job to explain why the second-best organization in a field is sometimes the better recommendation.What you can do without changing jobs: Board seats, mentoring, workplace giving campaigns. His co-founder ran one at a small Swiss startup and moved 35,000 Swiss francs to effective charities.Having kids and having impact: Less time for ideas, but noticeably more practice at leading people. Devon now writes about why becoming a parent did not halve his impact.Learn more & support: Devon's book and the free programs run by High Impact Professionals: https://www.highimpactprofessionals.org/book and https://www.highimpactprofessionals.org/ — the proceeds from the book go to the organization. If you are thinking about a long-term giving pledge, which comes up several times in this episode: https://effektiv-spenden.org/10-prozent-pledge/Devon writes about impact, careers, and parenting at https://impactpro.substack.com/If you have questions or are interested in free, independent donation advice, you can easily book an appointment here: https://effektiv-spenden.org/spendenberatung/