Leyla Novini - Creativity Quotient, Designer, Storyteller, Leader, Ep. 540
About this episode
Leyla Novini discusses her journey from music to design and coaching, emphasizing creativity and authenticity in professional transitions.
Who is Leyla? 🎵 Music → Tech → Coaching Started in the music industry (childhood dream), earned an MFA from Parsons in Design & Technology, then built a career in UX/product design before founding her coaching practice. 🎶 Classically trained clarinetist Playing since age 6, still active in community orchestras and wind ensembles like the Manhattan Wind Ensemble (~90 people). 📷 Landscape photographer; she travels with a camera, photographs cities and nature, and sells her work. 💼 Her Coaching Work: She serves creative professionals — designers, artists, musicians, writers, product/tech workers — who feel like "unconventional people in conventional environments." 🔍 What clients bring: Career transitions, decisions about staying vs. leaving roles, confidence struggles, desire to start a business, or needing a career break to rediscover themselves. ✨ Her approach: Guides clients back to their authentic core, highlights their unique strengths, and helps them communicate those strengths — without "selling their soul." 🎼 Lessons from Music & Improvisation: 👂Deep listening Playing in an ensemble means constantly balancing — ears and eyes always engaged. She applies this to…
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