About this episode

Valentine Gatard discusses her journey of career independence and the importance of human agency in the evolving workplace.

Valentine Gatard built 15 years of career independence in Paris as a speaker, coach and host of the Work Narratives podcast. She has just completed a master's in organisational studies at La Sorbonne and is writing a book on workplace narratives and agency. Valentine explains why French professionals increasingly refuse management roles, how two colleagues fell out because collaboration meant respond immediately to one and think before answering to the other, and why human agency matters mor...

People in this episode

Host: Nigel Rawlins

Guest: Valentine Gatard

Topics covered

• career independence
• human agency
• future of work
• workplace narratives
• collaboration
• management roles

Keywords

• career independence
• human agency
• future of work
• workplace narratives
• collaboration
• management roles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Work Narratives, La Sorbonne

Places: Paris

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