Bryan’s Take:
We all have moments in our lives where we face immense challenges. How are you responding when change comes knocking on your door?
For Charlene Li, the secret is how you approach it. What can we learn from embracing change? What happens if we don’t? Transformation only happens if you’re willing to allow it.
Charlene has been on the cutting edge of disruption throughout her entire career. It’s only fitting that she would share her personal story of disruption and transformation on this week’s One Away Show.
Throughout our recording, I was in awe of Charlene’s expertise and wisdom. One conversation with her can open your mind up to a world of possibilities you’ve never considered, and I know our listeners will learn so much from her insights.
About Charlene:
For the past three decades, Charlene Li has been helping people see the future and thrive through disruption by advising executives and boards to recognize a vital truth: companies can’t simply innovate in order to stay competitive. They must transform.
As a sought-after expert on disruptive transformation, leadership, customer experience, and the future of work, Charlene has worked with hundreds of organizations to provide her insights, supporting a winning strategy for disruptive growth and a plan to identify and seize an opportunity no one else has the audacity or confidence to reach for.
Charlene’s career has always been at the edge of disruption. In the early 1990s, she helped print media navigate the shift to online. As a Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, she covered interactive advertising, search marketing, and the rise of social media. In 2008, she founded Altimeter Group, a disruptive competitor that challenged analyst firm incumbents such as Gartner, Forrester, and IDC, which was acquired by Prophet. Charlene went on to serve as the Chief Research Officer at PA Consulting, where she led the company’s thought leadership program.
Over a decade ago, Charlene found herself at a crossroads: stay at her stable job, or strike out on her own and see what the future holds for her. Find out what path she chose on today’s One Away Show.