Your Job Doesn’t Have to Be Your Purpose: Jessica Zwaan

Full video: https://youtu.be/yTRxZPFXXoo

What if your job doesn't need to be your passion?

Jessica Zwaan, VP of People and Strategy Ops at Leapsome and author of Built for People and Purpose and Work, joins Adam Posner to challenge some of the biggest assumptions we've been taught about careers, workplace culture, purpose, and success.

Jessica argues that there is nothing wrong with seeing your job as a job. Work can provide money, flexibility, opportunities, relationships, or the freedom to pursue what actually gives your life meaning. You don't need to wake up every morning believing your company's mission is your life's calling to be great at what you do.

Adam and Jessica also dig into why traditional corporate culture feels increasingly outdated, why the conventional 9-to-5 employment model is changing, how HR can operate more like a product organization, and what AI could mean for jobs and early-career workers.

Jessica also shares her own unconventional journey from rural Australia to New York City, why she initially turned down her current role, what writing her second book taught her about her own relationship with work, and why she ultimately defines success as having enough freedom to be more than one thing. This conversation reminds us that your career can matter without becoming your entire identity.

Connect with Jess: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicamayzwaan/

Check out her new book "Purpose and Work": https://www.koganpage.com/hr-learning-development/purpose-and-work-9781398621947

Learn more about Leapsome: www.leapsome.com