A career cannot be planned like a construction project. What helps is not a detailed blueprint, but an inner compass.
This approach is inspired by design thinking: not a rigid method, but a flexible one based on experience, continuous reflection and situational adjustment. In a world where job profiles disappear and new ones emerge, strict planning is an illusion. We, too, change – through experiences, shifting values and evolving needs. What remains constant are our strengths, talents and interests. They provide direction.
Career design means not trying to predict the future but actively shaping it – with the courage to experiment and an openness to detours. Those who build their career on their personal strengths remain flexible and able to act. In this way, a career develops iteratively – through testing, learning and evolving.
Like good design: it does not emerge on the drawing board, but in the process.
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