From Burnout to Breakthrough: Betting on Yourself with Rebecca Brown

What really happens when you bet on yourself and leave the corporate grind behind? In this episode of WaveMakers: Transforming Workday® Careers, we sit down with Rebecca Brown to unpack her first year of independence after a long career inside the Workday ecosystem. From the fear of walking away from “stability” to the freedom of creating her own path, Rebecca shares the honest highs, lows, and surprises of betting on yourself. We talk about: How Workday professionals like Rebecca are navigating career pivots and independence The real risks and rewards of consulting vs. corporate roles What fear, grit, and freedom […]

Chapters

• (00:00:00) - Why You Should Take a Leap of Independence
• (00:01:14) - Rebecca Brown on The Scroll Stopping Post
• (00:06:54) - A Few Thoughts on Starting Your Own Company
• (00:11:59) - Starting Your Own Company...
• (00:19:04) - Women in the AI Community
• (00:21:52) - Will 40% of AI Projects Get Cancelled?
• (00:23:15) - The Need for Continuous Improvement in HR Technology
• (00:26:40) - How to Prepare for MVP Changes?
• (00:33:15) - Rebecca on Career Stability
• (00:37:54) - What's the Most Underrated Feature in HR Ops?
• (00:40:25) - How AI Will Transform the Way You Lead Your Company
• (00:41:15) - Stay grounded: How to survive a slump
• (00:42:29) - Favorite Songs From The 90s
• (00:45:05) - A message for LinkedIn's Love/Hate Relationship