Fireside Chat: Charting New Paths
Career and life journeys are rarely a straight line. Between sudden pivots, unexpected turns, and the pressure of figuring out what comes next, charting a new direction can feel daunting.
We’re hosting a community fireside chat to talk about how to navigate these shifts with clarity and confidence. We’ll focus on ways to find your footing when plans change, including ways to adapt your skillset and align your next steps with your values.
Please feel free to join us and drop in to listen, ask questions, or share your own stories.
Format
We will start with an open conversation with our firestarters, then open up the floor for a community dialogue with everyone in the room.
Themes We Will Explore
Translating Your Journey: How to take your past experiences, life lessons, and hidden skills, and carry them forward into new chapters.
Resilience in Real Time: How to take care of your well-being during seasons of change and stay steady when plans fall through.
Redefining Success on Your Own Terms: Letting go of rigid timelines and societal expectations so you can build a life path that actually feels sustainable.
Identity Beyond the Resume: Grounding your sense of self-worth in your values and well-being, rather than a job title or current productivity level.
Firestarters
Allison Stevenson: Executive Talent and Organizational Development Leader who has spent her career helping people and teams adapt through major industry shifts. Having led talent strategy, leadership development, and change management at places like McKinsey, Accenture, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, she has seen career transitions from every angle. She specializes in helping professionals identify their core strengths, navigate digital transformations, and build the mindsets needed to thrive when plans change. Allison brings a grounded, highly practical perspective on how to turn your past experience into your next opportunity.
Mike Mansfield: CEO of ProAge, a UK charity empowering leaders to build age-inclusive workplaces where every generation feels valued and thrives together. Mike is a thought leader in longevity, retirement readiness, and equity, having completed the Stanford Center on Longevity Catalyst Program and spent six years leading the Aegon Retirement Readiness Survey. His work focuses on the opportunities of the 100 Year Life, helping people navigate major transitions with financial security, dignity, and purpose across every chapter of life.
Ivy Karushi Akii: A global social entrepreneur, advisor, and mentor dedicated to empowering young leaders and creating sustainable societal solutions. As Engagement Manager at Ashoka and Co-Lead for the New Longevity initiative, she helps drive systemic social change worldwide. Ivy is the co-founder of I'm Baobab in Kenya, Sae Company in South Korea, and Beleven Company in Spain and the US, where she served as the first female CEO. Her career spans community projects in sustainable fashion, plastic recycling, and accessible education for youth in the Global South. A decorated Scout leader with degrees in Sociology and Leadership from Kenya and Spain, she brings a powerful global perspective on embracing new chapters with purpose.
Moderators
Mishal: An AI production builder and ecosystem leader currently driving the Network AI Factory and beloved MHC community steward. Mishal is a curator in the Global Shapers Community Dubai and a lifelong community architect dedicated to facilitating impactful experiences rooted in Ihsan—the practice of bringing excellence and beauty to everything we build.
Valentyna: Program Manager at the Money Health Collective, where she transforms vision into structured programs, operational systems, and sustainable social impact. With over ten years of global experience across nonprofits, international initiatives, and remote teams, Valentyna operates at the intersection of program leadership, digital communication, and visual storytelling. She specializes in bridging the gap between purpose and structure, building trusted systems that turn meaningful missions into measurable, real world change.
Come listen, reflect, ask questions, and engage. No preparation required.