Take Control of Your Career

Sophia Velastegui - Applied AI

Episode Notes

Sophia Velastegui is the Chief Product Officer at Aptiv

In this episode Lauren and Sophia discuss:

• Best ways to be thinking about applying AI in your role or business
• Career mobility across organizations and geographies and sectors
• Skills to master as you climb the ladder

Key takeaways:

• Generative AI is here to stay. Find ways to leverage resources from experts to build into your role or business.
• Being flexible in geography creates more career opportunities.
• Pay attention to where the external market is going and seek opportunities to grow and build skills in areas that will be “hot” in the future.
• Learn company culture through understanding context and getting connected through influencers as you transition into a new organization.
• Feedback can be difficult, but it is also a gift. It gives you the opportunity to work toward building new skills critical to your career progression.
• Continuous learning is a way of life - build new skills in low stakes environments and eventually apply to higher stakes situations.

“Don’t take yourself out of the equation too early.”

– Sophia Velastegui

“It was important that I spoke in a way that the audience understood my value.”

– Sophia Velastegui

“I really appreciate that the best of AI is not to just to do AI or displace people… it’s the combination that led to extraordinary advancement of our society.”

– Sophia Velastegui

Reach out to Sophia at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophiavelastegui/ 

Reach out to Lauren at:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenherring/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenHerringCareerExpert

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenherring

IMPACT Group Website: www.impactgrouphr.com

IMPACT Group LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-group/

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