Whenever I see high-rise window washers, I always think of Roko Camaj, an Albanian immigrant who worked at the World Trade Center for 26 years, before he died in the 9/11 attacks on the towers. I didn’t know Mr. Camaj, although I happened to work with a

One of the questions I'm looking to explore through Work Stew is this: is it possible to achieve a position where there is no significant dissonance between your personal beliefs and your professional roles? This is a question I'm eager to discuss with pe

What do you know now that you wish you had known 20 years ago? At my college reunion last week, I went around with a microphone asking this question. I collected a lot of interesting answers, but the sound quality was pretty poor on account of the rauc

On the last show, I wondered whether the answer to finding true job satisfaction is to have at least two jobs, one that pays the bills and one that's a labor of love. But in this episode, I spoke with Nancy Slotnick, who found a way to build a successful

Erin Kane is the co-creator and co-host of Manic Mommies, a wildly popular podcast that was founded six years ago by Erin and her then-neighbor Kristin Brandt. I think this interview will be of interest to new podcasters like me, but the main reason I w

The subject of air traffic control has been in the news a lot in recent weeks, but many of the pundits weighing in on the issues are not people who’ve personally spent any time in the tower. So I asked veteran air traffic controller Bob Richards if heâ

This episode continues the conversation on teaching that I began when I spoke with Mary Egan, who switched careers from education to business and now has the top strategy job at Starbucks. The career path of Jane Viau has gone in the opposite direction: a

This episode features an interview with Mary Egan, who now heads up the global strategy function for Starbucks. I was interested to hear that Mary began her career not in a cubicle but in a classroom, as a middle school teacher in New York City. I wanted

This episode of the Work Stew podcast features an interview with Joe Hurd, who works at the U.S. Department of Commerce in a role focused on the National Export Initiative discussed in President Obama’s most recent State of the Union. I chose to interv

The last lawyer I spoke to pursued a career in corporate law before becoming an entrepreneur. This episode showcases a very different path: a career in public interest law with one of the most high-profile and controversial organizations in the country, t