How do you keep growing in your career without changing jobs?
Nathalie Kempf shares the one question she asks herself every year: is there still something she can learn in the next twelve months? She explains why a career that lasts decades doesn’t need to accelerate every single year. The conversation covers the pressure to always do more, how curiosity and raising your hand for new projects can open doors inside a large company, and an underrated way to grow: learning outside your job. Nathalie also talks about what to do when you feel stuck at work, and why it’s better to leave for an exciting opportunity than out of frustration.

Nathalie Kempf is team lead global corporate communications at Zalando. Together with her team, she is responsible for driving the global corporate communications strategy across Zalando’s innovation ecosystem – from new technologies and AI driven innovation to Zalando’s onsite and partner experience, as well as its global marketing efforts. She joined Zalando in 2018 as a fresh graduate from the Berlin School of Economics and Law and has since served in different positions within Zalando’s Corporate Affairs department, advancing her career from a junior manager position to leading a small team of experts today. She holds a Master of Science from Humboldt University Berlin, a certification in Usability and UX and is currently training to become a fitness instructor on the side.

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