Jan-WIllem van Putten on How to build a career that actually changes the world

More and more people want to make a real-world difference with their career. Very few of them do. Why are careers in consultancy or finance still so much more mainstream than careers tackling the world’s biggest problems?

In this episode, we talk with Jan-Willem van Putten, co-founder of the School for Moral Ambition, an organization that is building clear pathways for people who want to do work that actually changes the world.

We discuss:

• The three main bottlenecks stopping talented people from doing high-impact work
• How to find important yet neglected causes to work on, and the School for Moral Ambition top picks
• Why movements that want to change the world often fail, and what effective advocates do differently
• How to figure out which problems your specific background and skills are best placed to solve
• The real struggles of leaving a prestigious career behind, from lifestyle creep to peer support, and what makes people say it was worth it