
Your Next Big Thing
Your Next Big Thing shares inspiring stories of mid-career professionals making big changes to find more satisfaction from work and happiness from life. Host Neil Metzler (Founder, Principal at Cloud Champions Coaching) welcomes each guest to share why they made this difficult change, how they built a bridge, and what they learned. Our three messages are: 1) Careers are no longer linear. 2) You’re not in this alone 3) There’s a human underneath that armor. Join us to feel inspired, learn something new and connect!
Podcasting since 2021 • 13 episodes
Your Next Big Thing
Latest Episodes
Surface Warfare Officer to General Manager | Benin Allen, US Navy Veteran
I learned a lot from speaking with Benin about having the courage to think big about careers and plot my own course. As the host of this podcast, I'd like to remind us that the west coast tech ecosystem is NOT the ONLY place leaders...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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31:17

Full-time Parenting Unlocks Dream Job | Jeana Jorgensen | Your Next Big Thing
Can you imagine leaving a Senior Director role at Google to embrace parenting three rambunctious boys full-time? 🤠In this episode, I speak with Jeana Jorgensen about promoting he...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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35:09

Performance with purpose in the AI era | Ugur 'Mik' Catmak, Ümit Uludag
Join us for a special year end wrap-up! My guests are big tech heavyweights, Ugur "Mik" Catmak (Founder, Lean High Performance Academy) and Ümit Uludag (expert on lifelong learning).We talk creating and claiming value in career conversa...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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56:16

Special Episode! Neil talks going solo, stepping back into full time & more
Special episode alert! I had the chance to be interviewed by Deborah Sgro (Global Mentorship Director, Women in Big Data). For the first time, I share:-Why I went solo-How you can launch a solo business-How to succeed faster<...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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25:54

Social Work to Finance + EMBA | Gabrielle D'Angelo
Today's episode is about finding the courage to make a big change - and continuing that career reinvention curve through partnership, marriage and kids. My guest today is lifelong learner Gabby D'Angelo - MSW, CFP, CAIA, CFA Candi...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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33:03
