S6 E2: Tap Into Your "Adaptagility" To Thrive - With Pablo Fernandez de Bobadilla
The Inspire PodcastShow Notes
In this episode, Bart speaks with Pablo Fernandez de Bobadilla about his two-decade career at Pfizer and how the ability to adapt and thrive has been crucial to his success. Pablo provides his perspective on how today's rapidly changing world and business landscape has put pressure on leaders to change, learn and grow more quickly than ever before. He then talks about the concept of Adaptagility, which involves embracing the discomfort inherent in growth and leaning into change instead of having it happen to you! Pablo brings his points to life with stories from his own work to overcome imposter syndrome and willingness to take on new challenges in Pfizer's global operations. A compelling conversation for anyone who wants to thrive in today's changing world of work and growth.
00:26 Standard intro 01:00 Welcoming Pablo 02:57 What is adaptability? 03:54 Adapt 04:00 Agility 04:04 Grit 04:14 Growth mindset 04:47 What was that research? 05:13 Difficult to explain what we do and how we do things 05:26 Incentive compensation 05:54 Flexibility curve 06:49 Pablo's role at Pfizer 07:38 Design comp plans for customer-facing staff 10:41 Research 11:26 Tailor comp to different types of people 12:05 Embracing different cultural experiences 13:29 Moving around a lot was a blessing 14:47 What things are you seeing globally in talent 15:17 Speed of business and change 15:47 40% of companies don't think they'll be viable in 10 years 16:27 Market pressure trickles down to employees 16:45 AI 18:23 Great communication skills are a must 19:17 Bart quotes Wired magazine 20:21 Don't fight the change, embrace the discomfort 20:43 Story of his imposter syndrome 20:55 Dyslexia 21:42 Insecurities at work 22:37 Always raised the bar 22:45 Nothing was ever good enough 24:07 His coach pointed out his imposter syndrome 24:21 You know you're not alone, right? 24:55 The positives that came from his imposter syndrome 25:17 Raise the bar continuously 26:36 Bart thanks for sharing personal story 27:06 How do you fight the imposter syndrome 28:57 Bart asks about embracing discomfort 29:21 Learned that you learn from discomfort 30:42 Bart asks Paolo to give advice 31:30 15 years at same job? You might become stagnant 32:29 For younger professionals: be patient 32:40 Get involved in as many projects as you can 33:40 Bart starts the wrap up 34:50 As you look ahead 37:08 Thank yous
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