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PostdocTransformation for the scientist leaping into business after the PhD or postdoc

PostdocTransformation for the scientist leaping into business after the PhD or postdoc

By: Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels Industrial & Occupational Psychology IT Strategy Coach
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Invest in your PostdocTransformation! This is the seasonal show that helps the scientist leap into business after the PhD! In every episode, we have actionable advice for your career transition into business. Don’t want to waste your time & effort with applying to the wrong employer? Then nominate your employer of choice, and we will ask bold questions informing your job applications! If you represent a company that recruits PhD holders, become a sponsor of our show and you can showcase potential roles for our audience in dynamic podcast ads. If you offer a service that supports PhD students finishing the PhD or PhD holders thriving in their business careers, we want to showcase your service via an interview episode! If you want to share your career transition journey to inspire our audience, we want to interview you for an episode!

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  • Agentic AI for student excellene is your threat and opportunity as an educator, PostdocTransformation (SocialClip), Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels

    Agentic AI for student excellene is your threat and opportunity as an educator, PostdocTransformation (SocialClip), Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels
    Dec 28 2025
    Do you fear or embrace agentic AI? In this social clip of our episode of the PostdocTransformation show, hosted by Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels, scientists leaping into business are guided through the essential steps to integrate agentic AI into their teaching and business ventures. The episode offers practical advice on using AI tools for academic assignments, market research, and launching side businesses. It emphasizes the importance of ethical AI usage and strategic leadership. The show also introduces various student projects designed to enhance AI literacy and real-world business skills. Additionally, it discusses John Kotter's eight-step change model as a framework for successfully incorporating AI into professional practices. Additionally, you can use our free business preparation quiz to check your startup readiness. For your free career planning, check your readiness to leap, enroll in our email course for your career transition made simple, and plan your life with our calendar. Listen to the full 43 min episode, so you can find psychological closure for your PostdocTransformation! Capitalize on our chapter markers as needed. Click here to find the shownotes with the full transcript, all mentioned links to our free career transition resources! Click here to subscribe as one of the 11 k listeners of our second show: #CreatingReorganized! In this episode we gift you our free email course with ten email lessons until you start your new job in business! 1) Check your readiness to leap out of science (episode 0001)! Introducing myself, I share how I capitalized on my PhD as a mom, professor and business owner! 2) How to build your sustainable LinkedIn profile? 3) How to read social media & network? 4) How to research your fave jobs & employers? 5) How to do informational interviews to get insights? 6) How to create your customized applications? 7) How to prepare your thesis from a business POV? 8) How to apply to your fave employers? 9) How to choose the right job offer? 10) How to prepare for your new job? While or after listening to this episode, you can check your readiness to leap out of science in an instant - for free.If you are ready to leap into business, but need free structured guidance, enroll here in your email course with 10 actionable lessons until you start your job in business.Follow me on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube & LinkedIn!I'm Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels, Founder and CEO of PostdocTransformation, mom of two little ones and happy to share how you can build a #PostdocTransformation according to your vision of life! Thanks for listening and subscribing!Please share our show with your underprivileged, underrepresented & underserved (future) PhD bestie! Do you need the full transcript and free CreatingReorganized resources? Click here: https://postdoctransformation.ac-page.com/creatingreorganized_show0063 Do you have business promotional video podcasting questions? Click here to let me know them here (live question and answer sessions, or presubmit) so that I can answer them live or in future episodes for your #CreatingReorganized according to your vision of life! https://postdoctransformation.ac-page.com/crliveqa If you want to learn for FREE – my #CreatingReorganized video podcasting strategy, workflow and how I use tools I recommend as an affiliate partner, click below: https://postdoctransformation.ac-page.com/creatingreorganized If you like, what you see and listen to on my podcast channels and social media, these are the tools I use. They all offer a free trial period, I only get a small financial commission, if you become their customers, using my following affiliate links: For effective video podcast hosting, distribution to all major podcast players and monetizing: Podbean https://www.podbean.com/esw For easy video and audio recording, AI-powered text-based editing and clipping: Descript https://get.descript.com/creatingreorganized For fun and dynamic data collection in all business stages: Typeform https://typeform.cello.so/FxXD1YT3V9z For creating, hosting and monetizing an AI powered e-course learning management platform: Thinkific https://get.thinkific.com/give-a-month-program/?gam=b1a5dca9a5 For integrating email marketing automation and website building, hosting and customer relationship management: ActiveCampaign https://try.activecampaign.com/creatingreorganized For managing and scheduling all your social media content, so you can live according to your vision of life: Metricool https://s.mtrbio.com/DMOGXJ If you want me to help you CreatingReorganized with my premium consulting and white-label-done for-you business promotional video podcasting service, please enter your contact details here https://postdoctransformation.activehosted.com/f/28 About me: In my day job as a psychology professor, I teach my bachelor and master students in real life, how to reorganize processes in a...
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  • Increase your career potential before you graduate at university, PostdocTransformation (SocialClip), Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels

    Increase your career potential before you graduate at university, PostdocTransformation (SocialClip), Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels
    Dec 27 2025
    Do you want to future-proof your career by understanding emerging job trends and the necessity of acquiring business-relevant skills - while you study towards your Bachelor, Master or even PhD? In this social clip of our episode of the PostdocTransformation show, you will get practical advice on personal branding based on your study and even research discipline and work experience like teaching in higher education. You will learn about the value of leveraging LinkedIn for career exploration and visibility, and identifying side business ideas in line with the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025. For your free career planning, check your readiness to leap, enroll in our email course for your career transition made simple, and plan your life with our calendar. Listen to this 41 min episode for your PostdocTransformation! Capitalize on our chapter markers as needed. Click here to find the shownotes with the full transcript, all mentioned links to our free career transition resources! Click here to subscribe as one of the first listeners of our upcoming second show: #CreatingReorganized! In this episode we gift you our free email course with ten email lessons until you start your new job in business! 1) Check your readiness to leap out of science (episode 0001)! Introducing myself, I share how I capitalized on my PhD as a mom, professor and business owner! 2) How to build your sustainable LinkedIn profile? 3) How to read social media & network? 4) How to research your fave jobs & employers? 5) How to do informational interviews to get insights? 6) How to create your customized applications? 7) How to prepare your thesis from a business POV? 8) How to apply to your fave employers? 9) How to choose the right job offer? 10) How to prepare for your new job? While or after listening to this episode, you can check your readiness to leap out of science in an instant - for free.If you are ready to leap into business, but need free structured guidance, enroll here in your email course with 10 actionable lessons until you start your job in business.Nominate an employer of choice, so that I can ask them bold questions informing your job application!I have fun mugs, hoodies & baby onesies to inspire you for your #PostdocTransformation. Enter "Show" to get a 25% discount in my shop.Follow me on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube & LinkedIn!I'm Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels, Founder and CEO of PostdocTransformation, mom of two little ones and happy to share how you can build a #PostdocTransformation according to your vision of life! Thanks for listening and subscribing!Please share our show with your underprivileged, underrepresented & underserved (future) PhD bestie! https://postdoctransformation.ac-page.com/show0062 Do you have business promotional video podcasting questions? Click here to let me know them here (live question and answer sessions, or presubmit) so that I can answer them live or in future episodes for your #CreatingReorganized according to your vision of life! https://postdoctransformation.ac-page.com/crliveqa If you want to learn for FREE – my #CreatingReorganized video podcasting strategy, workflow and how I use tools I recommend as an affiliate partner, click below: https://postdoctransformation.ac-page.com/creatingreorganized If you like, what you see and listen to on my podcast channels and social media, these are the tools I use. They all offer a free trial period, I only get a small financial commission, if you become their customers, using my following affiliate links: For effective video podcast hosting, distribution to all major podcast players and monetizing: Podbean https://www.podbean.com/esw For easy video and audio recording, AI-powered text-based editing and clipping: Descript https://get.descript.com/creatingreorganized For fun and dynamic data collection in all business stages: Typeform https://typeform.cello.so/FxXD1YT3V9z For creating, hosting and monetizing an AI powered e-course learning management platform: Thinkific https://get.thinkific.com/give-a-month-program/?gam=b1a5dca9a5 For integrating email marketing automation and website building, hosting and customer relationship management: ActiveCampaign https://try.activecampaign.com/creatingreorganized For managing and scheduling all your social media content, so you can live according to your vision of life: Metricool https://s.mtrbio.com/DMOGXJ If you want me to help you CreatingReorganized with my premium consulting and white-label-done for-you business promotional video podcasting service, please enter your contact details here https://postdoctransformation.activehosted.com/f/28 About me: In my day job as a psychology professor, I teach my bachelor and master students in real life, how to reorganize processes in a goal-directed and future-proof way in companies. That’s what I had done for a living as a former IT strategy consultant. For my ...
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  • Prepare for your future of jobs, PostdocTransformation (SocialClip), Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels

    Prepare for your future of jobs, PostdocTransformation (SocialClip), Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels
    Dec 26 2025
    Hi scientist, are you ready for a reality check preparing you to leap from academia into business? In this social clip of our episode of the PostdocTransformation show, hosted by Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels, you will explore the insights from the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025, emphasizing the importance of technological advancement, green transition, demographic shifts, and the rise of remote work in shaping future job landscapes. You will delve into eight key subtopics of industrial and occupational psychology relevant for future business leaders. You will get practical advice on self-reflection, identifying transferable skills, continuous learning, networking, and personal branding. This episode also provides strategies to overcome challenges like imposter syndrome and uncertainty, and emphasizes the role of emotional intelligence and resilience in adapting to changes. You will be encouraged to engage in lifelong learning, to proactively navigate your career transition and even to build side project building employability and possibly your own startup. For your free career planning, check your readiness to leap, enroll in our email course for your career transition made simple, and plan your life with our calendar. Listen to the full 43 min episode, so you can find psychological closure for your PostdocTransformation! Capitalize on our chapter markers as needed. Click here to find the shownotes with the full transcript, all mentioned links to our free career transition resources! Click here to subscribe as one of the 11 k listeners of our second show: #CreatingReorganized! In this episode we gift you our free email course with ten email lessons until you start your new job in business! 1) Check your readiness to leap out of science (episode 0001)! Introducing myself, I share how I capitalized on my PhD as a mom, professor and business owner! 2) How to build your sustainable LinkedIn profile? 3) How to read social media & network? 4) How to research your fave jobs & employers? 5) How to do informational interviews to get insights? 6) How to create your customized applications? 7) How to prepare your thesis from a business POV? 8) How to apply to your fave employers? 9) How to choose the right job offer? 10) How to prepare for your new job? While or after listening to this episode, you can check your readiness to leap out of science in an instant - for free.If you are ready to leap into business, but need free structured guidance, enroll here in your email course with 10 actionable lessons until you start your job in business.Follow me on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube & LinkedIn!I'm Prof. Dr. Eleonore Soei-Winkels, Founder and CEO of PostdocTransformation, mom of two little ones and happy to share how you can build a #PostdocTransformation according to your vision of life! Thanks for listening and subscribing!Please share our show with your underprivileged, underrepresented & underserved (future) PhD bestie! Do you need the full transcript and free CreatingReorganized resources? Click here: https://postdoctransformation.ac-page.com/creatingreorganized_show0016 Do you have business promotional video podcasting questions? Click here to let me know them here (live question and answer sessions, or presubmit) so that I can answer them live or in future episodes for your #CreatingReorganized according to your vision of life! https://postdoctransformation.ac-page.com/crliveqa If you want to learn for FREE – my #CreatingReorganized video podcasting strategy, workflow and how I use tools I recommend as an affiliate partner, click below: https://postdoctransformation.ac-page.com/creatingreorganized If you like, what you see and listen to on my podcast channels and social media, these are the tools I use. They all offer a free trial period, I only get a small financial commission, if you become their customers, using my following affiliate links: For effective video podcast hosting, distribution to all major podcast players and monetizing: Podbean https://www.podbean.com/esw For easy video and audio recording, AI-powered text-based editing and clipping: Descript https://get.descript.com/creatingreorganized For fun and dynamic data collection in all business stages: Typeform https://typeform.cello.so/FxXD1YT3V9z For creating, hosting and monetizing an AI powered e-course learning management platform: Thinkific https://get.thinkific.com/give-a-month-program/?gam=b1a5dca9a5 For integrating email marketing automation and website building, hosting and customer relationship management: ActiveCampaign https://try.activecampaign.com/creatingreorganized For managing and scheduling all your social media content, so you can live according to your vision of life: Metricool https://s.mtrbio.com/DMOGXJ If you want me to help you CreatingReorganized with my premium consulting and white-label-done for-you business promotional video podcasting ...
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