Inside this Special Edition

✉️ A Note from Nelle This Isn’t a Pivot. It’s a Power Shift.

💡 Life Design 101 Designing for Human-First Experiences

🌱 Motivation Tip Don’t Wait for Permission to Reinvent Yourself

💼 Free Resource Design Your Next Move (Guide)

⚙️ Design in Motion Start Smaller Than You Think

📨 An Invitation to Action Want to Design What’s Next With Me?

This Isn’t a Pivot. It’s a Power Shift.

The world of work is shifting fast and the rules many of us built our careers on no longer apply. The truth is the job market is unstable, and AI implementation is quickly accelerating in the workplace. In the U.S. alone, 47% of workers are at risk of losing their jobs to automation over the coming decade. Now, I’m not telling you these numbers to scare you, but it’s definitely something to take note of and get prepared for.

But here’s the upside to the news: You have the power to take matters into your own hands. You don’t have to sit around and wait for a promotion or that perfect job to show up. You can use all of this AI chaos to create your own opportunities.

In this new era, the most valuable skill isn’t just what you know - it’s what you can imagine, initiate, and shape for yourself. Gone are the days of chasing titles or climbing the corporate ladder. This is about designing your own path based on your own set of values, vision, and philosophy.

Whether you want to pivot your career, launch something of your own, or simply redefine what success means to you, the opportunity is here. It’s now.

Let’s design it.

~Nelle

“The danger of AI is not that it will rise of machines, but the fall of humanity.”

-Toby Walsh

Design for Human-First Experiences

This next wave of work is going to look different - very different. 

Let me drop some wisdom on you: The real opportunity will be in how you think.

In a world being reshaped by AI, automation, and algorithms, the most valuable asset isn’t your resume - it’s your perspective. Your lived experience. Your ability to notice what’s missing, what’s broken, and what only a human can understand and fix.

This next chapter is about designing smarter and looking for the chance to:

• Solve problems AI can’t comprehend

• Bring empathy to systems that have none

• Spot patterns AI isn’t trained to see

• Deliver nuance, care, and connection where tech still falls short

We’re entering a time where being deeply human is your competitive edge.

I need you to pay close attention here and write this down, because you’re going to need to put your investigator’s hat on and do some deep diving to try and figure out the following:

• What are the pain problems you see in everyday life?

• What questions are people asking that go unanswered?

• Where do you see breakdowns - communication, trust, connection, context that AI simply can’t repair?

Those cracks you discover in your investigation? That’s where your opportunity lives.

You might end up starting a business as a result. Or consult. Or create a tool, experience, or service that bridges the gap between people and machines, between information and meaning.

You might even find that your role is not to replace what AI can do (but to elevate what it can’t).

The possibilities are endless.

The key is to stay open minded, tuned into your surroundings, and embrace creativity (on multiple levels).

You might be surprised what you discover and come up with.

Don’t Wait for Permission to Reinvent Yourself

We’re conditioned to think reinvention comes after a major promotion, a layoff, or a life-changing moment.

But you don’t have to wait.

The truth is: no one is going to hand you the next version of your life. 

Reinvention is a choice, and it is often sparked by curiosity and a single “what if.”

If our world is rapidly changing (technology, culture, media), that means you can too and the most powerful move you can make right now is to design your own path forward (before the status quo decides it for you).

What Does Reinvention Really Look Like?

Reinvention isn’t about abandoning who you are. It’s about embracing all of your characteristics, values, and philosophies, and using your life experiences to move yourself forward in a big way.

It might look like:

• Starting that idea you’ve been sitting on for years

• Recommitting to what excites you (even if it doesn’t make “logical” sense yet)

• Creating space to experiment before making a leap

It’s about giving yourself permission to explore any and everything outside of your usual corporate habitat that resonates with you on a deeper level. If you’re not sure how to get started, try out these questions to begin:

• What do I feel drawn to explore (even if it scares me a little)?

• Where in my life am I overdue for a bold decision or a fresh start?

• If I trusted my experience, what would I build next?

Again, you don’t need a title to grow, and you don’t need a green light to begin. You just need to stop waiting and start designing.

Those questions above? Consider that your first assignment.

Design Your Next Move: A Mini Reflection Guide

If one thing is clear: you know you’re going back to the traditional path. Now the question is: what is next?

My Design Your Next Move guide is a 1-page tool designed to help you evaluate key areas of your life and uncover hidden insights that could spark your next move - whether it’s a plan, a business, or something greater.

Why It Works: These questions are built on cognitive clarity and future-focused coaching principles. They activate creative problem-solving, and help you identify patterns, values, and desires that might otherwise go unnoticed.

👉 [Download the Design Your Next Move Guide]

Start Smaller Than You Think

There is so much pressure to get a running start on designing your next opportunity (especially if you hate your current job or feel like you’re in a bind). Sometimes you can get overwhelmed and become a deer in headlights, not making any moves at all.

And that’s the worst thing you can do.

But you don’t need to put pressure on yourself to create this massive next “big thing.”

Instead, I want you to focus on starting small.

You don’t need to quit your job, build a full business, or launch a perfect website to begin. In fact, the smartest moves often start small - a pilot idea, a conversation, a prototype. Experimentation and testing are where you learn, and your experiences are your teacher.

This is how you discover what energizes you, what people respond to, and what’s actually worth scaling. Small doesn’t mean insignificant, it means strategic.

You don’t have to go all in.

You just have to go.

Want to Design What’s Next with Me?

If you find yourself daydreaming about creating your own opportunities or a life that truly feels like yours, maybe it’s time to start putting action behind those thoughts. I created Life Design with Nelle to help career professionals like you stop guessing and start designing with more clarity, intention, and direction.

Whether you’re in panic mode or simply ready to reimagine what’s next, this might be the moment to explore it more deeply. Coaching isn’t for everyone, but if you’re ready to stop spinning your wheels and start moving with purpose, it just might be the support you’ve been looking for.

Book a free discovery call and see if coaching is a good fit for the season you’re in.

~Nelle

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