Legacy-Makers@Work Liz Stern, Phyllis Weiss Haserot

In this conversation, you will hear more from us about our work legacies, how they came to be, and how we work together.

During the pandemic, the shape of work shifted from “business as usual” to more fluid constructs in an attempt to better accommodate both work and life. The need for flexibility and experimentation became evident. This episode discusses changes we have already seen and experienced as well as speculates on what may come.

This episode seeks to reframe the pursuit of fulfillment, of purpose and meaningful contributions – of impact beyond oneself. Join us for this conversation.

Heading for a career on the stage in ballet, Dr. Linde Miles made a pivot after a career-ending injury. A devoted ballet dancer from the age of 3, Linde had to rethink her life quickly. Her mother laid out her options: College or a job. She chose the former and focused on her “other” passion, science. After college Linde continued her journey becoming a cancer research specialist, another demanding career. Now at age 33, Linde’s numerous achievements, both in and outside the lab highlight her passion, caring, and strong motivation as core values with two intentional legacies: high achievement in the lab; and even more important, to train and mentor others.

Karri Ankrom has truly loved her 22 years as homeroom teacher and math specialist and administrator at an independent First to Eighth grade school in New York. And the students and parents praising and lining up to be in her classes are a tribute to her talent and dedication. That caring has been exhibited equally in the many years of volunteer work with seriously ill children at New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.

How does an academic researcher, tech strategist, artist and fashion entrepreneur do it all – not sequentially, but as simultaneous careers and while living with a rare memory condition that is both a curse and a blessing? In this episode, Nima Veiseh explains how everything he does fits together, he cannot operate any other way, and indeed, the parts cannot be separated as he deals with his life challenges and the threads of his work legacy journey. Being good with numbers, he takes an analytic approach to human capital in his research and advisory roles on memory, technology and design.