{"podcast":{"title":"Capability Edge","slug":"capability-edge-7085966","podcast_index_feed_id":7085966,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/capability-edge/","website_url":"https://talentcollective.org/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/6cb74acc-5a26-4ae5-ba6c-8604846fd302/Capability-Edge-POD-cover-1.png","author":"Candice Mitchell","episode_count":122,"summary":"What it really takes to build a career and life you're proud of, told by the people who've actually done it. The Capability Edge is real career stories from leaders across every industry. The pivots nobody posts about. The failures that turned out to be the whole point. The fetal position moments that are way more common than anyone admits. And the decisions that actually built the career they have now — not the cleaned-up version, the real one. Hosted by Candice Mitchell, founder and CEO of Talent Collective, USA Today bestselling author of Choose You: For the People Who Refuse to Disappear, and a practitioner with nearly 20 years inside People functions. Solo episodes cover talent strategy, people capability, and meeting this moment, because AI is rewriting the rules and the organizations that bring their people along are the ones that will still be standing. This is not a highlight reel. This is the hallway conversation, out loud, on purpose. New episodes every Friday. Previously published as Development Nerds. Subscribe: talentcollective.org | Follow Candice on LinkedIn","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T02:18:14.503786+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966"},"episode":{"title":"The hard truth about building a career you love","slug":"the-hard-truth-about-building-a-career-you-love","published_at":"2026-05-21T22:49:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966/the-hard-truth-about-building-a-career-you-love","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966","url":"https://talentcollective.org/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ae5e671c-8998-4518-be23-886c1815745f.mp3","summary":"What if career growth had less to do with strategy and more to do with who you become along the way? Let’s hear Candice with Jessica Miller-Merrell, founder of Workology, talk about entrepreneurship, resilience, career pivots, and the personal growth most people never expect when building meaningful work. From losing her job because of a blog, to building a business that reaches over a million people a month, to learning how nervous system regulation changed everything, this conversation is honest, practical, and deeply human. If you are building a career, growing a business, or trying to create work that actually feels good to wake up to, this episode is for you. WHAT YOU’LL GET FROM THIS EPISODE Why career growth often starts with personal growth The hidden realities of entrepreneurship people rarely talk about How to navigate uncertainty and career pivots Lessons from building an online business before social media really existed How nervous system regulation impacts leadership and success What it really takes to build work you genuinely love Get to know Jessica: Jessica Miller-Merrell is the Founder of Workology, a workplace resource for HR, recruiting professionals and business leaders. The site was listed twice as a top 75 career resource by Forbes Magazine. Jessica is the president and CEO of Xceptional HR, a human capital strategy and consulting agency, and is listed by Forbes as a top 50 social media power user. Because of her industry expertise and knowledge, Jessica’s opinions and expertise are sought after and sourced by publications and media including: The Economist, Forbes, CIO Magazine, CBS, Entrepreneur Magazine, and SHRM’s HR Magazine. Her new book, Digitizing Talent: Creative Strategies for the Digital Recruiting Age was published in 2023 by the Soci…","meta_description":"What if career growth had less to do with strategy and more to do with who you become along the way? Let’s hear Candice with Jessica Miller-Merrell, found…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3245,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/capability-edge-7085966/episodes/the-hard-truth-about-building-a-career-you-love/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966/the-hard-truth-about-building-a-career-you-love.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}