🚧 Career stalled? Before you panic — listen to this.

Career slumps don’t mean you made bad choices.
More often, they mean the environment shifted, the market moved, expectations drifted, or something quietly stopped fitting.

I’ve been through several versions of the career slump — sometimes forced, sometimes chosen, sometimes just confusing — and I’ve tested more remedies than I care to admit.

In my latest newsletter, I share what actually helped me regain momentum, without platitudes or manifestation talk:

🧭 how to tell whether the issue is macro, personal, or both
🪞 why self-awareness isn’t enough without real feedback
🛠️ what truly moves the needle (and what mostly doesn’t)
✈️ when changing role, organization, or geography is the right move
🔄 why careers move in cycles, not straight lines — despite what LinkedIn suggests

If any of this feels familiar, enjoy this podcast

#CareerTransitions #Leadership #ProfessionalGrowth #ExecutiveLife #Reinvention

Peggy Van de Plassche is a value creation strategist and senior advisor with over 20 years of experience in private equity, financial services, healthcare, and technology. She works with investment firms, boards, and C-suite leaders to accelerate portfolio company performance, drive operational transformation, and unlock long-term value. Peggy specializes in the execution of complex value creation plans—spanning capital allocation, digital enablement, transaction advisory, and leadership alignment. Her work consistently bridges strategy and implementation, helping investors and operators maximize EBITDA and enterprise value. A founding board member of Invest in Canada, she also brings deep expertise in public-private partnerships and institutional capital deployment—critical levers for competitive advantage in today’s global landscape. Her clients have included BMO, CI Financial, HOOPP, OMERS, GreenShield Canada, Nicola Wealth, and Power Financial. Learn more at peggyvandeplassche.com.

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Ever feel like you’re managing an overconfident junior analyst — only this one costs $20/month and never sleeps?

That’s been my relationship with ChatGPT-5 lately.
Brilliant at first glance, charming in tone, but when deadlines hit… it cheerfully tells you everything is “✅ On track” while the deliverables are nowhere to be found.

I’ve done the homework — deep-dive courses, optimized prompts, feedback loops tighter than a McKinsey Gantt chart — yet the “deep research” experience remains a mix of brilliance and bafflement.

Deadlines? Elastic.
Quality? Inconsistent.
Tone? Disingenuously confident.

So yes, AI is changing how we work — but not always in the ways the hype suggests.

💸 The real question: will the technology catch up to its trillion-dollar valuation before the music stops?

Peggy Van de Plassche is a value creation strategist and senior advisor with over 20 years of experience in private equity, financial services, healthcare, and technology. She works with investment firms, boards, and C-suite leaders to accelerate portfolio company performance, drive operational transformation, and unlock long-term value. Peggy specializes in the execution of complex value creation plans—spanning capital allocation, digital enablement, transaction advisory, and leadership alignment. Her work consistently bridges strategy and implementation, helping investors and operators maximize EBITDA and enterprise value. A founding board member of Invest in Canada, she also brings deep expertise in public-private partnerships and institutional capital deployment—critical levers for competitive advantage in today’s global landscape. Her clients have included BMO, CI Financial, HOOPP, OMERS, GreenShield Canada, Nicola Wealth, and Power Financial. Learn more at peggyvandeplassche.com.

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What makes something valuable?
Its beauty, its rarity… or the story it tells?

A few years ago, I met artist Abraham Reyes — heir to the world’s largest natural pearl, the Giga Pearl, appraised at $135 million.
But instead of locking it away, he turned his inheritance into art.

He uses real gems and wild pearls to create sculptures that question what value really means — in art, in markets, in culture.

It reminded me of Marcel Duchamp, who once placed a urinal in a museum and called it art, forcing the world to rethink worth and meaning. Abraham is doing something similar — merging gemology and contemporary art to redefine both.

✨ Why it matters:
His story isn’t just about pearls. It’s about how innovation disrupts tradition — in art as in finance.

🎨 Listen to my latest podcast —
“Value, Beauty & Rebellion: When Art Holds Its Own Worth”
A reflection on what truly gives things — and ideas — their value.

#Art #Innovation #ValueCreation #Culture #Investing #AbrahamReyes #ContemporaryArt

You can explore Abraham’s Art here: abrahamreyes.art | https://www.instagram.com/abrahamreyesart

Peggy Van de Plassche is a value creation strategist and senior advisor with over 20 years of experience in private equity, financial services, healthcare, and technology. She works with investment firms, boards, and C-suite leaders to accelerate portfolio company performance, drive operational transformation, and unlock long-term value. Peggy specializes in the execution of complex value creation plans—spanning capital allocation, digital enablement, transaction advisory, and leadership alignment. Her work consistently bridges strategy and implementation, helping investors and operators maximize EBITDA and enterprise value. A founding board member of Invest in Canada, she also brings deep expertise in public-private partnerships and institutional capital deployment—critical levers for competitive advantage in today’s global landscape. Her clients have included BMO, CI Financial, HOOPP, OMERS, GreenShield Canada, Nicola Wealth, and Power Financial. Learn more at peggyvandeplassche.com.

#privateequity #privatemarkets #alternativeinvestments #investing #investments #invest #venturecapital #investor #entrepreneur #digitaltransformation #ai #exit #tech #technology #finance #financialservices #healthcare