What if the story you’ve told yourself about your career is missing the most important chapter? Mark Scully trained in law, pivoted into tax at a Big Four firm, climbed to director, and then made the bravest move of all: reframing his entire journey through a late autism diagnosis and launching Braver to help leaders manage people, not processes. We unpack the messy middle between academic success and workplace reality—unwritten rules, social subtext, and the survival tactic of saying yes to...
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What if the story you’ve told yourself about your career is missing the most important chapter? Mark Scully trained in law, pivoted into tax at a Big Four firm, climbed to director, and then made the bravest move of all: reframing his entire journey through a late autism diagnosis and launching Braver to help leaders manage people, not processes. We unpack the messy middle between academic success and workplace reality—unwritten rules, social subtext, and the survival tactic of saying yes to...
Ken Croarkin - A Chartered Accountant who took one leap—said yes once—and changed a whole life trajectory
Difference Makers Podcast
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1 week ago
Ken Croarkin - A Chartered Accountant who took one leap—said yes once—and changed a whole life trajectory
One decision can reroute a whole career. When Ken Croarkin said yes to learning insurance in Glasgow, he couldn’t have guessed it would lead to London, a secondment in New York, and ultimately two decades as an audit partner shaping a PE-backed, AI-ready firm. We dive into that arc with clear-eyed detail—how a Chartered Accountant becomes a true global passport, what it takes to cross from UK GAAP to US GAAP and insurance statutory, and why reciprocity and the CPA pathway are less about short...
Difference Makers Podcast
What if the story you’ve told yourself about your career is missing the most important chapter? Mark Scully trained in law, pivoted into tax at a Big Four firm, climbed to director, and then made the bravest move of all: reframing his entire journey through a late autism diagnosis and launching Braver to help leaders manage people, not processes. We unpack the messy middle between academic success and workplace reality—unwritten rules, social subtext, and the survival tactic of saying yes to...
