From Symantec's rocket-ship years to the dot-com boom, global consulting, and now advising corporates and startups worldwide - Mark Zawacki has lived through the major shifts in tech and strategy over the last 30 years.
In this conversation, Mark shares the mentors who shaped him, the lessons he picked up building Symantec's European operations, and what he learned riding the wave of business re-engineering at Index Consulting. We also dive into:
Why he believes relationships are the real currency of getting things done
The rules of consulting he still applies today
The highs and lows of moving into venture investing during the dot-com bubble
How reverse mentoring keeps him sharp
And his personal framework for Total Wellbeing - nine pillars that make career success sustainable
It's a wide-ranging and energising conversation about careers, strategy, mentorship, and how to keep reinventing yourself across decades and continents.
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