In 1995 I was offered a role as HR Trainee in the HQ of a multinational company based in Switzerland. This was a big step for me. It was one of those sliding door moments that would determine the course of my life.

And it did. It meant embracing a profession, the HR profession, that I love and it meant pursuing a demanding business career that I am very grateful to have had even though it required a non stop 24/7 attention, energy and dedication !

Every three to five years I was “on the road” with new assignments, new positions, new challenges & responsibilities always linked to major changes and transformations and often linked to relocating to new cities. As I progressed in my career to increasingly more Senior HR jobs in countries, in global functions and in corporate, I realised how critical our role as HR is in any organisational set up: it is often at the cross roads of complex and delicate situations that require a profound understanding of the “human” in all its facets and of the business in all its urgencies to deliver results. I strongly believe that everyone at some stage of their career should have an assignment in HR – it is not only an eye opener to the others but to one’s self as well.

At a certain point though I started losing that sense of AWE and CURIOSITY that have always accompanied me. As paradoxical as it may sound the constant change was getting repetitive. Even changing industry from consumer goods to healthcare and the numerous M&As linked to that as well as the possibility to continue to grow in responsibilities were no longer giving me that sense of excitement and fun needed for me to be willing to still dedicate my life 24/7 to a career and to a corporation.

My priorities started to change. Time was becoming more precious and I had other things I wanted to accomplish on this planet before moving on. So exactly 25 years after the first sliding door moment, I decided to walk through another sliding door and change path.

When people now ask me what I do, I smile and say I am an entrepreneur of my life. What does that mean? It means I don’t shy away from putting together all my polyhedric passions, skills, experience, knowledge and explore new paths, new professions, new ways of looking at life and at the world of work. It means crossing boundaries between professions and realising we are much more than that! It means finding the right harmony between the arts and business, and putting music back at the centre of what it should be: a universal language that can bond people in meaning, emotions and entertainment. It also means connecting with talented people and supporting them to design their own world of work, create their own sliding door moments and live their own unique stories with their own unique voices.