Last week I got to meet someone whose book inspired my own career change. The awesome Joanna Maxwell’s book ‘Rethink Your Career: In your 40’s, 50’s and 60’s’ encouraged me to take a leap, to back myself and take the next significant step in doing work I’m drawn to. At Career Development Association of Australia Conference in Canberra Joanna illustrated the complexity of the changing nature of work in our society – and, importantly, she made us laugh.