Ingrid Biese - on "opting out", crying in the car, making art and new beginnings (#3)
Oct 16, 2020
Only the third episode of "Endelig Mandag" (Finally Monday) - and already we are going international! ;-) This episode is in English, to share with you the research, insights and inspiring personal "opting-out"-story of Ingrid Biese, postdoc at the Swedish School of Social Studies, Helsinki University.
"Opting-out worked well for me, but I don’t see it as a long
term solution for society," as she says, "I want to create work
places that people do not want to opt-out of".
Bieses studies "opting-out" and has collected data and life stories
from men and women choosing to leave management positions, "good"
jobs and mainstream career models to adopt alternative approaches
to work and life on their own terms.
Can I be myself
here?
We talk about what it is that make people decide to leave, what
they opt-out of, what they long for and want more of (hint: a
chance to be themselves, control and more room for human
connection). The good news is that they find it. But only after
going through some tough times (and especially for the women, some
serious self-blame also!).
Further more, Biese shares her insights into what it takes to
create work places that people do not want, or need, to opt-out
of.
From crying in the car to a
big decision
Biese also shares her personal story of opting-out - from
management consultancy into academia and recently, another shift in
her work life, pursuing her passion for silk paint to combine her
work as a researcher, consultant and artist in her newly founded
studio, The Art Place Finland, where she works with organisations
to "create work places that people do not want to opt-out of".
Postdoc and opting-out scholar Ingrid Biese, Helsinki
University in online conversation with Line Reeh, Endelig
Mandag
TheOptingOutBlog.com and
Bieses Books
Biese blogs on her own terms on TheOptingOutBlog.com.
Ingrid Biese is the author of "Opting Out and In: On Women's
Careers and New Lifestyles", Taylor & Francis Ltd (2017) and has a
new book on the way on men and opting-out.
More on Ingrid Biese, publications and free chapters on
https://theartplacefinland.com/