"Office Hours" with Operations Maven, Mother, and MIT Professor, Zeynep Ton (S2 Finale) #bizoba

Business of Being Awesome

Mother of four. MIT Professor. Groundbreaking business researcher. Zeynep Ton doesn't believe in keeping these identities separate--she embraces them all and integrates them in the full picture of who she is and what she does. In the conclusion of the second season of #bizoba, Zeynep tells her full story from growing up in Turkey, playing volleyball at Penn State, and picking up her Ph.D. at Harvard Business School. She shares the inflection points along her path that led to changing her view of success and reprioritizing her life in favor of more time with her family and more meaningful work. While most companies tend to focus just on satisfying investors or creating value for customers, in her courses at MIT and her book "Good Jobs Strategy," Zeynep's research supports that the most successful companies in the long-term are those committed to designing great jobs and investing in the training and development of great employees. In this interview, Zeynep shows just how much she, like the companies she studies, is 100% committed to her values of investing in people and doing work that matters. #bizoba bullets from this episode are: 1. Continuously improve--it’s far easier to be mediocre than it is to be excellent--in both your work and your personal life 2. Invest in your family--whether that means your direct relations or the people in your life that you would call your family 3. Enjoy your life, make it matter, and make it meaningful In Zeynep's world of operations management, awesome businesses are made by way of continuous improvement. We think the same is true of awesome lives. So whatever that continuous improvement looks like for you, #bizoba ballers, we look forward to being along for the ride with you on the journey to a happier and more fulfilled life, both on and off the clock. We can't wait to hear all the ways you've been #busybeingawesome when we return in Season 3. Until then, stay in touch with us on social media @bizobapodcast, share your thoughts with us by emailing [e-mail], and rock out to two seasons of power songs on our "Bizoba power songs" playlist on Spotify.