A career transition experiment

Let's have lunch.

I'm having 50 honest lunch conversations with people I admire... about meaning, work, and what actually matters.

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Hi, I'm Ken

Curiously exploring what's next.

I'm exploring what's next in my life and career... but instead of sending CVs, I'm running an experiment: 50 Lunches.

I'm inviting 50 inspiring people to have meaningful conversations about their life choices, their work, and what gives it meaning.

This process has previously led me to roles at Google (Head of Startups), an investment firm in Stockholm, and Chief People Officer at Ultimate Beauty in Barcelona. Conversations have shaped every chapter of my career. This project is me being honest about that... and filming it.

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050 lunches

20 out of 50 lunches completed. Some are recorded. Others are not. The full conversations live on YouTube.

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Featured conversation
Taking the leap

Recent conversations

Each lunch is an honest conversation with someone I admire, about the choices they've made and what gives their work meaning. Full episodes on YouTube.

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The experiment

Reflections along the way

The concept

Purpose.

I've come to believe my purpose is to use my natural abilities and life experiences to contribute to something bigger than myself.

Why lunch?

Because the best conversations I've ever had happened across a table, not on stage. There's no script, no agenda, and no pretending. Just two people trying to say something true about work, life, and what comes next.

The framework

Ikigai.

A Japanese framework for aligning what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. It's the lens I've been using to think about the second half of my career... and the question I bring to every lunch.

I'll be sharing mine, and exploring other people's, across these 50 conversations.

Ikigai diagram: the intersection of what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.
Re-inventing Ken

A micro-retirement, documented.

I've spent most of 2025 on a "micro-retirement"... travelling through Europe in a camper van, then through Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and the Philippines.

I've been reflecting on who I am, and how I want to spend the second half of my career. I'm documenting all of it on my YouTube channel, Re-Inventing Ken.

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About me

Ex-consultant. Ex-Googler. Ex-startup founder.

20 years of experience across large global companies and high-growth startups. I've worked at the intersection of strategy, leadership, and organizational design, including serving as Chief People Officer in a fast-growing e-commerce company.

I love leadership, coaching, and teaching... helping ambitious people and teams grow, perform, and build things that matter.

Based in Málaga. Working globally.

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Get in touch

Who should I invite for lunch?

I'd love to hear from you... whether it's about lunch, work, or just a hello.

Thank you.

I read every message personally. If there's a lunch to be had, I'll be in touch.