The InnovateHER Lab Podcast
The InnovateHER Lab Podcast
Podcast Description
InnovateHER Lab: Empowering women to navigate career transitions, launch businesses, scale side hustles, and create passive income streams through expert strategies, actionable insights, and transformative conversations.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on women's empowerment, career transitions, and entrepreneurial growth, with episodes exploring topics such as balancing parenting and work in the publishing industry, the role of adaptogens in women's health, and creating supportive coworking spaces for women. Specific episodes include discussions on mental well-being practices in publishing and the significance of mindfulness in holistic health.
InnovateHER Lab: Empowering women to navigate career transitions, launch businesses, scale side hustles, and create passive income streams through expert strategies, actionable insights, and transformative conversations.
Summary
In this episode of the Innovator Lab, host Adrienne Farrell speaks with Brigid Black, a senior production manager at Simon & Schuster, about her journey from New York City to Southern Maine, the challenges and changes in the publishing industry, and the importance of community and literacy. They discuss the balance of working from home while parenting, the beauty of Maine, and Brigid’s involvement with the New York Book Forum. The conversation also touches on mental well-being practices and advice for newcomers in the publishing field.
Takeaways
- Brigid Black transitioned from New York City to Maine during the pandemic.
- Working from home has allowed Brigid to be a more present parent.
- The publishing industry faces challenges like printer capacity and supply chain issues.
- Brigid emphasizes the importance of community in publishing.
- The New York Book Forum aims to promote literacy and connect the publishing world with the public.
- Maintaining mental well-being is crucial for working parents.
- Networking is key to advancing in the publishing industry.
- Audiobooks are a preferred way for Brigid to consume literature.
- Maine offers a different lifestyle with more space and nature.
- Trends in book publishing include aesthetic innovations like beautiful book edges.
Chapters
00:00
From Brooklyn to Southern Maine: A New Beginning
05:22
Navigating the Publishing Industry: Challenges and Changes
10:24
Personal Wellbeing: Balancing Work and Life
14:00
Trends in Publishing: The Rise of Decorative Edges
Brigid’s Contact Information
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Twitter
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Learn more about the New York Book Forum
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