Career Strategy 2-Day Sprint
Jacalin Ding
Product Leader, 2xFounder, Seed-B Raised
Find Your Mission and Your Unique Values: Reflect and Reinvent Your Career
You've built experience, but the next step no longer feels obvious.
👉🏽 Maybe you've outgrown your role.
👉🏽 Maybe AI, a restructure or burnout prompt you to rethink your value.
👉🏽 Or you bring different talent to the table, but there's no clear job descriptions that fits what you can do.
This 2-day sprint helps you step back, clarify your mission and shape your next chapter: what to carry forward, what to rethink and what to test next.
Across two parts of self async materials, two 90-minute live sessions, you'll map your strengths, clarify where you should invest your energy, draft your unique value and mission, compare roles and environments, and choose your next small move.
Short videos give you the thinking before each session. Live time is for guided exercises, pair work and feedback.
I teach strategy for a living. My career has taken me from waitress to creative director, product designer, founder and coach. I'll show you how to run your career like building a business: use what you already have, weigh your options and test a direction before making a bigger commitment.
What you’ll learn
Know what to carry forward, compare your options and leave with a next move to test
Trace your career chapters to see which experiences energised you and which drained you
Spot recurring strengths, including those others see in you that you may take for granted
Decide what to keep, what to let go of and what to build in your next chapter
Connect what lights you up, what you're good at and where it's valued
Draft a one-sentence mission: what you want to do, for whom, and why
Hear it reflected back by the group, then refine it in your own words
Shortlist two or three roles, paths or environments that fit your mission and how you work best
Set your non-negotiables and score your options side by side
Use a practical way to evaluate a role, company or direction before committing
Connect your longer-term direction to a realistic next stop and two or three ideas worth testing
Test new directions through small moves before making a bigger commitment
Turn your mission and strengths into a short statement for career conversations
Read it in pairs, get feedback and refine how you explain the direction you're exploring
Choose your first small move during Day 2 and include it in your one-page Next Chapter Plan
Identify the routines, people and environment that will support your next steps
After the sprint, use the template and how-to video to build your 90-day plan with weekly or fortnightly commitments
Learn directly from Jacalin
Jacalin Ding
Product & Design Leader | 2x Business Founder | Seed to Series B Advisor
Who this course is for
Mid-career professionals across fields who have outgrown their role and want to change direction, move companies or reshape their work.
People rethinking their career after AI changes, restructuring, a layoff, a career break or burnout, who want a practical way forward.
People weighing a few possible paths who want to compare them, choose a small move to test and turn that into a plan.
Prerequisites
No design or business background needed
Bring your career experience and a willingness to reflect, compare options and hear other perspectives. The exercises work across fields.
Make time before and between sessions
Watch 30 minutes of videos before each day. Sketch your career chapters, ask three people for feedback and allow 45 minutes overnight.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Jacalin Ding in a real-time, interactive format.
2 live, guided working sessions
Two 90-minute sessions on back-to-back days. Work through guided exercises, compare ideas in pairs and get feedback. You'll use what you learn straight away, with a short take-home task between sessions.
Your one-page Next Chapter Plan
By the end of Day 2, bring together your working mission, roles and environments to explore, roadmap, career statement and next small move. One page to guide what you test next and revisit as you learn.
Short lessons before each day
About 30 minutes of bite-sized videos before each session, with stories from my own career changes. Watch on your schedule, so you can use the live sessions to apply the ideas to your own next move.
Worksheets, templates and a 90-day plan guide
Every exercise comes with a worksheet you keep, plus a 90-day plan template and a short how-to video. After Day 2, turn your next move into weekly or fortnightly commitments.
A small group and honest feedback
Work in pairs and hear your mission and career statement reflected back by other professionals. Use their questions and feedback to make your next chapter clearer and more specific.
Bonus lessons for what comes next
Build the case study and network for your next step, tell your new story on LinkedIn, and set up a yearly reset ritual to review your direction as your career evolves.
Lifetime access
Return to the course lessons, worksheets and templates whenever you want to review your direction or plan another career chapter.
Community of peers
Share insights and stay accountable alongside other professionals working out their next move.
Certificate of completion
Share your completion with your employer or on LinkedIn.
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Course syllabus
2 live sessions • 13 lessons
Live sessions
3 hrs
Two 90-minute live sessions: 18 and 19 December 2026, 9:00–10:30am Sydney time (AEDT). Guided exercises, pair work and feedback.
Short preparation videos
1 hr
About 30 minutes of videos before each live session. Initial pre-work and optional bonus lessons are additional.
Independent exercises and planning
2 hrs
Approximately 45 minutes between the two days to draft your mission and possible paths, then about an hour after Day 2 to finish your 90-day plan.
Week 1
Look back to move forward
Strategize your next move
Dec
18
Day 2 live: find where you shine and commit to your next move
Dec
17
Day 1 live: map your chapters and find your energy
Bonus
Bonus: take your next step
Start with the free career session
Curious about your next chapter? Join my free 45-minute session, Build a Non-Linear Career: Find Your Next Move for 2027. Start exploring your direction before going deeper in the Career Strategy 2-Day Sprint.
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