Heather Hinojosa tries to make complicated things feel less complicated. She’s spent years in marketing and communication, but the part she likes best is when an idea that felt stuck suddenly slides open, like a zipper that finally gives way. Atlanta, to her, is all about bursts of color in unexpected places—a mural on the walk to coffee, a spray of paint under a tunnel—and the long list of restaurants she’s slowly working her way through, knowing she’ll never really get to the end of it.
Talk: The Power of Introverts – Susan Cain
“Stories help us make sense of our lives—but when they’re incomplete or misleading, they can keep us stuck. Lori Gottlieb’s talk struck me because it’s about becoming your own editor, rewriting your narrative from a new point of view. I carry that reminder with me: you don’t have to stay in the same draft.”
What if everything you’ve been taught about building a successful career no longer applies?
Margaret Weniger has spent years exploring that question from both sides of the table. As director of entrepreneurial programs for CREATE-X at Georgia Institute of Technology, she helps founders navigate uncertainty while building companies designed for the future. As a technology sales executive, leadership strategist and author of “Broken,” she has interviewed hundreds of professionals, founders and executives to understand why some people emerge from career disruption stronger than before.
Margaret’s work sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship, leadership and the changing nature of work. Drawing from her own unconventional career and years of research, she challenges long-held assumptions about success, ambition and what it really takes to build a meaningful career in a world that refuses to stand still.
At TEDxAtlanta, Margaret invites us to rethink one of the most familiar ideas about work. The answer may change not only how you think about your career, but also how you approach whatever comes next.
