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Carly Vivian
Carly Vivian is a career reinvention strategist who spent 30 years at the table when Fortune 50 organizations made their biggest calls - mergers, transformations, and leadership transitions at a combined $100B scale. She now helps senior executives, post-exit founders, and athletes leaving sport decode what built their First Act and architect a deliberate Second Act. Her work runs on the Discover, Design, Develop methodology, which also anchors her book in progress, Lightning Strikes Twice. Alongside the platform she keeps a separate, referral-based executive coaching practice.
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Carly Vivian is a career reinvention strategist who spent 30 years at the table when Fortune 50 organizations made their biggest calls - mergers, transformations, and leadership transitions at a combined $100B scale. She now helps senior executives, post-exit founders, and athletes leaving sport decode what built their First Act and architect a deliberate Second Act. Her work runs on the Discover, Design, Develop methodology, which also anchors her book in progress, Lightning Strikes Twice. Alongside the platform she keeps a separate, referral-based executive coaching practice.
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Your Network Is 10 Years Behind
Carly Vivian argues that professional networks tend to hold outdated perceptions of what someone is good at, reflecting past roles rather than evolving capabilities. The post encourages professionals to look beyond their network's fixed image when planning their next career chapter, focusing instead on underlying strengths and the version of themselves others haven't yet seen.
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Summary
Carly Vivian argues that professional networks tend to hold outdated perceptions of what someone is good at, reflecting past roles rather than evolving capabilities. The post encourages professionals to look beyond their network's fixed image when planning their next career chapter, focusing instead on underlying strengths and the version of themselves others haven't yet seen.
Tags
personal-branding · career-transition · networking · professional-identity · second-act · self-awareness · perception
Key entities
Carly Vivian (person, 0.95) · Second Act (concept, 0.9) · professional identity (concept, 0.85) · network perception (concept, 0.85) · Tawna Hanslick (person, 0.8) · Dr. Adinarayana Andy (person, 0.75) · LinkedIn (organization, 0.7)
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notes · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 27 Jul 2026