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Squiggly Careers

CEO Shell-Shedding Moments: Learning How to Let Go & Lead Differently with TEDs Logan McClure Davda

Squiggly Careers

AmazingIf

Business, Management, Careers

4.9838 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

This is the fifth and final episode in our Shell-Shedding Moments series, a series where CEOs and leaders share the vulnerable moments, the challenges, mistakes, and personal revelations that most people never see. In this episode, Logan McClure Davda, CEO of TED, reflects on stepping into leadership at one of the world’s most influential idea-sharing organisations and the personal shifts that came with it. From making the hard decision to leave a dream role, to learning how to move from “doing” to creating space for others to lead, Logan shares her learnings on letting go and finding the courage to lead in a new way. 🦞 Learn Like A Lobster: 🇺🇸PRH US - https://bit.ly/3KxTeBn 🇬🇧 Amazon UK - https://bit.ly/46lj8Av  For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 📩 Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/ 🦞 Join the Learn Like a Lobster Sprint: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNQl9gsac8BXnWe2qoGuHkLKwsygjP_Ma&si=l7kODG3JpopH0Irz 📮 Get Squiggly Careers in Action in your inbox: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction 📚 Read our books: The Squiggly Career and You Coach You: https://www.amazingif.com/books/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, everybody. It is a very happy Helen from the Squiggly Careers podcast. And before we get to today's episode, I just wanted to say a huge thank you from me and Sarah for everyone's support with the launch of our new book, Learn Like a Lobster. It is out in the UK now. It is out in the US on the 24th of February. We cannot wait for this book to start arriving with everyone the thousands of people

0:21.2

who have pre-ordered it and it'll be arriving at their houses right now. Please flick through the book.

0:27.2

Let us know what you love. Take photos. Share it with us on LinkedIn. If you haven't ordered it yet,

0:32.1

now's the time. It's going to come straight away. But yeah, a huge, huge thank you for us. We're

0:36.3

really excited to see what everybody

0:37.8

thinks, to see what actions people take and to start turning lobster learning into the new

0:43.2

norm at work. On to today's episode. Hi everyone. It's Sarah here from the Squiggly Careers podcast.

0:49.9

This week, it is the launch of our new book, Learn Like a Lobster.

0:54.4

So we've got some very special podcast episodes for you.

0:58.1

Each day, you will hear me talk to a CEO about one of their shell shedding moments.

1:03.9

Something hard that has happened, what's helped them, and how they have found their way to growing even bigger, better and stronger,

1:11.6

just like our new friend and role model, The Lobster.

1:15.0

And I really hope you enjoy hearing from the range of CEOs that you'll get the opportunity

1:19.4

to learn from this week, CEOs who ruin massive creative companies, who run fast-growing

1:25.1

scale-ups, charities, volunteer organisations, and even our very

1:29.7

own, Helen, who's our CEO, will also be talking about her shell shedding moments. So I hope

1:35.3

you enjoy each of the conversations. And if you've got any feedback or reflections, we

1:39.8

always love to hear from you. We're Helen and Sarah at squiggly careers.com. Logan, thank you so much

1:45.7

for joining me on the Squiggly Careers podcast. I'm really looking forward to our conversation today.

1:50.4

Sarah, it's such a joy to be with you. Thank you for having me. So for our listeners or viewers who

1:56.6

might not know, let us know where are you a CEO, maybe how long have you been a CEO, and give us a bit

2:04.3

of an insight into your day. I've sort of stopped asking for, oh, what's the day in the life

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