In this Talent Tales episode I had the honor to interview Jennifer Dewey , Global Talent Management Lead at BASF Colors & Effects.

Jennifer’s creative superpower is “flexibility”. She has always been very flexible in her approach and mindset which certainly is evident in her impressive career trajectory.Jennifer graduated with a degree in social work and was a case worker where she ran a very lean team and learned how to problem solve on a daily basis. After a while, Jennifer was looking for more development opportunities. So she decided to interview her friends to learn about related fields where she still could work with people. That’s how she discovered Human Resources. Her first job was as a Recruiting Coordinator. From there, she worked her way up by keeping an open mind about new opportunities which included working in different geographies including in Asia.

For the last eleven years, Jennifer has worked at BASF.

Jennifer discovered design thinking as part of her late night Google searches where she was looking for inspiration for career development in a turbulent time when her business unit BASF Colors & Effects was undergoing a divestiture.