Emilia Game

I would say that I attribute my success to my community. That really, for me, means my family, my friends, my trusted colleagues, who not only guide me and give me great advice, but provide me the support that I need when I take bigger risks in my career and make big decision moves, or make big career moves. I also would say my curiosity. I am someone who, I think, has always been drawn to different directions, and I think always being able to focus and grind in one specific direction when needed is always helpful, but I think my curiosity at this point has made me a multifaceted person, and has made me realize and make the most out of a generalist consulting model, where I got to work in different industries and learned a lot. Now I get to do a lot of different things in my work today. I think that, to me, has allowed me to be very adaptable and get to always feel like there's more to learn. I love learning new things, and I think that comes from my deep curiosity.

I think the best career advice that I've received is the more authentic you show up to the space, the more honest the world will be to you. I think there's just been a lot of moments where I think we're trained to prep for a case study to get a specific job, or have a list of the things you must hit to achieve a goal or convince someone to do something, and I think that sometimes strays you from really going for what it is that you actually want, not what is expected. So I think having awareness of what it is that you are and what you want allows you to show up authentically to these spaces, and it's been surprising to get these huge upsides of honesty on the other end as well when that happens, and the huge unlock of confirming what you do want, or even being exposed to things you didn't even know you wanted, and people really guiding you. I've found so many mentors through entering spaces authentically and vulnerably as well, and learning from other people, so opening up. I think that in networking has been a huge thing, and it was one of my career coach that I had actually gave me that advice, and I really stuck through to it, and try to do that. Have that as my mantra when I walk into a lot of networking opportunities.

I'd say come along, come join us. I think right now, specifically in women's and family health, it has changed so much in the last 10 years. When we entered, when Maven started in this space 11 years ago, it was something where we had to convince people that women's and family health mattered. And now, we're in a privileged, very competitive position, but a privileged position, that we don't have to convince people, and if anything, it is an ever-growing industry and space. For women who really believe in the mission to support others in thriving in this space, and having the luxury of health, and the privilege of having families, I think it's a space that is really inspiring, and there is so much demand for it now, and still more work to do and more people to focus on it, but I think it's just in a really interesting space, and the mission has always been there, but now I think it's an exciting time to have an immense amount of impact.

I think AI and uncertain economic times are the biggest challenges and opportunities. With AI, it's a double-sided sword, because I think on one hand, we're able to do so much more with the same amount of people, and so we can be just more productive. Because we are both health and tech, AI really does maximize the type of work that we're doing, but obviously, there are a lot of risks around AI in health, and feeling like it might grow in the distrust and the clinical integrity that a lot of institutions have. So I think that is a tricky one in the field. It requires nuance and sensitivity of, like, we want to definitely leverage AI, but we want to do it correctly, and in a way that it helps with access, which I think is the biggest benefit, but still is able to have the human element and human-centered focus that makes healthcare so good. With uncertain times, I mentioned that it's a growing industry, like healthcare broadly, and women and family health has more attention than there has ever been to it. But we still live in a space where companies are trying to be lean where possible, and so as a business-to-business company, we try to convince businesses to invest in Maven and have us as an employee benefit, but when budgets are tight, obviously, we are privy to budget constraints for others. So I think that's just what comes to the tough economic landscape across all businesses.

For me, the values that drive me a lot, I think community is a big one, not only because I am an extrovert, but I feel like, for me, when I feel inspired in the work that I do, it is usually when I can feel the impact towards others and the community around me. So, I think community is a big one. Another one is respect. I think being able to enter spaces with respect for others, and the respect that you do, and the respect of what others do, really builds a space of trust for me. Another value I'd say is thoughtfulness, and being intentional with what it is that you're doing, and how you are treating others as well. And while this is a vague one, I think another value that I kind of want to live by is just, like, overall kindness and having the work there be for the good of others. I feel like an even more vague one is creativity. I think a value that I really like to see is just when I look at the things that I do in and out of work, if there's ways that I can always kind of spice things up through creativity.