Sean Aiken
Author and Creator of The One Week Job Project

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Sean Aiken is the creator of The One Week Job Project - an inspiring journey across North America in which he worked 52 jobs in 52 weeks to find his passion.

After having graduated form Capilano University with a Business Administration degree, top of his class with a 4.0 GPA and Class Valedictorian, Aiken struggles with the direction his life should take. This inspired his website and journey and ultimately his book, The One Week Job Project, which was published in 2010 by Penguin Group Canada and Random House USA.

Aiken has been features in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Globe & Mail, on CNN, 20/20, the Rachael Ray Show, Good Morning America, MTV, CBC, CTV, and countless other media outlets around the world.

He frequently speaks at conferences, companies, and schools about what he learned from his One Week Job experience and has developed an international program to empower others to discover their passion by taking on a series of "one week jobs".

He lives in Vancouver, Canada

In Pursuit of Passion - 52 Jobs, 52 Weeks
Sean shares his inspirational story – his determination to find his passion, the extraordinary people he met along the way, and the high and lows of his yearlong journey.

After trying out 52 different jobs, being exposed to 52 different work environments, 52 different bosses (some better than others!), and working alongside hundreds of co-workers. Sean shares his observations on what made a great workplace, his best leader vs not-so-best leader, what makes people happy at work, and how we can cultivate a passionate workplace.