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Who would do your work if you didn't?

Who would do your work if you didn't?

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In this episode of the Effektiv Spenden Podcast, Basti Schwiecker
talks with Devon Fritz, co-founder of High Impact Professionals
and author of "The High-Impact Professional's Playbook," about an
uncomfortable question: how much of what you achieve at work
would not happen without you?

Devon has put that question to himself, repeatedly. He left
Founders Pledge once the team had grown and other people could do
what he did. He helped Effektiv Spenden open its Swiss office and
moved on. And he handed over the organization he had founded
himself as soon as he found a successor he trusted. His yardstick
is not whether his work is important, but whether it would go
undone without him.

Key topics of the conversation:

Replaceability as a decision criterion: Why Devon walked away
three times while things were going well — and why a spreadsheet
of his ten best options meant that Effektiv Spenden did not come
out on top.

Why becoming a doctor might not be the best idea: A surgeon
believes he saves hundreds of lives over a career. But the number
of licenses handed out each year is capped, so somebody else
would have stepped in — the additional impact is smaller than it
feels.

What a career change is worth: How High Impact Professionals put
roughly 100 placements at $4.9 million in value — and why Devon
himself says that number is less precise than it sounds. For its
own costs, the organization counts the salaries its team could be
earning in the private sector.

Neglectedness is the neglected factor: With the ITN framework,
most people look at importance and tractability. Devon uses an
example from a previous job to explain why the second-best
organization in a field is sometimes the better
recommendation.

What you can do without changing jobs: Board seats, mentoring,
workplace giving campaigns. His co-founder ran one at a small
Swiss startup and moved 35,000 Swiss francs to effective
charities.

Having kids and having impact: Less time for ideas, but
noticeably more practice at leading people. Devon now writes
about why becoming a parent did not halve his impact.

Learn more & support: Devon's book and the free programs run
by High Impact Professionals:
https://www.highimpactprofessionals.org/book and
https://www.highimpactprofessionals.org/ — the proceeds from the
book go to the organization. If you are thinking about a
long-term giving pledge, which comes up several times in this
episode: https://effektiv-spenden.org/10-prozent-pledge/

Devon writes about impact, careers, and parenting at
https://impactpro.substack.com/

If you have questions or are interested in free, independent
donation advice, you can easily book an appointment here:
https://effektiv-spenden.org/spendenberatung/