Chief Change Officer™
Change is already working on you. Could you make it work for you?
Chief Change Officer™ is a podcast for people who want to turn change into a breakthrough. It is for those reshaping a career, redirecting an organization, or rebuilding a life.
The show is hosted by Vince Chan, whose first lesson in change came at age four, after a severe arm injury led to surgery, hospitalization, and a long recovery. Since adolescence, she has lived through 20 major transformations across countries, careers, and crises. Before launching the podcast, she spent three decades in global finance and economics, from central banking and credit markets to billion-dollar institutional capital.
That experience taught her that change is never only personal. Markets shift. Institutions decide. Circumstances expand or narrow what people believe is possible. Talent matters, but so do context, timing, and power.
Vince brings together rare minds, black sheep, breakthrough builders, and unconventional champions from around the world. They include scholars who have spent decades studying people and institutions, executives who have carried responsibility through uncertainty, and leaders whose most valuable knowledge was earned beyond the clean lines of a textbook.
Together, they bring what Vince calls hard-earned human intelligence: judgment shaped by consequence and tested by time, trial, and revision.
They do not offer polished success stories or textbook formulas. They reveal what helped when plans collapsed, careers broke open, or life demanded a new direction.
Each conversation turns hard-earned human intelligence into practical judgment: how to understand what is changing, make stronger decisions, and move forward without losing yourself.
Chief Change Officer™ extends Vince’s work beyond markets and institutions into the human side of power and change. How people understand themselves, navigate their environment, and reclaim agency when the old rules no longer hold.
A Global Top 1% podcast and US #1 Careers show, Chief Change Officer™ is built for people who do not want merely to endure change. They want to understand it, use it, and turn it into a breakthrough.
Life is change. The question is whether change works on you, or you learn to make it work for you.
Chief Change Officer™
#403 Lora Chow: Trading Wall Street for a Steinway — Part One
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Lora Chow didn’t abandon ambition—she just rewrote its score.
In this episode, we trace her unusual arc from elite finance to classical composition. She opens up about choosing Yale over Cambridge, chasing Wall Street dreams, and what it really took to reclaim her voice—literally. This isn’t a story about dropping out or burning out. It’s about tuning into the parts of yourself that never stopped playing.
Key Highlights of Our Interview:
Choosing Yale Over Cambridge Wasn’t Just About Prestige
“My heart wanted music. But my mom majored in math—and Hong Kong wanted finance.”
Lora opens up about the early tension between cultural expectation and personal calling.
Fitting Into the Ivy League Mold—Until It Didn’t
“Everyone was applying to Morgan Stanley. I followed the crowd—and got the job.”
At Yale, ambition and conformity collided. She got the offer, but the itch for music never left.
A Grand Piano, a Grand Salary—But Something Felt Off
“I loved music. But I also wanted a home with a grand piano.”
Trading dreams for stability was logical—but it came with a cost.
Silence Sparked the Return to Sound
“I lost my voice for a year. That’s when I started composing.”
An unexpected health detour brought her back to the keyboard.
Bulgaria, Opera, and a Creative Awakening
“A summer program opened a door I hadn’t dared to knock on before.”
A trip abroad flipped the script—and planted the seed for Reveries on Ivories.
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Host: Vince Chan | Guest: Lora Chow (YouTube Channel)
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