For nearly three decades, Michelle Radney was paid to have answers. These days, she is far more interested in the questions.

After years of leading teams, shaping commercial strategies and making consequential decisions in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, Michelle is learning the mechanics of a new medium. Creating content and building an audience give her room to experiment and to admit that she has something to learn.

“There’s a freedom in admitting you don’t know something when you’ve built a whole career around knowing things,” she says.

The expectation of being the expert could be exhausting, particularly as a woman of color. The Vice President with the answers also wanted to explore what she did not yet know. Stepping outside corporate leadership made space for that curiosity without requiring her to leave her experience behind.

“The beginner part was the tactics,” she says. “The wisdom? That I already had. So it wasn’t starting over; it was starting differently. And that distinction matters.”

Nearly 30 years of strategy, relationship-building and understanding how people and organizations work came with her. The task now is to discover what she can create with that knowledge when she chooses the questions herself.

Michelle’s Seat at the Table, the platform she founded, gives that exploration a public home. Through conversations with leaders and her growing body of thought leadership, she examines authentic leadership, organizational culture and career growth. She wants to understand the journey behind the achievement, including the choices, relationships and sacrifices that a polished résumé rarely holds.

Michelle spent years earning seats in rooms where important decisions were made. She values the access and influence those opportunities gave her. Building her own platform lets her shape the conversation from the beginning.

“Building my own table meant I could decide what conversations matter, who I wanted to invite, and what questions were worth asking,” she says.