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Training & workshops feedback
Short feedback comments at the end of trainings or workshops: Didn’t expect to enjoy a talk about ISO systems but now I’m lowkey obsessed. Thank you for making it all make sense and for the future career inspiration! Honestly the LinkedIn tips hit hard. Already changed my headline

I’ve been an auditor, a lawyer, a homesteader, and about seventeen other versions of myself over the years. Turns out all those “past lives” actually produced something useful - free guides, templates, and articles scattered across my website like breadcrumbs from different eras of Elena.

Here’s the thing: companies and top managers pay me significant consulting fees for this exact information. But I genuinely believe knowledge should flow freely to people who need it most.

So let me save you some scrolling time.

If you’re building your career

(students, job seekers, professionals who’d rather work with AI than be replaced by it) — there’s a whole section on positioning yourself as an AI governance champion, practical ISO frameworks explained without corporate MBA BS jargon, and career-pivot strategies that actually work, including a 23-page networking guide, an ISO auditor career guide, and a LinkedIn guide

Career mentor | Blogger
I was a LinkedIn ambassador in Australia, and somehow that turned into me giving advice to everyone on how to improve their LinkedIn profile and advance their career through it. My own example speaks loudly — it works: I get job interview invitations almost every week and job offers at least

If you’re running a company

(or trying to convince investors your product won’t become tomorrow’s "bad" headline) - you’ll find guides on business assurance, certification prep that doesn’t consume your entire quarter, and AI risk frameworks that make auditors smile instead of frown, here are tons of free case-study practical information:

Lead Auditor | GRC Strategic Advisor
This is about my professional identity: lawyer, auditor, lecturer, and public speaker. I have a law degree with a major in telecommunications law and spent over 15 years leading court trials and practicing law (this was in the 2000s, and yes, I am that old - do not be deceived

If you’re a college, non-profit, or prof association

and want me to speak for you (post-grad, CEC/CEU/CPE points), I’m a qualified lecturer who can teach auditors for certification, postgraduate, or continuing education courses. Here you’ll find useful information on how to move your school to the top of the ranking list and provide the most practical, in-demand classes related to AI, business certification, and management systems with classes description, curriculum and topics suggestions:

Academic teaching | Lecturer | Public speaker
My teaching and public speaking journey My teaching experience goes back to 1996, when I started teaching at law school. My favorite class was theory of governance and lawmaking (an analogue of a similar class in U.S. law schools), where I taught the foundational laws of how legislation and

Out-of-curiosity people

If you genuinely don’t know what you want yet, you’re just here out of curiosity and maybe want some inspiration or motivation — welcome to the lifestyle corner.

Productivity experiments, homestead adventures, pet-scheduling optimization processes, fitness without toxic positivity, DIY projects for $3 (many experiments on that too), and occasional philosophical rambles about finding purpose while feeding chickens.

Woodworker | DIY builder | Sustainable farmer
Woodworker | DIY builder | Sustainable farmer | Bad gardener | Amateur data scientist | Home lab tester This is where all that knowledge about process optimization, research and development, risk management, and operational efficiency actually gets tested in real life—with over 60 animals who don’t care about my credentials and definitely won’

Same website. Same free access. Completely different rabbit holes depending on which door you open. Plus something from my past:

JD | Attorney at Law | Professor in Practise
Lawyer - J.D. (Juris Doctor) My Master’s degree in Law with specialization in Information Security, combined with 6+ years of solo court representation and national-level case victories, gave me a great opportunity to establish myself as a qualified and distinguished legal practitioner. In the US context, the J.D.

Everything is absolutely free
❤️ Maybe you can "pay" me by sharing any of those or other posts on your socials. If you tag me in those re-post, I will repost it too ❤️

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