Preface: Writing in books Introduction The Escape Method Part 1: Detach Chapter 1: What corporates do to us The good The less good The balanced corporate equation Chapter summary Chapter 2: The world outside What's changed? How corporates are viewed How corporate people are viewed What we can do that others can't Chapter summary Chapter 3: Dismantling myths Myth 1: you are your job title and your role. Myth 2: you're too scared to do something different - or too risk-averse Myth 3: why would anyone outside want what you have? Myth 4: you're only cut out for corporates Chapter summary Chapter 4: On the veranda What you're leaving behind Identity Rejection So what? Chapter summary Part 2: Audit Chapter 5: The audit A picture of you Christy's story Building an objective assessment Sense-making Chapter summary Chapter 6: What's holding you back? The financial reality Other benefits Other constraints Stakeholder management Get prepared Buffering Ending positively Chapter summary Chapter 7: Why are you doing this? Struggling for purpose What are you doing this for? The north star Goals Bringing everything together Chapter summary Part 3: Explore Chapter 8: New pathways Experimentation Other people's stories A word about portfolio careers Careers Your ideas Chapter summary Part 4: Exit Chapter 9: Repositioning yourself Who are you now? One word The bits that never go away - and you may not want them to The skills, experiences and know-how Boundaries Pulling it all together Your new position canvas Validation Chapter summary Chapter 10: New networking Outside the circle givefirst Super connectors Network effects Like sales Chapter summary Chapter 11: Mind the gap(s) A word about retraining Back to your gaps Experimentation Experiments while you're still in your corporate job The escape plan Chapter summary Chapter 12: The great escape Good practices Outplacement Fading out Leaving dos Your final day Chapter summary Part 5: Sustain Chapter 13: No straight lines The early days Virtue in messy Regrets, I've had a few The wobbles Staying in touch Chapter summary Chapter 14: Going back Chapter 15: How will you know you're there? "Are we there yet?" Test us Have a little patience Chapter summary Conclusion Further reading Acknowledgements.