Dj DiDonna

Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer and founder of The Sabbatical Project

DJ DiDonna is a Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer, founder of The Sabbatical Project, and author of Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One.

His work explores how extended time away from work can reshape identity, creativity, relationships, and career direction. A former fintech founder, DJ began researching sabbaticals after his own experience with burnout and a 900-mile pilgrimage across Japan.