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Send us a textArtificial Intelligence | Internet of Things | Rolls Royce | R² Data Labs | Data Science | Punk | Geek |  Superfreak | Future of Work | Leadership | STEM Careers| Motherhood | AI Trends |Caroline Gorski is a technology leader with more than 25 years of experience, with a background in strategy consulting, market development, and commercial decision-making at FTSE 100 board level.She is also the Group Director of R² Data Labs, the data innovation and artificial intelligence catalyst inside Rolls-Royce:"We create data and AI-based innovations, apps, and services that improve the way Rolls-Royce and our customers operate. We harness industry knowledge and engineering expertise to unlock new value from data that others can't. We believe that only collaborative innovation will find the most undiscovered value from data."She is the Co-Founder of the Emergent Alliance (www.emergentalliance.org), a not-for-profit Global Data Collaboration initiative focussing on Economic Recovery analytics in response to COVID-19. Previously, Caroline was Head of IoT and Digital Manufacturing at the Digital Catapult and Head of Business Development - Internet of Things for Telefonica UK.Caroline has an MA from Oxford University and lives in rural Yorkshire with her two children and two very noisy small dogs. She loves live music, heated debate, real ale, and long walks, and is happiest sitting in the pub indulging in at least two of them. Caroline tweets and blogs on some of the challenges and opportunities of modern living for women in the corporate world at www.whereisyourbanksman.com.Follow Caroline Gorski on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-gorski-1b333316/ Episode Timeline:02:20 What does it mean to work in AI at R² Data Labs at Rolls Royce?08:45 How does AI impact the future of work?12:35 What should people consider when thinking about the future of the workforce?16:52 What are the implications of bias and AI?21:21 What do you advise leaders about AI & IoT? What trends do you see?24:38 How did you start your career in IT from a bachelor's in arts? 29:30 What is the path to success that worked for you? 36:20 What advice can you share for women looking to follow in your footsteps? 41:00 Would you do anything differently looking back?42:20 What is your advice for mothers or women who consider motherhood?48:00 Final 5 Fire Questions.

Send us a textMindset Shift | Career Change | Talent Management | Human Resources | Consultancy | Diversity & Inclusion | Representation | Entrepreneurship | Education | Thought Leader |Four our episode on mindset shift, we have brought to the table a special guest: Dr. Poornima Luthra is the author of ‘Diversifying Diversity: Your guide to being an active ally of inclusion in the workplace’ and the founder and CEO of TalentED Consultancy ApS as well as a member of the teaching Faculty at the Copenhagen Business School. She has spent the last fifteen years researching and teaching university courses in the field of talent management, with a focus on Diversity and Inclusion. More recently, Poornima has taken her years of academic experience into the corporate world with the vision of making workplaces more inclusive for all. Poornima focuses on inspiring shifting mindsets and expanding the areas of diversity we look at through strategy consulting, corporate training, keynote sessions, talks, articles, blog posts, and podcasts.In our interview, we discuss the topic of changing your mindset and going for what makes you happy. Passion and career are often two words that we all strive to connect, but the success stories are not shared as much. We think Poornima is an example of how following your passion and going back to who you help you successfully build a career that you are passionate about. Follow Poornima on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-poornima-luthra-she-her-b09128100/Books by Poornima:1. Diversifying Diversity: Your Guide to Being an Active Ally of Inclusion in the Workplace - available on Amazon 2. From Plant to Planet: Nudge your way towards healthier, more sustainable food habits - available on Amazon Episode Timeline:02:30 Why pursue a talent management career?07:30 Career change: From engineering to talent management.13:10 What does it mean to shift your mindset?21:10 What is the recipe to thrive and stay true to ourselves?29:30 Imposter Syndrome: How do you manage it?34:49 Thoughts on our fast-paced professional lives.39:00 Final 5 Fire Questions

Send us a textWomen in Tech | STEM Careers | Role Model | Software Engineering | Talent | CXO | Leadership | Professional Growth | Advice | Working Mother |  In our interview, we explore the multi-facets of running an international organization as a technical leader and the need for more representation in STEM. Anne-Sofie shares her experience from starting her career in web development to leading teams and continuing to bring innovation to large organizations. Looking back, the business world still needs to advance the mission of diversity and representation.  Anne-Sofie Nielsen leads the development of the Peakon employee engagement platform in her role as VP, Software Development at the global HR & financial SaaS company Workday. She is incredibly passionate about leadership, changing the world with technology, and building inclusive organizations. Before joining Workday, she was the CTO of the Danish startup success Peakon that Workday acquired in 2021. Before that, She was the CTO of the Danish online supermarket nemling.com. She led a charge to rapidly revamp the IT landscape of the growing company, including a whole new customer-facing experience that went on to win multiple industry awards. She’s also on the board of the Alexandra Institute that specializes in consulting organizations on how to take cutting-edge IT research and apply it to real-world projects.Follow Anne-Sofie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/femalenerd/Episode Timeline:02:05 Representation of women in STEM03:15 What do you consider are the barriers for women in technology?05:09 When did you know you want to pursue to a career in tech?06:53 What is the view of the future of representation in tech?09:00 What changed in terms of encountering bias at work?10:30 What do you advise leaders that do not see D&I important?12:00 What do you advise women who do not see themselves in the team they are part of?13:50 What advice do you have when recruiting tech talent?16:02 What reflections can you share for graduates looking to start their tech careers?17:48 Is there any reflection from the start of your career?19:45 What is a piece of advice you always emphasize?20:30 Do you have some advice for new moms?22:10 How do you tackle confidence? 24:00 What do you advise women who have challenges at work?26:05 What lessons did you take from your CXO career?28:10 What is the most rewarding part of your CXO role currently?29:30 Looking back would you have done anything differently?30:45 Fire 5 Final Questions

Send us a textHuman Potential | Emotional Intelligence | Coach | Unlock Potential | Talent | Personal Growth | Fulfilment | Zone of Genius | Leadership | EmpowermentAntesa Jensen is an extraordinary speaker and coach whose philosophy is the fastest way forward is inward. Antesa helps people take something that exists within us, empathy, and use it to fulfill one's path. In our latest interview, we explore the topic of unlocking human potential. Antesa shares that parts within that are not yet potentiated can get opened, and as a result, we become more of who we already are. We need to bring more of what is inside and let it out. Figuring out your potential is the life journey. In our interview, we go straight to the topic of finding your area of genius: 'The truth is we are all born with gifts that need to be cultivated throughout our life, and that is potential. People misuse the word to induce guilt, a dangerous stretch on the topic of potential. We all have potential, and it will not be the same for everybody. That should be honored and respected.'Find out about Antesa’s work: www.antesajensen.com Connect with Antesa on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/antesa Resources:Download the FREE Breath Bundle from Antesa’s website: www.antesajensen.com Book: Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl StrayedVideo about Hobby, Job, Career, Vocation by Elizabeth GilbertEpisode Timeline:02:30 What does it mean to unlock your potential? 05:15 How do we become aware of our potential?08:25 What influences knowing about our zone of genius?12:50 How do we become aware of the areas we are supposed to grow?20:15 Breathing Exercise.21:55 Is it wrong to do something even though it doesn’t represent you?28:05 How do we cope with the idea that we don’t know what we want?32:00 Mindset for growth: ‘There must be a reason why I am experiencing this situation.’ 34:15 What should you know about unlocking your potential?36:55 Fire 5 Final Questions.

Send us a textBoundaries | Embodiment | Coach | Practice | Self-Reflection | Boundaries at Work | Alignment | Leadership | Women EmpowermentSigrid is an Embodiment and Leadership Coach. She is on a mission to help purpose-driven entrepreneurs tap into their infinite potential as leaders by fully embodying their truth and most profound alignment to amplify their impact in this world.In our interview, we discuss the process of establishing boundaries, how to communicate our boundaries, and how to integrate the practice of setting boundaries in a world that is constantly changing.She has coached hundreds of entrepreneurs and leaders around the world. Her unique and refreshing wisdom and vulnerability are sure to impact listeners profoundly.Find out more about Sigrid’s work: https://sigridtasies.com/ Follow Sigrid on Instagram: @sigridtasiesEpisode Timeline: 03:15 What does it mean to be an embodiment coach?04:20 What are boundaries? 08:25 What does it mean to have healthy boundaries? 15:00 How can we manage boundaries when we are in a power-play situation in our professional life, e.g., manager vs. employee, senior vs. junior, expert vs. generalist? 20:55 What advice do you give to people with difficulties setting boundaries or who are stuck in a context where past traumas do not let them evolve from those situations? 24:50 What are the most frequent pieces of reflection people tell you when they start the journey with you? 27:55 How can we integrate the practice of setting boundaries and knowing ourselves in a world that is constantly in motion?  32:10 What is one thing you wish you knew about your path? 33:10 Why don’t we tell ourselves from a young age that we can do anything?37:30 Final 5 Fire Questions 

Send us a textConfidence | Founder | Coding Bootcamp | CTO | Software Engineering | Code Chrysalis | Speaker | Diversity in Tech | Women EmpowermentYan Fan is changing the way Asia trains software engineers. She is the co-founder and CTO of Code Chrysalis, a coding Bootcamp in Tokyo. She started Code Chrysalis because she was brimming with ideas on best teaching programming and developing top software engineering talent. Code Chrysalis helps individuals change their careers through our programs and works with large enterprises to re-engineer their teams. Code Chrysalis is Yan's second coding Bootcamp. Yan co-founded and served as CTO of her first coding school in Jordan, helping refugees in 2016.Among Yan's accolades, she is a co-creator at @speakherjapan, promoting women speakers in Japan. At the same time, she is a board member of Waffle Org, where women in secondary schools & high schools learn about the importance of IT.In this episode, you will hear about building companies passionately, searching for your path, and finding it in yourself to move forward even if it means to quit, so you can start doing what you have envisioned to do. Follow Yan Fan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanfan/ Follow Yan Fan on Twitter: @yanarchy Find out more info about Code Chrysalis: https://www.codechrysalis.io/ Episode Timeline:00:33 News: Top 5 Finalist as ‘Initiative of the Year’ at the Nordic Women in Tech Awards05:20 Confidence as an outlier.06:40 How did you decide to become a founder?08:49 Would you change the path you chose when you finished high school? 11:00 The importance of failing.12:30 What is confidence?17:50 What destroys confidence?18:55 Do you see a difference between the confidence level of men & women?21:25 What do women tell themselves about being successful? 23:25 What did you tell yourself when you started your first company?26:40 What do you recommend to people who are afraid to fail?29:00 What reflections have you done before starting a business?32:00 How did you decide on your career change?36:45 Final 5 Fire Questions Book recommendations:Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-PerezIn the FLO: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life  by Alisa VittiYan would change place with Elaine Welteroth, American journalist, editor, author, and television host.

Send us a textAgile | Agile Coach | Nuuday | Agile Mindset | IT Transformation | Find your Calling | Career Development | Experiment | The Agile Way Signe Hjorth Hansen is the last guest of Femme Lead Podcast season 2! Signe is an Agile Coach for the tech & telecom company Nuuday in Denmark and a board member in the organization Women in Tech Denmark. Signe's career started with a graduate program in the company Cisco and continued as a business manager before moving into the telecommunication space for the last 4 years at TDC/Nuuday.  Nuuday is a family of 9 brands in Denmark that includes YouSee, Telmore, eesy, Hiper, YouTv, Blockbuster, TDC Erhverv, NetDesign, and Related. The core of Nuuday is TV, broadband, network, telephony, and entertainment delivered across all brands.An agile coach is a person who is responsible for creating and improving Agile processes within a team or a company. Signe graduated with a master's in Engineering, Operation, and Innovation Management from the Danish Technical University and her career path at Nuuday included the role of service solution architect and commercial manager before becoming an agile coach.In this episode, we will discuss the day-to-day activities of an agile coach, and the overall understanding of how IT transformation happens with the help of the Agile framework. Signe Hjorth Hansen also shares how she used the Agile mindset to reflect on her career and how she started making decisions using the framework for her professional development. We cover:How does one become an Agile Coach, and what will it mean for the organization?How do you use Agile as a mindset for change and experiment in your development?How to find your purpose and calling?Key takeaways:Being an Agile Coach means you need to be comfortable with being proactive, build mental strength, and constantly experiment with different scenarios.The people who flourish in the Agile setup take control over their development: Do you like to work freely in a structured environment? You have a specific role, but the tasks differ depending on the project and team you collaborate with.Find out what DRIVES you. People will always tell you what you do and who you should become, but they are not you in the end. Understand what drives you. Connect with Signe via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/signe-hjorth-hansen-38279721/ Read more about the Agile Principles: https://www.agilealliance.org/agile101/ Read more about OKRs (Objectives and Key Results): https://www.whatmatters.com/faqs/okr-meaning-definition-example/Episode Timeline: 02:10 What does it mean to be an Agile Coach? 03:07 What are the keywords of the Agile setup?04:50 How did Denmark's largest digital service provider decide to go Agile? 09:28 How do you define Agile? 13:15 What is the day-to-day role of an Agile Coach? 15:24 Why Agile matter?20:20 How do you use Agile for career development?23:30 What changed when applying the Agile mindset to your career? 28:25 Planning your Career Roadmap 29:20 Finding your Calling / Purpose32:20 How did you realize what was NOT working for you?34:45 What advice do you have for young women looking to find their calling? 38:35 Being Agile means adopting Servant Leadership.41:13 The story of Women in Tech Denmark

Send us a textGrowth Marketing | BitPanda  | Growth Machine | Leadership | Product-Led Growth | Well-being | Career | Uber | Revolut | Marketing Executive | Teamwork | Sabbatical  Irina Scarlat is the Chief Growth Officer at Bitpanda and an Uber & Revolut Alumna. She joins Femme Lead Podcast to discuss her amazing trajectory in the marketing space, how she tackled becoming a global manager, and how she helped build the growth machine that Revolut is known for. Additionally, we explore well-being and balancing career and family life in a real conversation that “you cannot have it all” and how to prioritize your time.Irina Scarlat is an entrepreneur at heart, product marketer & team builder, with more than 12 years of business experience, 10 of them in tech. She currently leads the growth department for Bitpanda, an Austrian financial services company that allows its users to trade with cryptocurrencies, stocks, and precious metals. She previously spent 3 years with Revolut, where she joined as Country Manager for Romania in early 2018 and grew the local market from 20k to almost 1.5M users. She then built Revolut’s growth machine, led the growth teams in CEE and, later on, their Global Growth department, shaping Revolut’s growth journey from 1M to 15M users globally.  Before joining Bitpanda and Revolut, Irina has been leading the marketing efforts of Uber in Romania, shaping the local strategy, and working on strategic regional projects & initiatives. During her time at Uber, she launched 3 cities, scaled the market to 1M users, and built the marketing team from scratch. Irina Scarlat is a global citizen that has been living, studying & working in seven cities across Europe and the United States, she speaks four foreign languages and she’s also the mom of a hyperactive toddler. Follow Irina Scarlat on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irina-nicoleta-scarlat-30a4b28/Episode Timeline:02:50 What is growth marketing? 03:45 What do you see are the trends in growth marketing?05:20 How will the field of marketing evolve? 07:50 What is the proudest moment from working to grow Uber’s marketing efforts?11:15 What is the main learning from the period at Uber?14:10 Learn to focus on what moves the needle15:10 What is your advice for prioritizing?  17:00 Revolut career path: Initial KPIs.18:10 Reaching hyper-growth through Community-Driven Growth.20:25 What advice can you share for those who look at global roles?24:03 What changed dramatically when you took over a global role?27:00 Challenging situations: Approach & Advice.29:50 How to manage stressful situations?32:50 How do career & well-being work together? 36:33 Did you feel stress about family life & career expectations? 39:48 How to prioritize time between career & family?40:55 What was the biggest surprise of your career?42:10 What do you wish you knew 5 years ago?  

Send us a textAdvertising | Creativity | Cannes Lions | Creative Industry | Digital Creators | Best Ads | Publicis | Ad World | Creatives |  In this episode, we discuss advertising and working with the best creatives. Our guest is no other than Sandra Bold, Cannes Lions Jury member and Digital Creative Director at Publicis Milan. Sandra Bold is far from the typical path of working on a traditional career path, having graduated in architecture and deciding to work with ads instead to showcase the talent that lies within her. Sandra Bold joins Femme Lead Podcast to discuss her path, challenges, and what does it mean to work in the creative industries. A typical 9 to 5 is not what you'll find here, and Sandra doesn't shy away from mentioning the industry's hardships, from working long hours to striving to be the best at your craft. Sandra Bold started her ad career in Bucharest, Romania where she quickly grew from junior to senior positions. During her career, she kept on winning awards to make her parents less pissed off about her dropping architecture. Among the awards, you will find Cannes Lions, Eurobest, One show, Golden drum, and titles like Copywriter of the year (2016), Top 6 creatives to watch (2017), Pitch 100 Superwomen (2018).Check out Sandra’s website: http://www.sandrabold.com/ Follow Sandra on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-bold-22080a44/ Campaigns mentioned:‘Bittersweet Pies’ by Paul Romania: https://www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/34526090/bittersweet-pies/paul Ads by Heineken: https://www.adsoftheworld.com/taxonomy/brand/heineken ‘Be a follower’ by Diesel: https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/diesel-campaign-mocks-influencers/Episode timeline: 02:28 How does a day look like working in the creative industries?04:40 How does wellbeing play in the day-to-day life of a creative?10:20 What is Cannes Lions, and how did you join as a Jury member?13:40 How is the field of advertising evolving?17:20 What are some essential points of stakeholder management? 18:35 How to build confidence?  21:12 How do you measure the success of work?22:00 What other business setup should you prepare when presenting?24:30 What made you decide to join the advertising field?28:50 Challenging situation and how to approach it? 31:49 Tackling wellbeing in the creative industries.34:20 What to consider when changing roles & countries? 38:15 What do you wish you knew at the beginning of your career?39:40 Ladies Steps - What is the deal with gender equality?43:30 What is your favorite ad campaign? 

Send us a textSocial Entrepreneurship | Social Change | Impact Business | Blue Lobster | Fishing | Disruptors | Business Acumen | Innovation | Digitalisation |Nima Tisdall is a well-known entrepreneur in Denmark. Together with her co-founder Christine Hebert, they founded Blue Lobster, a platform for sustainable fishermen to sell their catches at a fair price.In 2020, Nima Tisdall became the European Laureate for the Obama Foundation Leaders' Program, and in 2021 Nima was listed as one of Forbes 30 under 30.In this episode, we sit down with Nima to discuss her path to entrepreneurship, how Blue Lobster became a profitable business and what challenges the co-founders encountered along the way. We deep dive into building a support system, building confidence, and keep on going even if the journey is not always easy.At the beginning of 2020, Blue Lobster got a new round of funding and started planning for a B2B model that will serve restaurants with fresh fish. Soon after the pandemic hit, the company started selling to private customers. Within three weeks, the team stopped this plan as it was not playing to the company's strengths, including technological developments.Blue Lobster's pillars are:- Low Impact by working directly with fishermen using low impact techniques.- Fairness by pay the fishermen 2 to 4 times more than what they would usually get.- Fresh by delivering the freshest seafood on the market directly from the harbor. Follow Nima Tisdall on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimatisdall/Check out Blue Lobster: https://bluelobster.app/Episode Timeline:01:38 Nima Tisdall, Obama Foundation European Leader Laureate03:20 What is Blue Lobster's current setup? 05:21 What were the challenges of digitalizing the fishing industry? 07:05 How did you decide to look at the problem Blue Lobster solves? 08:52 How did you choose to start Blue Lobster?09:55 What was the feedback Blue Lobster received from the competition? 13:30 What was the reaction from Blue Lobster to threads? 16:15 What advice do you have for young women who want to start a business?20:30 The importance of support systems. 27:00 The development of Blue Lobster from idea to business. 32:10 The pivot during 2020.37:05 What advice do you have when building a team with a co-founder? 41:18 What is something you wish you knew five years ago?