A Woman in a Man's World

This week's episode features Bridget Forster, an Explosives Ordnance Disposal Officer working in Gaza. She was in Gaza during our recording which took place shortly after the recent conflict so as well as talking about her experience of being a woman in the military, we also talk a little bit about the reality of life in Gaza. We also talk about the importance of male allies and how this can make all the difference when it comes to succeeding as a woman in a male-dominated environment.

About Bridget:
Bridget Forster was the first woman to attend the TA Platoon Commander’s Battle Course and then one of the first group of women to serve directly in the British Army.  After serving as a Blue Helmet in Bosnia with UNPROFOR she left the Army and completed a Master’s degree in Marine Biology at UNSW in Sydney as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar.  She returned to UK and was called to the Bar working as a Planning Barrister in Birmingham and Bristol.   In 2014 she went to work with the United Nations Mine Action Service as a Senior Programme Officer with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) attached to the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) since 2014.  Since then she has trained in Hostage Incident Management, Security and Risk Management, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD).  She took over the management of the UN’s mine action programme in Palestine and moved to Gaza to deliver emergency EOD tasks for the UN’s humanitarian response. Most recently she remained in Gaza during the most recent conflict, clearing schools and UN premises to allow them to re-open during the conflict and immediately after the ceasefire.

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This week my guest is Jacelyn Meller, co-founder of an engineering firm and fierce advocate for teaching the importance of STEM at a young age. We talk about how the thousands of tiny cuts can be more dangerous than one big one when it comes to sexism, her passion for education young kids on what it means to be in engineering and how she gets them excited for the future, and how important it is for us to speak up and speak out about our experiences.

About Jacelyn:
Jacelyn (Jas) is Director and Chief Commercial Officer at RPD. She's worked in Client Strategy across several large global multinationals (including Barclays Bank, Barclays Capital, Fidelity Investments Ltd and Sotheby’s) and bring this experience to her role at RPD.  She runs RPD in partnership with the CEO, leading business strategy, process structure, client practice, deal execution and team management.  Jas is particularly passionate about encouraging equality and diversity in the engineering world and has launched an education programme helping kids to get into STEM and change the world.

About me:
I'm the founder of Unleashed Coaching + Reprogramming where I helps female leaders in male-dominated environments liberate themselves from limitations, rewrite their subconscious programming and tap into their potential. I spent my previous career working in high-level strategic roles, at small but impactful tech startups through to global corporations like Amazon and Disney. Now I use my transformative blend of strategy and spirituality delivered through 1:1 or group clarity coaching, energy psychology, emotional healing and NLP, to help female leaders access the intricate layers of the subconscious mind so that they find the power to not only reach their goals, but surpass them.
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This week my guest is Sarah Porter, founder of AI community Inspired Minds and one of the most influential people in tech. We're talking about the challenges of getting funding (and respect) from a male-dominated tech industry, how she stays laser focused on her goals, and her advice for us all to be more unapologetically ourselves.

Books we spoke about:
Programmed Inequality by Mar Hicks
Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser
Women & Power by Mary Beard
Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul Alinsky

About Sarah:
Sarah is an award-winning entrepreneur, having launched 21 b2b and b2c technology products in 11 countries since 1996 and a multi million pound company via self funding.

She is focused on democratising emerging technology and using platforms to empower individuals and organisations no matter their background, status or gender.

Sarah is an active campaigner for women’s rights globally and keynotes at international events on gender equality, emerging tech

She is also Founder and investor in World Summit AI, the largest worldwide AI tech summit series and Founder of IntelligentHealth a global series of summits on AI in medicine.

Sarah is a regular keynote speaker on start ups, business and women / equality related issues and is an ambassador for the Royal Marsden where she champions the use of AI tech in oncology advances. She is also a fully qualified trauma first responder in medical and humanitarian front line emergency response and volunteers worldwide.
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About me:
I'm the founder of Unleashed Coaching + Reprogramming where I helps female leaders in male-dominated environments liberate themselves from limitations, rewrite their subconscious programming and tap into their potential. I spent my previous career working in high-level strategic roles, at small but impactful tech startups through to global corporations like Amazon and Disney. Now I use my transformative blend of strategy and spirituality delivered through 1:1 or group clarity coaching, energy psychology, emotional healing and NLP, to help female leaders access the intricate layers of the subconscious mind so that they find the power to not only reach their goals, but surpass them.
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I’m a speaker, strategy expert, coach, trainer, podcast host, a top 10 voice for gender equity, and a feminist outlaw. I founded Scout + Circle to get more women taking up more space in rooms where decisions are made.

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A new podcast for women working in environments created for and by men. Hear inspiring stories from women who've been there. What were their experiences? How did they get to where they are? How did they overcome the obstacle of being a woman in a man's world? What do they wish they knew when they first started?

There's a vicious circle where it's harder for women to thrive in business because we often can't see someone else thriving. For women who are one of only a few, it can be easy to feel alone. 

Through sharing success stories, women can get advice from those who have been there. Knowing that we're not doing this alone and seeing other women succeed is half the battle.

Because you can't be what you can't see.

About Me

I’m a speaker, strategy expert, coach, trainer, podcast host, a top 10 voice for gender equity, and a feminist outlaw. I founded Scout + Circle to get more women taking up more space in rooms where decisions are made.

Join House of Certainty HERE

Send us an email about the podcast HERE

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