Empatea

☕️ Navigating one's career and finding the right business and employability skills can easily feel daunting and impossible, but today we seek to break them down with Jon Hering, the Head of Business Development for The Inspirational Learning Group (TILG), the UK's leading careers and enterprise challenge provider. Drawing from his diverse experiences in the managerial sphere and the educational sphere, Jon offers interesting anecdotes and real-life examples as to how one can bring empathy at work, and we hope his wisdom can be a source of comfort and inspiration for our community out there. Check out our episode to find out more about the UK's skill shortage, managerial challenges and more!

☕️ To us, a big part of Empatea is holding space and listening without judgement, whether this be while we are interviewing guests or simply catching up on our busy lives. This week, Sheren and Samah have a mini catch up from binging Bridgerton Season 2 to having some fun with some quick rapid fire questions.... To all our Indian listeners, if you recognise some of the questions, its because they were inspired by the Bollywood talk show Koffee with Karan ;)  

☕️ Adam is business and design anthropologist, podcast host and entrepreneur. He uses his anthropological skills, human centred design and storytelling to help organisations get smart about people and culture and create change. His podcast This Anthro Life explores humanity's creative potential through design, culture and technology and is one that inspired us greatly! He is also a Senior Anthropologist at MotivBase, a research firm studying cultural change at scale by combining digital tools, Big Data and Anthropology.

In this episode, we begin by talking to Adam about what anthropology means, business anthropology, the changing nature of work and the intersection of big data and people. In the second half, we dived deeper into Adam’s podcast, ideas that have influenced his anthropology and more…

Stay tuned to hear Adam’s amazing insights…

☕️ Join us this week for a short round of hard-hitting questions from the card game, @werenotreallystrangers! Coming to our almost four year friendversary, we'd like to think we know each other pretty well, but we ended this conversation with a renewed understanding of each other's strengths, regrets, childhood, and memories. Meaningful connections aren't created overnight, and we encourage you guys to try this game out with your loved ones! Get rid of all those distractions and genuinely listen to what they have to say - you'll be surprised what you'll learn!   

Card game: @werenotreallystrangers [Not an ad! We resonated so much with their mission and loved their questions - we hope you guys find a chance to give this a go :)]

☕️ Farah is an internationally recognised facilitator, coach and speaker. Having rebuilt her own life and business from scratch after some life changing personal experiences, her career in the Aviation, IT, and Learning and Development sectors have led her to become an entrepreneur and embrace a mission to uplift women entrepreneurs & leaders to create their own path towards a meaningful and courageous life. When they work with Farah or her organisation Interact Consulting, they re-imagine their business, crafting a  purpose-driven enterprise that delivers more clarity, confidence and meaning for success.  In her 25 years’ experience, she has worked with global organizations including Johnson & Johnson, Decathlon, Pfizer, AliBaba and more!

Check out the episode to learn more about Farah's business, what it means to be a Courage Catalyst, her contributions to uplifting women, the relationship between empathy and leadership, her e-book and more!

☕️ S3 EPISODE 1 :  Breaking Gender Barriers in STEM with Audrey Pe   

Audrey is an undergrad at Stanford University, inspired to break gender barriers in STEM and use technology to make a social difference. She launched her non-profit WiTech when she was 15 to educate, inspire and empower youth to overcome gender barriers and pursue a career in STEM. Audrey continues to grow the WiTech community with over 12 chapters around the world. She is a two-time TEDx, ASEAN and UN Speaker, having been featured in local and international publications like Forbes, Esquire and Elite Daily.   

Tune in to hear us talk to her about starting a non-profit as a teenager, breaking gender barriers in tech, digital empathy, and more…

This week we spoke to Catherine Gabell, a recruitment officer at Frontline, a social work charity working with vulnerable children in the UK. In her early years after graduating from university, her diverse work with multiple charities and social causes have inspired her to empower students and graduates to discover their career in the public sector.

Catherine reminds us that our journey to finding our career is not necessarily a straightforward one. After  listening to her story and demystifying a career in social work, we hope you get a glimpse into the types of skills, intention, leadership and obstacles in this exciting field. Tune in to find out more!

In this episode, we explore:

✅ My journey into the public sector

✅ Frontline: Vision, mission and approach to social change

✅ Leadership in social work

✅ Qualities of a good social worker

✅ Finding your mindset: Self-fulfillment vs. Serving others

✅ Debunking gender misconceptions & unspoken challenges in the public sector

✅ Navigating fork in the road moments: The corporate life?

☕️ Do our accents define who we are

Studying abroad has been a new experience for many of us, being not only a cultural shift, but also a language shift immersing us into a foreign culture that has raised questions about identity, individuality and community in us.  

This week, we are joined by one of our closest, international friends, Marina, as we dive into how accents have shaped our pre-university years, our time abroad as internationals, societal perceptions, and the role accents play in our interactions with those around us.

Join us in conversation with Charul Jaitly, co-founder and managing partner of Matiti Group, motivational speaker and  pioneer in women’s leadership. Her passion for her work and optimism for life is contagious and her constant pursuit to “enable and empower” people and organisations has left us with a lot of food for thought.

We hope you enjoy listening to her thoughts and stories as much as we did! Tune in to hear more shifting mindsets, finding empowerment and getting inspired!