Equal Inspired

Equal Inspired

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Equal Inspired episodes

  • 014 | Karen Emelu - Founder (Black Girls in Tech)

    From a single tweet to a thriving global community of 20,000+ members. Black Girls in Tech has been making waves since 2020!

    BGIT's ever-inspiring Founder, Karen Emelu joins us for episode 014 of Equal Inspired.
    We explore:
    - The birth of BGIT
    - How BGIT is making tech accessible for Black women
    - Strategies for maintaining smooth operations at BGIT whilst scaling 
    - The secret sauce for creating a sense of community and sisterhood
    - Karen's own journey into UX/UI and Product Design
    - Tips to navigate the transition into tech
    and so much more!
    This is a powerful episode for anyone seeking inspiration, guidance, and empowerment in the tech world.
    BGIT is dedicated to increasing the representation of black women in the tech industry: https://www.blackgirlsintech.co.uk/

    51 min
  • 013 | Alexandra Ciobotaru - Founder (Femme Lead) & Program Lead

    We are thrilled to welcome, Founder of Femme Lead Podcast, Alexandra Ciobotaru.

    Alexandra is a source of inspiration and a true embodiment of a role model who is actively involved in promoting women in STEM. She has been nominated for Nordic Women in Tech Awards several times and in 2022, was named one of the Top 100 Talents in Denmark by Berlingske.
    In this empowering chat, we discuss:
    🌟 The power of self-reflection to align with your North Star
    🌟 How to discover your non-negotiables
    🌟 Investing in yourself; the transformative impact of having a life/career coach
    🌟 Embracing change and discomfort to unlock your full potential
    🌟 How to best understand our strengths and weaknesses to gain confidence and overcome negative self-talk
    🌟 The uplifting strength of community and how it has helped shape Alexandra today
    🌟 All things Femme Lead Podcast
    This episode is your key to igniting a life of fulfilment and empowerment. Tune in now and unlock the secrets to aligning with your true purpose!

    49 min
  • 012 | Sangeeta Krishnan - IT Director Influencing Data Driven Decision Making

    Author of Thriving in a Data World (Business Expert Press, December 2022) and engaging Business Intelligence and Analytics Leader, Sangeeta Krishnan joins us.

    She has worked with Fortune 500 organizations, not-for-profits, and everything in between, helping various organizations build their operations and monetizing data products from the ground up.


    We discuss:

    🌟 Transitioning from Software Engineer to Analytics

    🌟 Key Skills Needed to Thrive in an Analytics Career

    🌟 Data-Driven Culture; Why is it Important?

    🌟 Techniques for Fostering a Data-Driven Culture

    🌟 Strategies For Building Effective, Diverse Data Teams from the Ground Up

    🌟 Creating Collaborative and Inclusive Spaces for Growth

    🌟 Becoming an Author; The Process and Biggest Lessons

    39 min
  • 011 | Moran Weber - CEO & Founder (Women on Stage)

    Moran Weber, CEO & Founder of Women on Stage; a platform to showcase, book, and train women professional speakers for any tech event, conference, meetup, or webinar (https://www.womenonstage.net/) joins us!

    We explore:

    🌟 Why Women on Stage Exists

    🌟 Lessons of a CEO & Founder

    🌟 The Technical Speakers Academy

    🌟 Moran's Public Speaking Journey

    🌟 Tips for Becoming a Key Note Speaker

    🌟 Strategies for Overcoming Nerves

    🌟 Code Like a Girl: Breaking the Gender Stereotype

    🌟 Attracting more Women and Girls to Tech

    🌟 The Best Things About Working in Tech

    Moran also shares a powerful snippet from The Computer Girls article from Cosmopolitan, 1967 that reinforces how gender stereotypes have impacted and shaped the tech world today.

    Register as a speaker on Women on Stage today! https://www.womenonstage.net/

    43 min
  • 010 | Voiceitt (Speech Recognition Technology)

    Sara Smolley (Co-founder and Head of Partnerships) & Dr. Rachel Levy (Lead Customer Success Manager) from Voiceitt join us to discuss the world of voice recognition technology.

    Voiceitt (https://voiceitt.com/) is a digital health startup that has developed a unique speech recognition technology to help people with disabilities live more independently.

    We explore:

    🌟 The origin story of Voiceitt

    🌟 How Voiceitt's proprietary automatic speech recognition (ASR) was developed
    🌟 The main use cases and features of Voiceitt's iOS and Web app
    🌟 How Voiceitt is positively impacting the lives of its users; Dr. Claire Malone's story
    🌟 The mission of making speech truly accessible to all
    🌟 Disability to Diffability; The importance of celebrating and accommodating DIFFabilities
    🌟 Accessibility and Inclusion; "When you design for anyone, it benefits everyone"

    You will also get to hear Voiceitt in action as we end with a powerful demo of the app!

    Ways to get involved with Voiceitt ([email protected])

    ✅ Sign up to join their development programs

    ✅ Become an ambassador
    ✅ Participate in research
    ✅ Partner with Voiceitt
    ✅ Sponsor devices for beta testers at nonprofit partners

    41 min
  • 009 | Keeya Wang-Jones - Chief Technology Officer & Cofounder

    Keeya Wang-Jones joins us who is an award-winning international Human-centered design leader and advocate for equality, equity, as well as inclusive and diverse methodologies across digital platforms.  

    She’s now betting on herself and her trusted cofounder to bring the general public a digital platform that helps them run their media teaching and coaching business online (WRKiiT). Their goal is to remove 90% of administrative works from Creators and Educators. So that they can show up and do what they do best. Share knowledge and build communities.  

    We discuss:  

    🌟 WRKiiT's mission and journey  

    🌟 Becoming a Cofounder; taking the leap; moving away from stability & making sacrifices
    🌟 The importance of self-care as an Entrepreneur and how to approach it
    🌟 Leveraging skills from previous roles to pivot to a CTO/Cofounder  
    🌟 How are biases and inequalities affecting technology & products?
    🌟 Questions we can ask ourselves to challenge our own biases
    🌟 The Curb-Cut Effect

    58 min
  • 008 | Jonah Andersson - Senior IT Consultant, Community Founder & Role Model

    Jonah Andersson, Founder of the Azure User Group Sweden, Senior IT Consultant, Microsoft Certified Azure Developer, DevOps Engineer and Microsoft Certified Trainer joins us. 

    Jonah is passionate about making a difference by advocating tech, gender equality, diversity and inclusion.

    We discuss:

    - Jonah's inspirational career journey

    - Effective ways to bounce back from adversity
    - Becoming a role model in tech
    - Actionable steps to be more authentic and confident
    - Powerful advice for pursuing a career in tech
    - Founding a community; from conception to launch

    Resilience and adversity being the fuel of greatness is a theme we explore. Jonah speaks from the heart and her openness and humbleness in sharing the highs and lows of her journey is truly admirable.


    53 min
  • 007 | Toju Duke - Responsible AI Programme Manager (Google)

    Toju Duke, Responsible AI Programme Manager at Google & Ambassador for Women in AI UK joins us.

    Toju designs Responsible AI programmes focused on the development and implementation of Responsible AI frameworks amongst Google’s product and research teams, with a focus on Large Language Models, Natural Language Processing, and Generative models.

    We discuss:

    - All things responsible AI

    - How to ensure bias-free AI to reduce systemic injustices and further equality
    - Celebrating 9 years at Google
    - Women in AI UK's mission and upcoming projects
    - Strategies for building unshakable confidence as a woman in tech
    - How to create a safe environment for women to improve inclusion and reduce bias

    & so much more!

    56 min
  • 006 | Brianne Caplan - Executive Director & Founder

    Brianne Caplan joins us, who serves as the Executive Director of Code Your Dreams (an initiative with the mission of driving equity in computer science education and building pathways for underrepresented groups to enter into the technology sector) and the Founder and CEO of CoderHeroes, a buy-1-give-1 platform for children to learn coding through play.   


    We discuss:  

    - Why coding education for kids is so important.

    - Inequalities in the coding education system.
    - How to create an inclusive, engaging and accessible computer science curriculum.
    - Code Your Dreams & CoderHeros's mission.  
    - The journey of founding a non-profit; lessons learnt, challenges & valuable advice.
    - How to reframe networking so you can thrive (an introvert's guide).  
    - Belonging as a Woman in Tech.  
    - Common mistakes companies make that hold women back.  

    & so much more!

    47 min
  • 005 | Kay Kukoyi - Award-Winning Entrepreneur

    We speak with award-winning entrepreneur, author, speaker, and global startup mentor Kay Kukoyi CSM FITOL who has been recognised on the #IB100, the Financial Times and Inclusive Boards list of the 100 Most Influential BAME Leaders in the UK Technology Sector.  

    Kay is the Founder of Purposeful Group, an online centre for learning focused on entrepreneurship, technology and digital skills training (https://www.purposefulgroup.com/).

    We discuss all things tech entrepreneurship, exploring: 

     - Biggest mistakes first-time entrepreneurs can make.

    - How to research and develop your business idea and plan for success.
    - Building a tech business the SMART way.
    - The must-know technical essentials for non-technical founders starting tech-driven businesses.
    - How to take advantage of tech to lighten your workload and reduce procrastination.
    - Kay's inspiring entrepreneurial journey and Purposeful Group's mission.   

    & much more!  🌟 

    Tech Startup Academy, Kay's meetup group (discussed in video at 26:32)  https://www.meetup.com/techstartupacademy/

    46 min

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Welcome to Equal Inspired, the Inclusive Podcast, brought to you by Equal IT.