Lattes With Leaders

In this episode, we speak with Simone Clarke, the CEO of UN Women Australia, with over 25 years’ experience working in not for profit leadership, with a particular focus on empowering women and children. We’re excited to chat with Simone about careers in the UN, the concept of unconscious bias and fostering psychological safety at work. 

Chapter markers:

2:15: A tough week around the world

6:10: Careers in the UN

13:40: How to measure progress towards gender equity

22:25: Fostering psychological safety at work

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In  this episode, Zeinab and Trisha speak with Sanyogita Shamsunder, the Global Head of Network Edge at Google, with over 20 years of business and technical experience at both large Fortune 500 enterprises and start-up technology companies. She is renowned for spearheading 5G technology development and implementation at Verizon. She is an active mentor and advocate for women in technology - she serves on the Dean's Advisory Board at NYIT and Rutgers University, Technical Advisory board of Maxlinear and American Tower and a founder member of Neythri. In this episode, we explore how to move from SME to manager and dip our toes in the fascinating world of edge computing. 

Chapter markers:

4:27: Transitioning to tech leadership 

10:40: Growing an impactful tech career

13:17: Managing burnout

16:07: Focusing on your strengths and individuality

21:16: Edge computing, cloud computing & 5G

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In this episode, Zeinab and Trisha speak with Marcia Tal, a corporate leader and fintech founder, with over 30 years of experience within Financial Services. As CEO and Founder of Tal Solutions and Founder of the PositivityTech Intelligent Platform, Marcia helps organisations uncover growth opportunities by utilizing their hidden data assets. As EVP at Citi, Marcia created and built the Global Decision Management function in over 30 markets, introducing advanced analytical tools and strong governance process into business decisions. We speak to her about being an intrapreneur within a large company, and what it takes to build a truly data centric organization.

 
Some relevant links for this episode:

Tal Solutions website: https://talsolutions.com/ 

PositivityTech website: https://positivitytech.com/ 

Chapter markers:

2:30: Founding decision management function at Citi

7:55: Challenges of being an intrapreneur

16:34: Leveraging 'voice of the customer' data

22:54: Applying AI/ML to analyze customer data

32:30: Utilizing customer data to improve processes

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In this episode, Zeinab and Trisha speak with Anouk De Blieck, a senior HR executive with over 30 years’ experience working at finance and technology multinationals. She originally started her career in Sales, Operations & Project Management, but realizing her passion was HR, she moved to take on regional and global HR leadership positions at some of the top multinational companies, including Visa, Citibank and ANZ, in emerging and mature markets across EMEA, Asia, Northern America and Oceania. She is now a Non-Executive Director and advises on several boards, based in Italy. In this episode, Anouk shares how to plan an international career, and how to create an HR strategy that enables diversity, inclusion & belonging on a global scale. 

Some of the resources mentioned in this episode are linked below:

Culture Map: https://erinmeyer.com/books/the-culture-map/ 

 

Chapter markers:

3:22: Building a passion for HR

11:24: Planning a global career

14:36: Adapting to new cultures

20:23: HR creating global alignment

27:47: Embracing Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging globally

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In this episode, Zeinab and Trisha speak with Sarah Kruger, CHRO of Accenture of Australia & New Zealand. She started her journey as a consultant in the Canberra office, and in her 25 years at the firm, has undertaken a range of projects – from project management through to change management in the financial services sector. She most recently stepped up to lead Accenture’s people strategy across Australia and New Zealand. Sarah shares her learnings on how to grow a successful career at one of the largest professional services firms in the world, and how to implement a people-first strategy in a state of rapid change. 

Chapter markers:

3:00: Early career decisions

9:35: Consulting career at a global firm

13:32: Priorities as CHRO

15:16: Leading people in a changing world

23:10: Being a responsive manager

28:00: Attracting and retaining the best talent

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In this episode, Zeinab and Trisha speak with Camilla Love, Managing Director of eInvest, a provider of Active ETF investments. Camilla has worked in the finance industry for over 20 years and is passionate about helping Australians grow wealth. She is also an active advocate for women in finance and has founded a program for budding female finance professionals, F3.  Find out how to navigate a career in finance, as well as how to get started with building an investment portfolio and why you should invest in ETFs. To learn more about eInvest or F3, follow the links below:

eInvest: https://einvest.com.au/ 

F3: https://www.fthree.com.au/

Chapter markers:

5:12: Building a career in finance industry

8:52: Working in a small firm vs big bank

11:46: Getting started with investing

16:35: Concepts of sequencing and diversification

21:30: Intro to ETFs

28:19: Advice for breaking into finance

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In this episode, Zeinab and Trisha speak with Fran Boorman, CEO and Co-founder of Goal17, the UK’s number 1 sports-led mentor training program featured in Forbes. Fran’s passion for sports started at school, where she competed nationally in Skiing competitions. Through building multiple successful businesses, Fran realized the power of partnerships and has leveraged this to create sustainable social impact. Goal17, partners with premier league football clubs, multi-billion dollar corporations, charities and a leading UK university to deliver a mentoring program to benefit disadvantaged youth. Fran shares her approach to building a thriving social enterprise and the secrets to formulating a successful partnership. To learn more about Goal17 and the concepts discussed in the episode, check out the links below:

Goal17 website: https://www.goal17.global/ 

Fran’s website: https://www.fran.global/

Why by Simon Sinek https://amzn.to/3owjyhG 

 

Chapter markers:

2:23: Fran’s passion for skiing

5:27: How Goal17 was inspired

8:00: The power of partnerships

14:12: Finding your “why”

25:15: Partnering with premier league clubs and corporates

27:28: Building a professional brand

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In this episode, Zeinab & Trisha join Co-Founder & Country Director of Educaid Sierra Leone, Miriam Mason, as she explains how she built a not-for-profit to enable underprivileged children to receive high quality education. Arriving in Sierra Leone in 2000 at the end of the civil war, Miriam started a school in her backyard with 20 children, which has now grown to a network of 9 schools serving over 3,000 students. Miriam shares her entrepreneurial journey to build Educaid, her passion for education, and how she was able to influence country-wide change by building a standard for high quality education at Educaid. If you would like to donate to Educaid or learn more about the organization, please visit:

https://www.educaid.org.uk/


Episode chapters:

2:50: How Educaid started

7:17: Moving to Sierra Leone after the civil war

10:20: Defining and scaling high quality education

16:58: Being a catalyst for change

19:14: Influencing change in Sierra Leone

21:46: Raising funds

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In this episode Zeinab & Trisha join CMO & Co-Founder of Tanoshi, Lisa Love. Lisa felt she was being held back in her career due to her race. This unfair treatment ultimately led her to leave her company of 11 years, and she co-founded Tanoshi which prepares all kids for a brighter future, no matter their race or socio-economic background - giving them a fair chance to succeed. Lisa’s journey is filled with stories of overcoming personal challenges and learning how to build and grow a hardware start-up during a time of rapid change during the COVID-19 global pandemic, with lessons learnt from appearing on Shark Tank and being creative about fundraising. If you want to find out more about Tanoshi, follow the link below:

https://tanoshikidscomputers.com/ 

Chapter markers:

3:26: Held back in her corporate career due to race

8:39: Redefined herself as entrepreneur

14:32: Shark Tank and fundraising as black female founder

18:18: Tanoshi’s growth and impact

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In this episode Zeinab & Trisha join CEO, Emma Weston to explore her career from a lawyer to supporting farmers bring food from plough to plate. Emma shares her journey, unconsciously following her legal profession, until she realised her passion for agriculture whilst completing her MBA. Emma eventually founded 2 businesses, her 3rd, Agridigital uses blockchain to track and predict farmer produce before it goes to market. She shares her career experience and why we should all care about our food from paddock to plate.

Chapter markers

3:15: Reconsidering her career in corporate law

7:53: Personal reflection on the MBA program

12:18: Agtech helps get food on the table

22:59: Familiarizing farmers with blockchain technology

25:54: Expanding to the US 

If you’re interested in learning more on the topics in the podcast, click on the resources:

Agridigital: https://www.agridigital.io/

Follow Emma: @emmaweston

The Supply Chain Revolution: Innovative Sourcing And Logistics For A Fiercely Competitive World: https://amzn.to/3CVHK2f

Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World: https://amzn.to/3BVFC99


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