Podcasts 4 Brainport, featured by Radio 4 Brainport, 747AM and DAB+

Radio 4 Brainport hosted a podcast with experts in effective communication:

- Pieter Hermans, of Jakajima.eu, matchmaker in innovation and conference organizer. Is Pieter preparing for any live event in 2021, at all?

- Oded Raz, faculty member at Electrical engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology, TU/e. He is not only an experienced teacher but he is also active in improving education at TU/e: We heard Oded say: While attending lectures, please do NOT switch off video. Does a teacher need to see his students while lecturing?

- Karishma Vij, educated as a professional mass communicator and works as a teacher: with online meetings being the norm, and video-off, should everyone know get a training is a TV anchor?

- Limi Kalapurachal, Student at TU/e, columnist at Cursor. Is Limi looking forward to being in a live class, where you may not have a chance to walk in and out without being noticed?

Hosted by Jean-Paul Linnartz

Margot Nijkamp is MD of the Open Innovation Academy and works with the human factor in open innovation. She believes that open innovation is only possible in a culture that has so-called feminine aspects. Margot will be running a workshop at Female Tech Heroes, entitled “Be your own career hero”, during which she will share practical tools for creating successful mindsets.

Radio4Brainport visited Margot to find out what it means to be a Power Girl – and how this relates to the human factor in innovation.

Life in a rapidly growing tech startup is not for the faint-hearted. Especially if your timelines are decades into the future. This is the daily reality for Tessie Hartjes, who is Chief of Sales and Marketing at Lightyear. Tessie will be one of the many inspirational speakers at the launch of Female Tech Heroes, a new networking platform dedicated to women working in technology. Female Tech Heroes kicks off at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven on 21 May 2019.

Female Tech Heroes is a new initiative in the Brainport region, designed to make more women enthusiastic about technology. In the first episode of the podcast series for Female Tech Heroes, Erika van der Merwe of Radio4Brainport.org speaks to Ingelou Stol, Communications Manager at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, about why the High Tech Campus is taking the lead in connecting women in the tech industry.

“When we talk to companies in the region, we hear that they are all looking for female talent – and that it is a struggle to find women in such a male-dominated world. With research showing that diverse teams – diverse in background, gender, experience, etc. – deliver the best successes and innovations, it all comes down to encouraging diversity. In our view, creating this event and this network builds towards such diversity”.

Female Tech Heroes “will be more than an event: It will be the start of a network for women in the tech industry”.

This year’s programme reflects the resolve to ensure that meaningful connections are forged. “This time there are more ways for women to interact, and more room for networking. Amazing women will tell their stories – women in high positions, researchers, engineers – all talking about their creations and how they work in the world of tomorrow”, Stol says.

Female Tech Heroes launches on 21 May 2019, at the High Tech Campus. The jam-packed one-day programme includes eight speakers, one panel discussion, 14 workshops and plenty of networking opportunity.

Female Tech Heroes is a new initiative, created with the aim of inspiring women to explore the world of technology. Former European Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, was the face of the launch of this new network – a fitting role for a woman who has devoted decades to forging the way for women in business, politics and technology.

Erika van der Merwe, on behalf of Radio4Brainport.org, spoke to Neelie at the launch of Female Tech Heroes in 2019, at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven, in the Netherlands.

Anique Soetermeer believes that teamwork is the key to success in innovation and in doing business. Based on her experience as co-founder of the start-up accelerator HighTechXL, she is also of the view that diversity within the team increases team performance – provided that the diversity is nurtured and managed well. In the fourth podcast in the series for Female Tech Heroes, Radio4Brainport spoke to Anique about the power of diversity.

“The team is everything, because a good business model can be copied and IP can be worked around. But a great team can’t just be copied,” Anique says.

She refers to a plethora of research on the key elements in creating a high-performance team, and cites vital characteristics such as having a common purpose, and establishing trust amongst members of the team. “There is an important characteristic for team success – diversity – which I think is a special one.”

Research suggests that more diverse teams outperform more homogenous teams in a number of ways, but that there is a caveat: A non-performing homogenous team will outperform a heterogeneous team. “So, it is quite a risk to build a diverse team, but it is worth the risk, because in the end it will give you so much more.”

How does the Chinese community celebrate the new year in the Chinese lunar calendar? How important are the Zodiac animals? What are the secrets behind making a good dumpling? In this podcast series, Jean-Paul Linnartz and Stephen Harianato invite Shuxia Tao, Jing Li, and Xi Yang. 

Every year, hundreds of millions of Chinese around the world celebrate the Chinese New Year, and that includes the Chinese community in our Brainport region. This year's Chinese New Year will fall on February 12, 2021. This will mark the transition from the year of the Rat to the year of the Ox. What does Chinese New Year mean to every Chinese individuals and family? How did the tradition start? Last year's CNY was celebrated very quietly due to the corona virus. How will it change this year? What are they expecting from the year of the Ox?

How does the Chinese community celebrate the new year in the Chinese lunar calendar? How important are the Zodiac animals? What are the secrets behind making a good dumpling? In this podcast series, Jean-Paul Linnartz and Stephen Harianato invite Shuxia Tao, Jing Li, and Xi Yang. 

Every year, hundreds of millions of Chinese around the world celebrate the Chinese New Year, and that includes the Chinese community in our Brainport region. This year's Chinese New Year will fall on February 12, 2021. This will mark the transition from the year of the Rat to the year of the Ox. What does Chinese New Year mean to every Chinese individuals and family? How did the tradition start? Last year's CNY was celebrated very quietly due to the corona virus. How will it change this year? What are they expecting from the year of the Ox

How does the Chinese community celebrate the new year in the Chinese lunar calendar? How important are the Zodiac animals? What are the secrets behind making a good dumpling? In this podcast series, Jean-Paul Linnartz and Stephen Harianato invite Shuxia Tao, Jing Li, and Xi Yang. 

Every year, hundreds of millions of Chinese around the world celebrate the Chinese New Year, and that includes the Chinese community in our Brainport region. This year's Chinese New Year will fall on February 12, 2021. This will mark the transition from the year of the Rat to the year of the Ox. What does Chinese New Year mean to every Chinese individuals and family? How did the tradition start? Last year's CNY was celebrated very quietly due to the corona virus. How will it change this year? What are they expecting from the year of the Ox

Episode 4 in our podcast chat with midwife Janneke Oudenaarden of Midwifery Practice Eindhoven and Kinderrijk Meerhoven.