Dr. Tara Bishop is passionate about improving health and healthcare. In her twenty-year career as a physician executive, Tara has on-the-ground experience in delivery system improvement, health policy, payer operations, product development, value-based care, and start-ups.  She is the founder and managing director of Black Opal Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in companies that are transforming healthcare through technology. Tara served as the Chief Medical Officer at Bind, a health insurance start-up that is at the forefront of disrupting healthcare. She was a leader in the early development of the Bind product and helped grow the company 10x in revenue in 3 years.  Prior to joining Bind, Tara was the Medical Director and Senior Expert at McKinsey & Co. She designed new payment models for numerous clients. She was an associate professor of Medicine and Healthcare Policy at Cornell Medical School where she did cutting-edge research on health policy, innovative technologies, and health services. She directed quality improvement at Cornell and cared for patients as a primary care doctor. Dr.Bishop has published almost 50 peer-reviewed research articles which have been cited by the NY Times, WSJ, and others.  Tara serves on the boards of Optellum and led investments in Intellihealth, Empatica, and Conceivable Life Sciences. Tara is also an Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences (Courtesy) at Weill Cornell Medical School and was named a Woman of Influence in Venture Capital by Private Equity International in 2022. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from MIT and an MD degree from Weill Cornell Medical School.

Inspiring people advancing women’s health

This podcast series builds on our successful global Women-in-Tech healthcare series, as well as our capsule collections focused on maternal mortality and changemakers in medicine and science. With a focus on profiling inspiring healthcare professionals, investors, tech professionals, entrepreneurs, and capital providers, we examine the trends, the themes and opportunities within the healthcare segment. We drill down on the under invested area of women’s health, ask why this under-investment persists and examine innovations and community initiatives to raise awareness, build solidarity, and create impact.

The podcast series includes an initial four podcasts and is co-hosted by Liana Slater and Aoifinn Devitt. It relates to the missions of Fiftyfaces Productions and Monumental Me as follows:

At Fiftyfaces Productions we believe that you can’t be what you can’t see and that you won’t see, what you don’t support and amplify.

The Mindshare Podcast is an award-winning production from Monumental Me that supports the organization’s dedication to highlighting thought leaders’ insights for personal and professional wellness. We share industry and topic expertise and uncover personal experiences to identify real tools to help you thrive in life and in your career.

Monumental Me's mission is to support you through your growth journey by providing you with the resources and tools you need to ensure you reach your full potential for both personal and professional wellness. We believe everyone has something monumental to offer.

This is part of our Wellbeing and Healthcare and Human Services Leadership series from Monumental Me and Relias with personal stories from each of our experts with a final, personal question for each guest: “What is one of your fondest memories from your career with a manager, a colleague, or a mentee that you think is important to share with this audience because it positively impacted you and your professional work?”

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April Rinne is a “change navigator,” speaker, investor, and adventurer whose work and travels in more than 100 countries have given her a front-row seat to a world in flux. In this podcast episode, April brings us real tools to help any executive or individual manage constant change and uncertainty, and we ask April to apply her navigation tools and insights to each of the 4 previous guests in our Women in Tech series. In April’s words, from her best-selling book, Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change, “to thrive in this world in flux, we need to radically reshape our relationship to uncertainty and flip the script.” In this conversation, April helps us figure out how we can do just that. 

April is ranked one of the 50 leading female futurists in the world by Forbes and is a Harvard Law School graduate, a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum, a Fulbright Scholar, a member of the Silicon Guild and Thinkers50 Radar, and the author of Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change. April is a trusted advisor to well-known startups, companies, financial institutions, nonprofits, think tanks, and governments worldwide, including Airbnb, Nike, Intuit, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, AnyRoad, and Unsettled as well as governments ranging from Singapore to South Africa, Canada to Colombia, and Italy to India. Earlier in life, she was a global development executive, an international microfinance lawyer, and a hiking guide. As a certified yoga teacher, she can often be found upside-down, doing handstands around the world.

You can follow our series on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and on the Fiftyfaces Hub - fiftyfaceshub.com.

This series is hosted by Liana Slater and featured on the Monumental Me website at www.monumentalme.com/podcast.

April was a previous guest on The Mindshare Podcast, to hear MORE about her book and The Flux Mindset in the context of your Wellbeing and how to better manage change, listen HERE: https://www.monumentalme.com/podcast/episode/2548b13d/the-flux-mindset-8-superpowers-for-thriving-in-constant-change-with-april-rinne-~-season-3-episode-1

Find info and where to purchase her book Flux: 8 Superpowers For Thriving In Constant Change at https://fluxmindset.com/

Other writings from April Rinne:

Why You Should Build A "Career Portfolio" (Not A "Career Path")
Stop Offering Career Ladders. Start Offering Career Portfolios

A Futurist's Guide to Preparing Your Company for Constant Change 

Fiona McDonnell is a mother, wife and the author of the book “Two Mirrors and a Cheetah: Think Differently, Own Your Career & Succeed by Being Yourself.” Fiona is also a tech industry leader, currently an executive at Booking.com, and formerly at Amazon and many well known consumer good companies. Fiona has had an amazing business career spanning 30 years, and she shares the hard earned wisdom from this invaluable experience on the importance of having self-awareness and how to achieve this to really thrive in one’s career in the fast-paced, rapidly changing environment of tech and beyond.

Fiona has a professional track record in driving change, delivering growth and profitability as well as developing people, in the Online Retail and Consumer Goods industries. Her experience in the consumer products industry, growing house hold names including Kellogg’s, Kraft Jacobs Suchard, Nike and  McCormick (Schwartz, Thai Kitchen, and Kamis) and as a Director at Amazon. She was the Executive Sponsor for Diversity within Amazon UK businesses, and chair of the  Women in Innovation Advisory Committee. Additionally she was Amazon's UK spokesperson from 2018. What  sets Fiona apart from other leaders is her clarity of thought, her  ability to share her energy and passion and the commitment to keep it 'fun' without compromising performance.

Fiona  holds a masters degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Cambridge  University and she earned her MBA from INSEAD Business School in both France and Singapore.

Find out more at https://fionamcdonnell.com/

You can follow our series on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and on the Fiftyfaces Hub - fiftyfaceshub.com.

This series is hosted by Liana Slater and featured on the Monumental Me website at www.monumentalme.com/podcast.

As Head of Diversity & Culture at Yahoo, Inc., Alicin leads Yahoo’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts globally, in addition to building upon Yahoo’s passionate and positive team culture. Alicin discusses how to enhance belonging within the corporate culture and shares her insights on the value of Feminine Leadership and the need for high EQ in corporate leaders, something already practiced by her CEO. Listen to find out who and how! 

For over 25 years, Reidy-Williamson has led Culture, Purpose, and DEI for top companies. She previously served as Chief Inclusion Officer at Endeavor, leading inclusion strategies globally across multiple businesses. Prior to Endeavor, she was Managing Principal for The Raben Group, a national public policy and communications strategy firm, where she developed the DEI practice. Reidy-Williamson also spent 13 years at Viacom and MTV Networks, launching the company’s efforts in corporate responsibility, diversity and inclusion, and public affairs, while managing their growth.

Reidy-Williamson’s passion extends beyond the corporate environment and into her community. She is on the board of March on Washington Film Festival, the Diversity Advisory Council Chair for Operation Homefront, and sits on the board of She Should Run.

You can follow our series on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and on the Fiftyfaces Hub - fiftyfaceshub.com.

This series is hosted by Liana Slater and featured on the Monumental Me website at www.monumentalme.com/podcast.

Katie is the Founder and General Partner of Moxxie Ventures. Katie brings us insights from her rich background of experience in and board seats at large media and tech firms, finance and government. She shares her insights and offers tools to thrive from her breadth of experience and current interactions with founders, investors, and entrepreneurs.

Prior to Moxxie, Katie served in numerous executive operating roles at Twitter, Google, Yahoo, and Color. She has led teams in marketing, comms, recruiting, product and media. In addition to working in Silicon Valley, Katie served in the (Obama) White House and State Department and began her career as a banker at JP Morgan Chase. Katie sits on the Board of Vivendi, a French multinational media company headquartered in Paris, Yahoo and previously served on the Board of Time Inc.  Katie started her venture career as a Founding Partner of #Angels and has invested in 50 early-stage companies including Airtable, Cameo, Carta, Coinbase, Literati, Modern Fertility, Shape Security and Threads.

You can follow our series on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts and on the Fiftyfaces Hub - fiftyfaceshub.com.

This series is hosted by Liana Slater and featured on the Monumental Me website at www.monumentalme.com/podcast.

We partnered with Fiftyfaces Productions for a special series on "Women in Tech." As usual, you don't need to be in tech or a woman to gain so much from this new series of conversations. Our first guest, Jessica Kosmowski kicks the series off, sharing the next big thing in tech AND how she made it to the top in her career with a family, a rich personal life and balance. 

Jessica is a principal in Deloitte Consulting LLP and lead for Consulting’s Ecosystems & Alliances practice, with a constant focus on the next big thing- which she shares with us today as our first guest on the Women in Tech Series. Jessica also shares her insights from attending the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

In her more than 25 years at Deloitte, Jessica has helped clients navigate large-scale, strategic transformations that enable market growth and build dynamic brands. Jessica oversees strategic collaborations with companies that innovate and shape the world, including top tech companies, academic institutions, and organizations dedicated to equity and inclusion. With a constant focus on the next big thing, Jessica specializes in strategic transformation, growth strategy, and global mergers & acquisitions. Jessica is also a member of the US Consulting Management Committee.

Prior to her current role, Jessica led and oversaw major transformations in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) industry as the national consulting leader for Deloitte’s TMT practice. Jessica is Recognized as one of the Top 25 Consultants by Consulting Magazine and as one of the Bay Area’s Most Influential Women in Business by San Francisco Business Times.

Jessica’s deep experience in relationship-building and a passion for connecting people is key to her success, and she explains how her pioneering attitude and always being curious has been her strength in growing her career.

You can follow our series on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  You can find all of our content on the Fiftyfaces Hub - fiftyfaceshub.com.

This series is hosted by Liana Slater and featured on the Monumental Me website at www.monumentalme.com/podcast.

Our global Women in Tech series is an exciting collaboration between Fiftyfaces Productions and Monumental Me, an organization committed to wellness including resilience, mental fitness and strength designed to help you thrive in life and your career. It also hosts The Mindshare Podcast. In this first series of the collaboration, host Liana Slater talks to four senior female tech executives about what drove their success, how the tech industry is changing and advice they wish they had learned sooner.   Our first podcast is with Jessica Kosmowski, a Managing Principal at Deloitte, where we start by discussing the most exciting tech trends surrounding us today and Jessica reflects on how she has been treated not being well represented as a senior woman in tech. We hear then from the venture capital investor Katie Jacobs Stanton. Katie is the founder and general partner of Moxxie Ventures, She talks about areas that excite her today- particularly climate tech and healthcare, and shares the tips she believes will get more women the skills they need to get funded by investors like her.  She talks about hiring talent, and the imposter syndrome that is felt universally. Our next guest, Alicin Reidy Williamson, also believes in networks.  She is the chief diversity and culture officer for Yahoo.  She describes the importance of having a personal board of directors, but also believes in the importance of strong leadership, of a very particular kind - feminist leadership. Alicin also believes in creating a culture of belonging, and she gave an example of what that means.  Our final guest in the series, Fiona McDonnell, a tech executive of Booking.com describes what it is to have full self-awareness and how we can learn it. She discusses her recent book, and reflects on what it was that stopped her from bringing her whole self to work.  You can follow our series on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.  You can find all of our content on the Fiftyfaces Hub - fiftyfaceshub.com. 

This series is featured on the Monumental Me website at www.monumentalme.com/podcast.

If you are intersted in partnering on a special series, please contact Liana at [email protected]

My guest is Joy Batra, author of The Freelance Mindset: Unleashing Your Side Hustles for Better Work Play and Life. 

Drawing on a decade of Batra’s own freelance experience and interviews with fifty freelancers across industries, Joy’s book offers concrete ways to navigate the uncertainty of freelancing to build a life that is financially and emotionally satisfying. This also highlights a need to support freelancers as a tool for financial and personal freedom, especially for women . This book and my conversation here today are new and such an important tool to help all people meet their personal and professional needs. 

Joy Batra is the founder of Quartz Consulting, a freelance consulting firm that has advised start-ups, venture capital firms, and Fortune 500 companies. She previously worked at Goldman Sachs, Gunderson Dettmer, JioSaavn, and briefly as a Bollywood actress (long story). She spends her days as Head of Legal at Syndicate Protocol and her free time taking as many dance classes as possible. Joy has a JD and an MBA from Harvard and she has lived or worked in India, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, the UAE, and the UK, but she calls Boston home and holds a JD/MBA from Harvard University.

Website: https://joybatra.com/

The Freelance Mindset book can be ordered on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Bookshop.org

The Mindshare Podcast is created for our listeners' growth and learning. Produced and hosted by Liana Slater. Our programs are available through  Monumentalme.com. If you want a regular boost of evidence-based tools to help you thrive, subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify AND to our Thrive Letter at monumentalme.substack.com.

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