Welcome to Warm Intro by WERULE, the podcast for women navigating their careers with power and purpose. If you're looking for inspiration and mentorship for your professional journey, you're in the right place. Every episode brings you a conversation with a female leader making a meaningful impact, mirroring the powerful connections made every day on WERULE, the AI-powered mentorship app and UN Women award-winning community.This week’s guest is Rita Kakati-Shah, an award-winning gender, diversity, and career strategist and the Founder and CEO of Uma. After a successful career at Goldman Sachs, Rita took a multi-year break to raise her children. When she decided to re-enter the workforce, she was confronted with a common challenge: employers who saw a "gap" instead of valuable life experience. This inspired her to launch Uma, a global platform dedicated to empowering women and minorities to relaunch their careers with confidence.In this episode, we discuss the strategies for:- How to reframe a "career break" as a "career transition" and own the valuable skills you gained during your time away.- Actionable steps for re-entering the workforce with confidence, from updating your resume to mastering the interview.- Why building your inner confidence is the key to success and why you should always "Be Bold. Be You."- The lessons she learned from bootstrapping her business, and why you should get clients before you build the perfect website.This conversation is an essential guide for anyone navigating a career pivot or planning a return to the workforce. It’s a powerful reminder that every part of your journey has value.This is your Warm Intro.✨ Take the next step in your leadership journey. Find a mentor or become one on we-rule.com.🎧 Subscribe for more stories of female leadership at the intersection of healing, identity, and impact.Mentioned in this Episode:- Her Platform: Uma- Goldman Sachs- King’s College LondonFind Your Community: WERULE Mentorship Platform (we-rule.com)ABOUT THE GUEST: Rita Kakati-Shah is an award-winning, gender, diversity, inclusion and career strategist, speaker, mentor and advisor to Fortune 500 companies. She is the Founder and CEO of Uma, an international platform that empowers confidence, inspires success and builds leadership in women and minorities. Rita began her professional career at Goldman Sachs in London, where she was awarded the prestigious Excellence in Citizenship and Diversity Award. She is also the recipient of the King’s College London Distinguished Alumni Award and is also the triple Stevie Awards for Women in Business winner as well judge for the Middle East Awards. Rita actively coaches and mentors business leaders, veterans, military spouses, survivors of domestic violence, women in technology/STEM, schoolgirls and students. She also serves as Board Advisor, Ambassador and Diversity and Inclusion Expert to many global organizations around the world. Rita is also a regularly invited speaker and guest lecturer at multinational corporations, global policy forums and international academic institutions. Rita has been featured as an expert on multiple international television and news shows, interviewed and quoted in various podcasts and publications such as the WSJ, Fast Company, and Thrive Global, and she also hosts the South Asian television show, The Uma Show, on Mana TV International.ABOUT THE PODCAST: The Warm Intro by WERULE is a podcast for the next generation of leaders, creatives, and change agents. Each episode is a curated conversation with someone shaping the world — from policy to poetry, tech to transformation. We go beyond bios to explore mentorship, impact, and the unseen work of becoming who you’re meant to be. Designed to feel like your most meaningful connection — the kind of intro that changes your path forever.

Welcome to Warm Intro by WERULE, the podcast for women navigating their careers with power and purpose. If you're looking for inspiration and mentorship for your professional journey, you're in the right place. Every episode brings you a conversation with a female leader making a meaningful impact, mirroring the powerful connections made every day on WERULE, the AI-powered mentorship app and UN Women award-winning community.This week’s guest is Akshita Gandhi, an award-winning multi-media artist and philanthropist from Mumbai. Though she studied finance and economics, Akshita knew from a young age that her true calling was art. Today, she channels her creative energy not only into stunning visual pieces but also into her philanthropic work with the Dua Foundation, which she co-founded to support differently-abled adults and survivors of human trafficking through art.In this episode, we discuss the strategies for:- Finding your unique niche as a creative and turning your passion into a global career.- The artist's role in society and how to use your work to communicate powerful messages of hope and social change.- Building a foundation from the ground up and using art as a tool for therapy, rehabilitation, and empowerment.- Finding inspiration and resilience during challenging times, and why our souls are more powerful than our physical limitations.This conversation is a beautiful exploration of how art, purpose, and business can intersect. It's for anyone who believes in the power of creativity to not only build a career but also to heal and connect the world.This is your Warm Intro.✨ Take the next step in your leadership journey. Find a mentor or become one on we-rule.com.🎧 Subscribe for more stories of female leadership at the intersection of healing, identity, and impact.Mentioned in this Episode:- Dua Foundation (@duafoundation on Instagram)- Perseus Gallery on ArtsyFind Your Community: WERULE Mentorship Platform (we-rule.com)ABOUT THE GUEST:I am an award-winning multi-media artist - I paint, write poetry, sculpt, work with lightboxes, and in the digital sphere. I believe that artists can elevate, develop, and up-end other sectors. Be it fashion, design, furniture or any creative space an artist will bring great aesthetics to the collaboration. My work can be whimsical and intuitive but also explicitly geared to social change. I have collaborated and been commissioned by design fairs, clothing brands, and music festivals to create body immersive experiences and design collaborations.ABOUT THE PODCAST: The Warm Intro by WERULE is a podcast for the next generation of leaders, creatives, and change agents. Each episode is a curated conversation with someone shaping the world — from policy to poetry, tech to transformation. We go beyond bios to explore mentorship, impact, and the unseen work of becoming who you’re meant to be. Designed to feel like your most meaningful connection — the kind of intro that changes your path forever.