WiseUp Guru

When I worked at REA group in 2016 I created the REA podcast, initially as a "hackday" project that became a 10 episode bonanza that you can still access here (while stocks last)!

Episode 10 of that podcast was a talk that I gave on 10 'Hacks' to help us all - but particularly Men in tech, create a more inclusive atmosphere at work for Women in tech, first at YOW CTO Summit then on several other occasions. This recording was to an internal audience of Tech Leads at REA who are a group of people keen to support and help us create equality in the workplace, as indeed are REA group in general, a very supportive crew. 

REA was a spark for WiseUp Guru in fact, as that's where I became an active mentor of Women in Tech, so it seems somehow appropriate for this episode to appear here.

Hello and welcome to another episode of the wiseup podcast.

Hannah Browne has been the GM of Cevo since its beginnings in 2015 and is passionate about making Melbourne a technology mecca, she is a vibrant and ambitious technology leader and her energy is infectious.

Hannah recently spoke at Girl Geek Dinner on The Gender pay gap which was an open and generous talk you can see here: https://twitter.com/GGDmelb/status/922723819940229120

I caught up with her to talk about that and lots of other things about being a leader of a rapidly growing technology organisation.

Fiona Bounias is Innovation Delivery Lead at TAL and is a person who has successfully navigated a heap of roles inside that company as the org has grown and as she’s grown. She’s now in innovation and we go a little bit deeper into that world and her world as a working parent, in our interview.

We had the pleasure to talk to Nigel Dalton Chief Inventor at REA Group about solving “Our industries most gigantic problem about diversity and inclusion in tech” it’s always inspiring to talk to Nigel and we hear about some of the neat ways REA support women in the tech industry and in their organisation. This podcast episode was lifted from another podcast interview I was doing for Luna Tractor podcast - tune in to Luna Transmissions to hear the full interview - coming soon!

https://itunes.apple.com/gh/podcast/luna-transmissions/id1164278825

A few other related links:

Flying Robot School flyingrobotschool.org

Dev Ops Girls http://rea.tech/devops-girls-the-inaugural-event/

For this podcast episode we talked to Leah Eramo Technical consultant at REA Group about Girlapalooza - the internal community for women at REA Group who dig digital media and technology. She is one of the organisers of Girlapalooza and avid volunteer at many other events and goings on that we talk about in this episode.  Follow them on twitter @girlapalooza_au.

Today we are talking to Rachel Abel who is an delivery expert and specialist at agile transformation, and also a working mother about to return to work after her second baby and maternity leave.

I was asked by someone recently about tips for new mums returning to work, The last time I did that was about 10 years ago, so I thought it would be great to talk to Rachel about her recent experience in this area.

If you have any questions for wise or any topics you want to hear about on the podcast - maybe you’d like to be on the podcast - do please get in touch, drop us a line at [email protected] or go to www.wiseup.guru to give us feedback.

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Tune in next time to hear from Leah Eramo on #Girlapalooza, the grass roots community at REA group.

I chatted with Mike Breeze recently about mentoring women in technology and the program that has been in place at REA Group  since 2016. 

We talk about how mentoring can increase confidence and therefore remove barriers for women, and we talk about the frustrating reality of your ideas being 'claimed' by men in some interactions, even when it not consciously or maliciously done. 

Contact us if you have any ideas that you want to hear discussed on the podcast in future episodes or if you think you know what Mike and I are laughing about at the end :)