Raise The Bar
98 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe home of feminist conversations on business, work-life and economics.
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EP89 Christmas Special! Saying Goodbye to 2021 with Upasna Bhadhal
December 23, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBFor this Christmas special there was no one better to join me than my brilliant friend, and returning guest, Upasna Bhadhal! Over the past two and a half years or so, Upi and I have shared offices, kept each other sane and generally picked each other up in the hardest of times, especially as covid rapidly affected our businesses and lives in such unexpected ways. I hope you enjoy listening, and more than that, I hope that you have a really restful and enjoyable Christmas and new year break...
EP88 How Feminist is Parliament? with Jess Phillips MP
December 13, 2021 14:00 - 48 minutes - 33.7 MBHello! I’m really excited to introduce today’s guest to you, Jess Phillips MP. Jess almost needs no introduction. She is the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley and Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding. Jess has been an MP since 2015 and joined Keir Starmer's Opposition frontbench in 2020. I’ve hugely admired Jess’s tenacity from afar, but what I saw close up is the tenderness and generosity that makes her a great spokesperson and representative to so many. She was an absolu...
EP87 Leaning Into Uncertainty with Katherine Templar
December 06, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBWelcome back to Raise The Bar! I'm so excited to be bringing you some new episodes with great guests! Today's episode is with behavioural neuroscientist Katherine Templar. As we near the end of 2021, burnout is at an all-time high and our resilience is at an all-time low. Two years since the first Covid case was reported in China, we are exhausted, and a large contributing factor is our low tolerance for uncertainty. In this episode, Katherine sheds light on how our brains evolved to pref...
Introducing... What Does Green Really Mean?
September 28, 2021 11:00 - 1 minute - 1.28 MBHello! We're back... and we've decided not just to bring you a new series, but a whole new podcast! That's right; same host, same production team. But this time, focused on green innovation, uncovering the stories of those who are building our future. Introducing... What Does Green Really Mean? Climate change and environmental damage is our most pressing global challenge. Right now, greenwashing, eco-anxiety, global politics and misunderstanding are getting in the way of real progress...
EP86 The Business Case for Diversity in Advertising with Imogen Tazzyman
July 26, 2021 06:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBThis week meet Imogen Tazzyman, Executive Creative Director at McCann Manchester, a 370-strong marketing and communications agency. A few months ago, Imogen emailed me about the lack of diversity in the top roles in advertising. Despite the diversity and inclusion initiatives that many companies have rolled out over the past few years, the default leaders still tend to be white, male, straight and able-bodied. The truth is that that profile doesn’t represent the broad demographic of consum...
EP85 When Demand Is Greater Than Your Supply with Freddie Harrel
July 19, 2021 10:41 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBThis week meet the founder of Radswan, Freddie Harrel. Freddie’s entrepreneurial journey began as a fashion and lifestyle influencer. A proud shapeshifter, hair is Freddie’s freest and earliest form of self-expression. But she struggled to find great afro hair products, and the market was both biased and constrained. Seeking to solve this problem for herself, Freddie sought out a supplier in China who could help her to develop a better quality hair product. Not long afterwards, demand was h...
EP84 Building For A Circular Economy with Emma Shaw
July 12, 2021 11:43 - 34 minutes - 24 MBThis week meet the founder of Library Of Things, Emma Shaw. Library of Things is a women-led social enterprise on a mission to make borrowing better than buying. Alongside her co-founders Rebecca and Sophia, Emma is building a circular economy business model to provide an affordable alternative to buying occasional-use products, helping people save money and reduce waste. Members can borrow items like drills and sewing machines from self-serve kiosks installed in local libraries, high st...
EP83 From Business of One to Business of Fifty with Cathi Harrison
July 05, 2021 07:30 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBThis week meet the founder and director of the Verve Group, Cathi Harrison. Over twelve years, Cathi has built four businesses under the group, repeatedly launching and scaling service-based businesses that now employ over 50 experts. The group offers a range of services from paraplanning and compliance to training and qualification, united under its mission to shout about the amazing roles in financial services and build career options for those who’d otherwise never consider it. Cathi’s ...
EP82 How Can You Trust Brands’ Sustainability Claims? with Abbie Morris
June 28, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBThis week meet Abbie Morris, the founder helping consumers make ethical and sustainable choices by verifying claims made by brands and retailers. Abbie founded Compare Ethics in 2018 and has since raised a pre-seed round of £441,000 through venture capital funds, led by Ascension Ventures. Abbie is a Woman in Innovation grant winner and was recently featured on BBC’s Dragon’s Den, where she won over both Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden. Before launching Compare Ethics, Abbie worked as a sus...
EP81 Making The Internet Safer with Sasha Haco
June 21, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBThis week, meet the founder who is tackling the enormous problem of harmful content online, Sasha Haco. Along with a First Class Honours in Natural Sciences, Sasha was awarded the Institute of Astronomy Prize and the Queens’ College Natural Sciences Prize whilst at Cambridge University. She went on to complete a PhD in Theoretical Physics and spent a year as a visiting fellow at Harvard University. During his time, she worked with and co-authored several papers with Stephen Hawking on the b...
EP80 How Can We Divorce Better? with Samantha Woodham
June 14, 2021 08:45 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBThis week; how can we divorce better? I talk to family law barrister and founder of The Divorce Surgery, Samantha Woodham, about how they’re helping couples to divorce differently. 42% of marriages in the UK end in divorce, but both the stigma and cost of getting a divorce are huge. Sam set up The Divorce Surgery to enable couples to navigate the process without the enormous legal fees. For the first time in the UK, the service allows couples to share one lawyer with one fixed fee throug...
EP79 MIXED/OTHER with Natalie Morris
June 07, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBMy guest this week is journalist and author Natalie Morris. Natalie is an online Senior Lifestyle Writer at the Metro, covering race, mental health, women in sport and women in the workplace. Her landmark weekly series ‘Mixed Up’ spotlighted under-represented narratives and explored the nuanced reality of being mixed-race in the UK today. Natalie’s debut book ‘Mixed/Other’ was published in April this year, following a milestone year in the global conversation about race since the murder of...
EP78 Revolutionising Breastfeeding Using Visual Effects with Dr Chen Mao Davies, founder of Latch Aid
May 24, 2021 07:27 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBMy guest this week is Dr Chen Mao Davies, founder of Latch Aid. In 2002, Chen came to the UK from China with two suitcases, minimal spoken English, and no personal network. But she was armed with the courage and commitment to succeed. Since then, Chen overcame extraordinary challenges and established a celebrated career in Science & Technology. She fulfilled her lifelong dream to create Visual Effects in feature films, including Gravity and Blade Runners 2049, which won Oscar and BAFTA awar...
EP77 Balancing Impact and Profit with DAME founder Celia Pool
May 17, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBMy guest this week is Celia Pool, founder of multi-award winning sustainable period product company DAME. Celia tells us how DAME measures success against its sustainability efforts, standing out as a carbon-negative business in an industry that emits the same carbon as 3 million cars driving for a year. I ask Celia if she feels the pressure or desire to join feminist conversations as a brand and how DAME navigates the complexities and contradictions within. We talk about DAME’s infamous ta...
EP76 Reflecting on the Pandemic with Employment Minister, Mims Davies MP
May 10, 2021 06:56 - 43 minutes - 30 MBMy guest this week is Mims Davies. Mims is the Employment Minister and Mid Sussex Conservative MP. In this episode, we reflect on the past year for the minister and the impact of the pandemic on the Department for Work and Pensions. Before Covid-19, employment was at a 45 year high, but following the first lockdown announcement on 23rd March, when the Prime Minister instructed us to ‘stay at home’, the employment landscape changed overnight. I ask Mims how she fostered employee wellbeing ...
EP75 How Do You Reach 999 If You Can’t Make A Voice Call? Innovating In The Public Sector with Becca Hume
April 26, 2021 07:41 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week, how do you contact emergency services when you can’t make a voice call? 999 was introduced in 1937, 84 years ago, and it’s been voice-based ever since. Not only does this cause challenges for the deaf community, but there are also many situational reasons why making a voice call is unrealistic; from allergies and choking, to domestic violence and terror attacks. Talking to me today is Becca Hume, the founder of Tap SOS. Tap SOS is an emergency services app that enables users to ...
EP74 The Global Sex Recession And How Pleasure Combats Stress with Chloe Macintosh
April 19, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 31 MBThis week, I’m thrilled to have Chloe Macintosh as my guest. Chloe is the co-founder of made.com, former Chief Creative Officer of Soho House Group, and founder and CEO of Kama, a new sexual wellness app launched in 2020 that was built as a response to the global sex recession. In this episode, Chloe tells us that stress is the number one killer in the world today, but we’re not utilising our bodies’ natural way of combating stress through pleasure. Our culture is overly cerebral and head-f...
EP73 How Can Financial Institutions Help Close The Gender Investment And Pensions Gap? with Maike Currie
April 12, 2021 06:46 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBMaike Currie is an Investment Director at Fidelity International, an investment firm responsible for over £500 billion of client assets under their management. Following on from my recent podcast episode with Laura Farris MP where we explored the effects of the pandemic on women’s progress toward economic equality through a parliamentary lens, I was keen to speak with Maike about the role of financial institutions and how the investment industry itself can better support women to invest in ...
EP72 How do you start when employers want someone who already started? A jobs platform for Gen Z
April 08, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBZara Ransley is the co-founder of MyPocketSkill, a tech platform connecting young people to money-earning tasks and enabling them to save. In this episode, Zara tells us how financial education is behavioural, and the key to “getting good with money” is practical rather than theoretical - learning what to do with your money as you earn it. This is a gap that is missing in formal education and is one that Zara and her co-founder Matt are aiming to fill with MyPocketSkill. I ask Zara about ...
Bonus! How Can I Save Money On My Tax Bill? And Other Money Saving Questions (Recorded Live)
March 31, 2021 12:41 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBThis week we’re interrupting our regular schedule to bring you a special live recorded episode all about tax - just in time for the end of the tax year on 5th April. Before you go anywhere, I promise that it’s informative, accessible and not at all boring or overly technical. I have had many messages from attendees who are already saving money, investing in pensions and making informed financial decisions before the end of the tax year - less than one week away. It really is jam packed full ...
EP71 Financial Coaching vs Financial Advice: What’s The Difference And Why Is It Important? with Stacey Lowman
March 22, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBStacey Lowman is a financial coach at Claro, the new digital financial coaching app and partner of ours here at Raise The Bar. Due to the high costs of financial advice which is inaccessible to many of us, the advice gap is a trend that has triggered a surge in demand for financial support and guidance. This demand has seen a myriad of solutions coming into play: financial coaching, robo advisors, challenger banks, and influencers. The market is still forming and is still fragmented, with f...
EP69 How Fragile is Women’s Progress Toward Economic Equality? with Laura Farris MP
March 15, 2021 09:14 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBLaura Farris is the Conservative MP for Newbury and co-chair of The Women and Work All-Party Parliamentary Group. Following the Chancellor’s 2021 budget announcement on Wednesday, I ask Laura how her party’s government plans to support women who have been left behind during the pandemic, particularly those who failed to receive full SEISS support due to periods of maternity leave and working mothers who have been balancing work and homeschooling. I put your feedback about the consequences ...
EP70 How Can We Invest More Sustainably and Ethically? with Georgia Stewart
March 15, 2021 07:52 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MBGeorgia Stewart is the CEO and co-founder of Tumelo, a startup fintech platform giving everyday investors a transparent view of the companies they own and a shareholder voice on issues they care about. Starting as an activist campaign at Cambridge University, Georgia and her co-founders championed the sustainable investment of the university’s £6 billion fund. They recognised a global problem: Millions of us contribute to our investment system through ISAs, workplace pensions, and other inv...
EP68 Facing Fear, Dragons’ Den and Coaching Conspiracies with Jess Ratcliffe
March 01, 2021 07:35 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBJess Ratcliffe is an entrepreneur and creator of ‘Unleash Your Extraordinary'. Jess had the idea for her first business, a video game swapping website when she was just 15, which Jess subsequently launched after dropping out of University aged 19. Jess went on to raise £55,000 and was one of the youngest entrepreneurs to pitch on Dragons’ Den. In 2016 Jess was working in Silicon Valley when she was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood disease called PNH. Jess left the startup she was wo...
EP67 Productivity, Mindset and Alleviating Loneliness for Freelancers and Entrepreneurs with Sarah Townsend
February 22, 2021 08:33 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBSarah Townsend is the author of the bestselling guide to self-employment, Survival Skills for Freelancers. Sarah has been self-employed for over 20 years and since publishing her book has been on a mission to raise awareness of the importance of mindset, mental health and wellbeing for freelancers and the small business community. She is an Enterprise Nation adviser and a FreelanceHER 100 ambassador and mentor. In this episode, I ask Sarah how to know if you're really cut out for self-empl...
EP66 Motherhood, Maternity Leave and Balancing Career Goals with Tobi Asare
February 15, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBTobi Asare is the founder of My Bump Pay, an online platform and community that helps women to overcome the motherhood penalty, navigate maternity leave and achieve their career goals whilst growing their family. In this episode, I ask Tobi some of the big questions about what it’s really like to have a baby and manage a career, particularly if you’re self-employed or run your own business. Tobi tells us how to prepare financially and practically, with some great tips on staying visible whi...
EP65 Leadership, Empathy And Dealing With Online Misogyny with Lotte Jeffs
February 08, 2021 12:17 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBLotte Jeffs is is an award-winning journalist, author, podcaster and creative consultant. Since leaving her role as Acting Editor in Chief and Deputy Editor of ELLE, Lotte pivoted into advertising and worked for Portas, and Ogilvy as Head of Content and Creative Director, respectively. Lotte is the cohost of a queer parenting podcast called Some Families. Lotte published her first book ‘How to be a Gentlewoman: The Art of Soft Power in Hard Times' a few months before the pandemic, and duri...
We're changing our name...
January 14, 2021 14:13 - 6 minutes - 4.22 MBWe're changing our name to Raise The Bar! Find out more here https://www.thewotpod.com/article/new-beginnings-2021 Tell us what you think, email us [email protected].
EP64 Toni Kent on Class, Social Mobility and Sensationalist Media
December 21, 2020 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBFor our last episode of the year, I’m so pleased to be chatting with stand-up comedian and corporate speaker Toni Kent. Having grown up on a council estate, and spent her early teenage years in circumstances described by social services as “chaotic”, Toni set out on a path to create a life different to what had been predicted for her. This involved leaving home and the town Toni grew up in and led to a career in the tech industry and 10 years at Microsoft. Toni is focused on humanising di...
EP63 Rosie Ferguson on Private Members’ Clubs, Tackling Homelessness and Social Impact
December 14, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBMy guest today is Rosie Ferguson, CEO of The House of St Barnabas, a private members’ club which works to end the cycle of homelessness. The House of St Barnabas offers a three-month employment preparation programme where people can learn hospitality, catering and office skills to help them get their lives back on track. The conversation explores the future and patriarchal history of private members’ clubs, and how The House of St Barnabas is an innovative club rooted in social change, inc...
EP62 Emmy Brunner on Resilience, Joy and Mental Wellness
December 07, 2020 10:31 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBEmmy Brunner is a psychotherapist and founder of The Recover Clinic. During her 20 years in the field, Emmy has discovered patterns in the ways women are conditioned to respond to trauma and life challenges. She believes that we’ve all experienced trauma in our lives and that ‘mental illness' is our response to trauma. In this episode, Emmy tells us that our patriarchal society and advertising culture bullies women, and we have to find ways to build inner strength and resilience, so as not...
EP61 Tiwalola Ogunlesi on Confidence, Ethical Coaching and Influencing Change
November 30, 2020 08:05 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBTiwalola Ogunlesi is a confidence coach, self-love activist and founder of Confident and Killing It, a purpose-driven organisation on a mission to make self-love and confidence the norm for women, not the exception. In this episode, Tiwa tells us that we are living through a self-worth pandemic, evidenced by the rising suicide rates in young women. We discuss why women struggle with their confidence and how to break the cycle of negative thoughts. I ask Tiwa about the difference between se...
Bonus: How Instagram Fostered Recession-Ready Scams, Dressed as Female Empowerment (Part III)
November 28, 2020 08:47 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBThis podcast is the third and final part of our series ‘How Instagram Fostered Recession-Ready Scams, Dressed as Female Empowerment’. Read Part One: https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment Read Part Two: https://www.thewotpod.com/article/scams-dressed-female-empowerment-part-2 This summer, influencer Sarah Akwisombe claimed to have made £1 million in a matter of months by selling business courses and coaching to fellow women via Instagram. Now, dozens are demandi...
EP60 The Squirrel Sisters on Food Startups, Pregnancy Discrimination and Finding The Right Investment
November 23, 2020 07:44 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBSisters Gracie and Sophie Tyrrell are the founders of the award-winning snacking brand Squirrel Sisters. The business was launched in 2015 after Sophie was diagnosed with a life-threatening condition and became sensitive to gluten and sugar. Gracie made it her mission to create deliciously indulgent snacks that are 100% natural and free from gluten and added sugar for her sister to enjoy. In this episode, we talk about all things food startups and how to get from home kitchen to retail sh...
EP59 Fiona Thomas on Burnout, Mental Health and Becoming Self-Employed
November 16, 2020 14:02 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBFiona Thomas, a freelance writer, author and self-proclaimed introvert, experienced debilitating burnout. After receiving a diagnosis of depression in her mid-twenties, Fiona quit her job in hospitality leaving behind a career she had built for over a decade. In this episode Fiona candidly shares her experience of depression and anxiety, describing the moment it came to a head and how she was able to seek help and support. Fiona tells us how writing her first book; Depression In A Digital A...
EP58 Lucy Aylen on Humble Beginnings, Self-Expression and Growing a Fashion Brand
November 09, 2020 21:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBMy guest today is Lucy Aylen, founder and CEO of Never Fully Dressed. Starting life as a market stall, then a modest store in Essex, Never Fully Dressed has grown to become an Instagram sensation, with celebrity fans Beyonce, Kendall Jenner and Chrissy Teigen wearing Lucy’s designs. In this episode, Lucy tells us how she’s built Never Fully Dressed without outside investment, reinvesting profits from sales to grow organically. Lucy explains how her growing brand now has a public responsibi...
EP57 Yvonne Bajela on Venture Capital, Diversity in Startups and Raising Money from Home
November 02, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBMy guest today is Yvonne Bajela, a founding member and principal at Impact X, an investment fund that unlocks capital for underrepresented entrepreneurs across Europe. Recognised by Forbes 30 under 30 in 2020, Yvonne was the youngest investment manager at Mitsui & Co. and led over $200 million in investments. In this episode, Yvonne tells us how she began her career in venture capital, networking consistently for two years to land a senior position, and how she managed imposter syndrome to...
EP56 Isabela Chick on Accelerators, Founding Teams and The Future of E-Commerce
October 26, 2020 07:53 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBMy guest today is Isabela Chick, Managing Director for Retail and Beauty at Founders Factory. Founders Factory is an investment fund, startup incubator and accelerator focused on delivering hands-on specialist support for founders. Isabela tells us what she looks for in founders and what makes a business a strong investment for Founders Factory. She shares her insights on co-founding teams and structuring equity and team composition to create a strong foundation for your business. Isabela ...
EP55 Miriam Emele on Starting, Procrastinating and Bringing Your Best Everyday
October 19, 2020 09:52 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBMy guest today is Miriam Emele, a woman who fights financial crime by day and runs her baking business Camie and Lily’s by night. I was introduced to Miriam by this week’s podcast sponsor Tide, and you can spot Miriam in their new TV campaign ‘Rise Entrepreneur’. Miriam launched Camie and Lily’s during the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown earlier this year having sat on her idea for almost a year beforehand. Miriam’s fear of failing manifested itself as procrastination, an experience that I know ma...
EP54 Candi Williams on Anti-Racism, Microaggressions and Iconic Women of Colour
October 12, 2020 13:37 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBMy guest today is the author of ‘Iconic Women of Colour’ and ‘How to Be Perfectly Imperfect’, Candi Williams. Candi and I connected back in June of this year amidst the height of the Black Lives Matter protests in the US and around the world. On that day Candi said to me “empathy is overwhelming and doesn’t help us to move forward. We need to move with our heads and our hearts”. By unfortunate coincidence, we recorded this podcast episode two months later and the day after the news of Jac...
EP53 Eleanor O’Leary on Sustainability, Purpose and Better Communication
October 05, 2020 08:41 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBMy guest today is Eleanor O’Leary, founder of The Better Brand Consultant. Eleanor works with brands and business leaders to develop and execute conscious PR and communication strategies with purpose and integrity at their core. In this episode, Eleanor tells us the difference between sustainability, ethics and purpose, and what that means for those of us who are driving positive change and want to engage in meaningful and progressive conversations. We discuss the prevalence of eco-anxiety...
EP52 Nancy Evbuomwan on Failure, Making Money and Vanity Metrics
September 29, 2020 08:59 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBToday’s guest is Nancy Evbuomwan, business strategist and founder of Unikable. Nancy began her journey into entrepreneurship back in 2012, when she launched media startup Whisper London, a venture which subsequently had to close a few years later. In this episode, Nancy tells us about that experience, how they hadn’t developed a commercialisation strategy and ultimately had no end goal. There was a loyal readership and clear demand, but it was unsustainable financially. Nancy tells us how ...
EP51 Jasmine Douglas on Confidence, Community and Pushing Beyond Your Comfort Zone
September 21, 2020 06:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBToday’s guest is Jasmine Douglas, the founder of entrepreneurs club Babes on Waves. Jasmine grew up in an entrepreneurial family that travelled the world, an experience that led her to constantly adapt and change who she was to fast fit in with those around her. This instability and cycle of toxic relationships caused Jazz to suffer from low confidence and self-esteem, which led to a radical self-development and healing practice which she now shares through the Babes on Waves platform. In ...
EP50 Upasna Bhadhal on Privilege, Diversity and Inclusive Workplace Culture
September 14, 2020 11:46 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBToday’s guest is investment headhunter and diversity and inclusion strategist, Upasna Bhadhal. Upasna has worked with the biggest names in financial services including Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Aviva and Coutts. In this episode, Upi tells us that, reassuringly, she has seen an uptick in demand for Diversity and Inclusion Training since the international Black Lives Matter protests in May of this year. She tells us what diverse recruitment really looks like and how to nurt...
EP49 Amone Gbedemah and Maria Purcell on Kickstarter Campaigns, Periods and Leaning In
September 07, 2020 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBToday’s guests are the incredibly talented duo and co-founders of The Hood, Amone Gbedemah and Maria Purcell. Amone and Maria met as colleagues at Facebook, before founding The Hood earlier this year, and are on a mission to ‘redesign the world with women in mind’. The first of their ventures has been to create a new pathway for girls to navigate and celebrate their periods. Part journal, part guide, Girlhood invites girls to capture their unique story of growing up while providing inform...
EP48 Mary Agbesanwa on Standing Out, Intentional Networking and Taking Up Space
September 01, 2020 06:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBToday’s guest is the wonderful and incredibly busy Mary Agbesanwa. How do I describe Mary? Well, she’s a management consultant currently leading the Fintech Scale Programme at PWC. Mary co-leads PwC’s Multicultural Business Network and was recently named EMpower’s Future Leader 2020 and awarded the title of McKinsey Inspire Next Generation Women Leader 2020. Mary also writes ‘A Millennial’s Diary’ blog on Medium and founded Now You’re Talking Network, a female millennial community which co...
EP47 Egbe Manton on Startup Legals, Unconscious Bias and Getting Ahead
August 24, 2020 09:07 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBToday’s guest is Egbe Manton, lawyer and founder of Manton Legal Consultancy. In this episode Egbe tells us how she has built a successful law career, securing promotions by eliminating unconscious bias variables wherever possible, like the time she took off her wedding ring for a job interview. Egbe tells us how contracts are fundamental to protect your business and create healthy boundaries with clients, ensuring everyone is on the same page and helping avoid scope creep. And despite th...
EP46 Kelly Mackenzie on Creative Culture, COVID-19 Lessons and Building Future Unicorns
August 17, 2020 07:07 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBToday’s guest is Kelly Mackenzie, founder of award-winning creative agency White Bear. In this episode we talk about what it takes to start and build an agency, and how to cultivate a culture of creativity remotely. Kelly tells us how her and the team have devised ways to find new ideas and get inspired when creativity has been lacking during lockdown. We discuss how to manage client expectations, the importance of upfront payment schedules and how to listen with curiosity to decipher yo...
EP45 Rebecca Warner on International Development and Surviving Sexual Abuse
July 27, 2020 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBToday’s guest is Teach First ambassador and founder of education charity Seed Malawi, Rebecca Warner. Before I share more about our conversation, I must tell you that this episode comes with a trigger warning - we tackle the topic of child sexual abuse and rape, so please do listen with caution. In this episode, Rebecca tells us about how she founded international charity SEED Malawi and how they are challenging neocolonialist development. Neocolonialism is an extension and progression ...
EP44 Bami Kuteyi on Resilience, Bootstrapping and Going Digital
July 20, 2020 09:19 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBToday’s guest is Bami Kuteyi, award Winning Entrepreneur, Princes Trust Young Ambassador and founder of fitness brand Bam Bam Boogie. Bami founded Bam Bam Boogie when she was just 22 years old and since then, has launched her own app and partnered with top global brands such as Facebook, Google, and Stripe. In this episode, Bami tells us about how and why she founded Bam Bam Boogie after experiencing imposter syndrome and anxiety at work. Bami was working for Google and wanted to introdu...