When people bring their authentic selves to work, and many other areas of their lives, they can truly flourish. Speaking to Liana Slater of The Mindshare Podcast, Ripa Rashid breaks down what authenticity really means and how to bring it to your work to drive success, we dig deeper to touch on how allyship is a key driver to making this concept work. Our conversation provides a positive approach and real tools to create change for individuals, leaders, and companies to find opportunities in...

Our guest Helen Lin is Principal, At One Ventures. She is an INSEAD MBA alum, who calls her time at INSEAD "the golden ticket to pivot" into the career she wanted. Helen has worked across four continents (Asia, Africa, Europe, N. America) merging and investing in companies (Baird, Houlihan Lokey), leading the digital transformation of multinational banking operations, and designing products to serve base of the pyramid customers (FINCA Impact Finance).  She loves a good puzzle and enjoys...

Welcome to the recorded webinar with Leslee Udwin, a Human Rights Campaigner and Social Entrepreneur as Founder & Executive Chair of Think Equal. INSEAD's INDEVOR Global Club, the US NAA lead by Cintia Tavella, and the INSEAD WiB Global Club with Liana Slater organized this workshop to collaborate on solutions to help eliminate gender & racial bias in the world. Introduction by Dean Ilian Mihov.  Leslee was awarded the Anna Lindh Human Rights Award in the Swedish Parliament (formerly...

Charlie O’Donnell was one of our panelists in March 2020 just days before New York City went into lock down. The topic of the IWiB's annual event was "Investing in Women." In 2021 we are all virtual... still. Charlie sat down with us to discuss how the pandemic has affected seed investing and what, if anything has changed for female founders and how women founders are different from their male counterparts.   Charlie O'Donnell is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. The...

Melina Spadone is an INSEAD MBA, Fordham Law, JD, and currently Senior Counsel at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.  Melina previously served as general counsel and chief of staff for several family offices and closely held businesses, ranging in size from $1 billion to $4 billion.  We touch on some important topics & Melina shares her valuable insights on the following:  A family office is a privately held company that handles investment management and wealth management for a...

This is SUCH an important topic! INSEAD alum Kirstie Sneyd is an INSEAD MBA'00J with a Master's in Organizational Psychology. Kirstie is an Executive Coach, a behavior change specialist and a maternity coach. She shares her research on what makes for a successful return to work post-maternity leave. The period just after maternity leave is a HUGE challenge for women, and to be fair for men too!  Kirstie discussed how organizations can address this issue with the goal of retaining valuable...

Dr. Paige Williams is the author of the book "Becoming Anti-Fragile: Learning to Thrive Through Disruption" and she shares her research and insights into individuals’ self-leadership & power to enhance their ability to thrive through challenge and change. Paige is a warm and relatable speaker as a thought leader in the space of Wellness Science. She speaks our language, of cutting through the lingo and illustrating how to apply concepts to real life, to your life. Please visit her...

Ripa Rashid is a Managing Director and Head of Inclusion and Diversity at Cowen, an investment bank and financial services company. Ripa is an internationally recognized subject matter expert and practitioner in the space of workplace diversity and inclusion, with a focus on gender, race and global talent engagement and development strategies. Ripa speaks regularly as a member of the INSEAD Women in Business Club in New York City and we are thrilled this podcast allows her voice to be heard...

"Keep Ascending." Six professional, ambitious women meet once a month to discuss work issues, business ideas, reflect on life choices and share laughter. After attending the "ASCEND Summit" in New York City, a conference podcast co-host Liana Slater attended to hear INSEAD professor Zoe Kinias share her research, she and 5 other women committed to keep the momentum going after feeling inspired by the invigorating women & men who spoke at the women in leadership summit organized by...

Angela Lee is the Founder of 37 Angels, a start-up investor network. She is also Columbia Business School Professor of Practice and is passionate about getting more women into investing. An a-ha moment after several post-MBA years at McKinsey & Co inspired Angela to pursue what she loves - teaching and investing. Listen to how she became a professor of innovation and now has widespread influence on helping start-up and scale-up companies grow.  We are collecting stories and having...

Kathy Kayse, Chief Media Strategy and Partnerships Officer at Ad Council, shares her stories around working with powerhouse women Oprah Winfrey, trailblazer in media & philanthropy, and Marissa Mayer, early Google executive & former Yahoo CEO and current investor. Her key message from her mother, her most influential mentor, is to surround yourself with great people, regardless of their gender. Kathy had great male mentors, who opened doors for her, and whom she emulated, as well as...

Co-Founder Sophie Bertin, joins us to discuss how and why the IWiB Global Club came to be, how it can help you, and why we have so much more work to do. As an executive who has lived and worked in several countries and speaks a multitude of languages Sophie has a clear sense of how culture impacts gender bias. "We have only just scratched the surface," reflects Chris Thorpe, Founder, Brick Investment Partners and IWiB ExCo member. Join the conversation. With Liana Slater, Growth Executive...

Kim Scott, author of New York Times & Wall Street Journal Bestseller Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss without Losing Your Humanity, can help you get sh*t done, manage difficult bosses and coworkers, and become more effective not only as a business leader but also in life.  Workplace injustice needs to be addressed explicitly. Kim encourages men to be Upstanders in the workplace and shares her framework on effective leadership. Kim led AdSense, YouTube, and Doubleclick Online Sales and...

Alexandra Jarislowsky, former Director Jarislowsky, Fraser Ltd. Investment Management firm based in Canada, wants to encourage more women to enter the field of investment management. The field is a great option for women yet women are sorely underrepresented, 2% of assets are managed by women even though they outperform. While Alexandra has clear advice for current leadership as to how to increase much needed diversity in the workforce, she shares some gems on what women can do for themselves...

We are collecting stories and having conversations with women in business to inspire, inform and connect women and men who want to thrive in their careers and in life. Karen Hitschke, MD & Chief Investment Office at Yunus Social Business, talks about her journey to social impact investing, the importance of self-confidence, and a key message to a 25 year old just starting out. With Chris Thorpe, Founder, Brick Investment Partners and Liana Slater, Growth Executive &  Co-Founder,...

Katie Stitch, Managing Director, W Capital Partners, shares her insights from her 20+ year career from investment banking to private equity.  Katie points out the value of diversity of thought and the advantage of being a woman in finance, as well as how she leveraged mentors and the creation of a personal board.   We are collecting stories and having conversations with women in business to inspire, inform and connect women and men who want to thrive in their careers and in life.  Welcome to...

We are collecting stories and having conversations with women in business to inspire, inform and connect women and men who want to thrive in their careers and in life.  Welcome to the new series featuring women in investing. 20 minutes well spent. INSEAD alumnus Chris Thorpe, Managing Partner, Brick Investment Partners, and  alumna Liana Slater, IWiB Global Club Co-Founder & Co-President produce and moderate our episodes featuring women in investing.   Listen to Aoifinn' story for...