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Digitalization is a massive benefit for every company, especially now, that the modern standards of remote and hybrid work are all the rage.

On this week’s episode of Tech Leaders’ Intel, we speak with Silke Kanes, a Chief Product Officer of Scopevisio AG, a company that was the first German cloud-based ERP, CRM + ECM Suite solution for SME businesses.

Silke starts our interview with a little background story of studying and working in the Tech industry in the 80s. She gives us a little overview about her unplanned career changes, becoming the main bread-earner in the family and how she worked on multiple occasions on diverse projects like Start-Ups, middle-sized companies to consulting in governmental environment.

During our interview she touches on topics like:

• The introduction of agile methodology in software development
• Empowering women to work in a predominantly male industry
• The hardships women face in leadership roles
• The phenomena of the unconscious bias
• The great disruption of all industries with AI
• Encouraging people to try new things and fail to help them grow
• How remote work has impacted the growth of digitalization
  

...and much more!

Silke has given us many insights and a lot of perspective to consider while working in the tech industry. She finishes our interview with a few tips for aspiring newcomers, who would like to kick off their careers in the industry.