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40 Minute Mentor2025 Hiring & Talent TrendsThe hiring market has seen some major shifts over the past few years, and as businesses continue to navigate economic changes, evolving workplace trends, and shifting candidate expectations, staying ahead of these trends has never been more important, than in 2025. In today’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re diving deep into the key hiring and talent trends for the year ahead. You’ll hear from some of the JBM and the wider Amplified People Group teams who share their insights on how the Hiring and Talent market is shaping up for t...2025-02-0513 min
THE SLOW DOWN#1 Abadesi Osunsade: ‘Being busy made me feel worthy’Abadesi Osunsade is an entrepreneur, author, and advocate for diversity and inclusion in the tech industry.
She is founder and CEO of Hustle Crew, a career advancement community, and the co-host of popular tech podcast Techish. Previously, Abadesi held roles at Amazon, Google, and Product Hunt as well as being Brandwatch's first ever Global Vice President of Community & Belonging. A child of immigrants, like me, we talk about where our definitions of success start and how they manifest in us as adults.
After years feeling cycles of burnout in tech, Abadesi is now learning to...2025-01-121h 00
THE SLOW DOWNTRAILERWelcome to The Slow Down.
A new podcast helping you re-define success and growth for yourself, with a little help from others.
Here is a taste of what's to come in Season 1 featuring Sharmadean Reid MBE, Olivia Rubin, Abadesi Osunsade, Sarah Ann Macklin, Solomon Oyemade, Ellie Dixon, Alexia de Broglie and Matt Klein. 2024-12-2101 min
Coffee & Oysters: The London Business Babe PodcastBusiness survival, inclusive tech teams, "Marmite energy" & essential wellness with Abadesi OsunsadeMeet Abadesi Osunsade, the founder of Hustle Crew and Techish podcast co-host. She opens up about her path from facing workplace discrimination to shaking things up as a DEI consultant in tech.She gets real about tackling tough conversations, riding the waves of economic ups and downs by switching between B2C and B2B, and why she chose to bootstrap instead of chasing VC money. Plus, she spills the tea on building a love-it-or-hate-it business (aka "Marmite Energy") and running a smooth operation with her global contractors.Beyond work, Abadesi dishes on her go-to...2024-11-241h 06
Sustainable Matters2 | Abadesi Osunsade Abadesi Osunsade is the founder of Hustle Crew which exists to make workplaces fairer. She says her childhood spent overseas as the daughter of a diplomat, plus the tragic loss of her sister helped to make her curious about the world and determined to do what she could to make it better. Sarah talks to Abadesi about why inclusion matters for sustainability and how her upbringing taught her to see and acknowledge the differences we face in life. Abasedi Osunsade was nominated by Anne Marie Imafidon who said she wanted m...2023-09-1429 minSustainable Matters1 | Anne-Marie ImafidonDr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE is a maths whizz - famously passing her maths A level at 11 years old. Ten years ago, she founded the Stemettes, a social enterprise working to inspire and support girls, young women and non-binary people in STEM and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths) careers.She passionately believes that technology can help with the sustainability mission if we invite everyone in to think about how. Anne Marie is president of the British Science Association and was voted the most influential woman in tech in the UK in 20...2023-08-1437 min
40 Minute MentorCommunity & Purpose - A Series 9 Roundup"Community for me has always been - What is our purpose? Why do we exist? What's it all for? Why does it even matter?”There are two popular topics that come up time and time again when we interview our 40 Minute Mentors and when we speak to JBM clients and candidates. These topics are: Building communities and sticking to your purpose. In this week’s episode, we’ve rounded up some of the best advice from our most recent Series, including: ➡️ Vanity metrics vs Impact - Nikki Wicks, CEO of The Body Coach [00:41] ➡️ Meaning...2023-06-0712 min40 Minute Mentor“From Layoffs To Lemonade” with Abadesi Osunsade, DE&I Leader and Founder & CEO of Hustle Crew“It’s sad when you go into something with the idea of building a legacy and then that gets cut off. You have to realise, this is happening because you take risks, and that’s a good thing.” In this week’s 40 Minute Mentor episode, we’re joined by Abadesi Osunsade, DE&I leader and Founder & CEO of Hustle Crew, a inclusion education provider on a mission to create a world in which businesses are centred on inclusion, belonging and redistributing power. Before building Hustle Crew, Abadesi followed a hugely successful career path in Tech - from roles a...2023-02-1551 min
Backing Brilliant BusinessAbadesi Osunsade: Challenging Double Standards and Harmful NarrativesIn this episode of Backing Brilliant Business, Saira Khan is joined by founder and CEO of ‘Hustle Crew’ and VP of Global Community & Belonging at Brandwatch, Abadesi Osunsade. As always, we learn the three key lessons that will help you with your business and hear how she is on a mission to make tech more inclusive. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2022-06-2220 min
The WOW Podcast with Jude KellyS2 Ep4 Women and InnovationThe fourth episode in our new limited series How to Change the Conversation asks what’s at stake if women aren’t involved in the future of innovation? Is it possible to make changes within a Big Tech company that is already very successful as it is? How are the powerful women who’ve succeeded in Tech able to ensure more women work alongside them? WOW Founder and CEO Jude Kelly talks to experts and changemakers to find out. You'll hear from Katrine Marçal, author of The Mother of Invention, How Good Ideas Get Ignored in an Econo...2021-11-2540 minThe WOW Podcast with Jude KellyS2 Ep3 Women in TechThe third episode in our new limited series How to Change the Conversation asks: why do so few women work in Tech? A nascent industry with indomitable power and wealth seems to have taken off without half of the population on board. Why is the quit rate twice as high for women as men? How do we make the internet a safer and more welcoming place, so that women’s voices aren’t stifled online?WOW Founder and CEO Jude Kelly talks to experts and changemakers Caroline Criado-Perez, Abadesi Osunsade, Aleks Krotoski and Seyi Akiw...2021-11-1841 min
The Solo CollectiveNETWORKING: Mutual AppreciationNetworking can often inspire dread. We associate it with warm wine in plastic cups and awkward conversations. Thankfully, this week’s guest Abadesi Osunsade, founder of Hustle Crew and VP of Belonging at Brandwatch, joins Rebecca to offer a fresh perspective and explains how mutual appreciation can lead to meaningful connections, online and offline. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2021-09-0235 min
Curious MonicaBelonging for All: Diversity and InclusionDiversity and inclusion jobs have been on the rise as the world seeks a more inclusive workplace for all. But what do you do in this career? How do you become good at it? From understanding differences in diversity to being more inclusive to learning how to build psychological safety, we untangle all your questions about D&I and workplace belonging jobs in this episode. Thank you, Ashley T. Brundage and Abadesi Osunsade for sharing your stories. Learn more at curiousmonica.com. Join our newsletter from InnovatorsBox here.2021-07-2235 min
What We Talk About When We Talk About TechBelonging begins with discomfort: Building and measuring equity in tech with Abadesi OsunsadeJennifer Riggins (@jkriggins) and Rich Gall (@richggall) talk with Abadesi Osunsade, the founder and CEO of Hustle Crew, VP of Global Community and Belonging at Brandwatch, and co-host of the podcast Techish, among many other things. Abadesi explains how she found her way into the industry and explains how her experiences led her to fopund HustleCrew, an organization designed to help organizations improve diversity and equality in their workforce and empower people from marginalized communities to find their way in tech. She also discusses the work Hustle Crew does, and talks in detail about why measuring the s...2021-05-0545 min
The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | InvestorsSaaStr 449: Notion CEO Ivan Zhao on Winning at Enterprise through Community Building Two years ago, Notion was just 10 people building a product that had a few dozen diehard fans. In conversation with Hustle Crew's Abadesi Osunsade, Ivan will share how he thinks about community as one of Notion's unfair advantages, and why this has been a game-changer for the business. Video + blog post: https://www.saastr.com/notion-saas-community-building/2021-04-2823 min
UI Narrative: UX, UI, IxD, Design and ResearchHow Teams Can Be More Productive with Psychological Safety | Abadesi Osunsade, Hustle CrewEpisode 37 Show Notes: Abadesi and I talk about whether it's worth staying at a company to advocate for inclusion and diversity. She also offers advice to help with building up your self-confidence. "Each of us as individuals almost has to apply certain frameworks to help us process the environment that we're in and help us decide around if this an environment that you genuinely believe is moving in the direction you want it to or is this an environment that's stagnating or that's even opposed to like being more inclusive, being mo...2021-04-0650 min
Dear WorkplaceInclusion DilemmaWhy does it feel so hard to create something we all want - an inclusive, equitable, and diverse workplace? In this episode, we’ll study the top challenges and opportunities associated with DEI, examine how we can build a workplace where everyone feels like they belong, and explore why all this is really important. Learn more at dearworkplace.com. Learn more about our guests: Thank you, Corey Ponder, Daniel Parra, Heather Hiscox, Abadesi Osunsade, Van Lai-DuMone, and Anne T. Griffin for sharing your insights.2021-04-0621 min
The Han Jan Ran Show: The Audacious Podcast036: Abadesi Osunsade is successfully challenging the tech industry to be more inclusive and has been named the 13th most influential woman in UK techSeason Two, Episode 13: Abadesi Osunsade @Abadesi
Welcome Abadesi Osunsade to the podcast! An incredible force of nature and such an eloquent voice about the horrendous homogenous state of affairs in the tech world. Labelled the 13th most influential woman in UK tech Abadesi is successfully challenging the whole industry to be more inclusive. She has founded her own company Hustle Crew which is a vehicle to create change in the workplace and provides you with the tools to confidently address the systemic inequities. She also has her own podcast which she co-hosts with the equally engaging Michael...2021-02-2559 min
The WalletHow to get paid what you’re worth, with Abadesi OsunsadeResearch from the Inclusive Tech Alliance has highlighted that just 12.6% of board members in the country's largest tech firms are women, and BAME people make up just 8.5% of senior leaders. Joining me today is Abadesi Osunsade, founder of Hustle Crew, a community focused on giving underrepresented professionals the skills and support they need to achieve lasting change. Inclusion and diversity in the technology community has become central to Abadesi’s mission, empowering women to recognise their worth and to ask for more. However, negotiating and understanding your own value can be tri...2021-02-1851 min
Everyday LeadershipFinding purpose in the pain with Abadesi OsunsadeOn today's episode, I talk to Abadesi about inclusion and reality of being a black woman in tech. We delve into why its okay to not always make your parents proud as well as learning to say NO and overcoming a scarcity mindset. She shares how a negative experience with a former boss helped to birth Hustle Crew and so much more. About Abadesi Osunsade Abadesi Osunsade is the VP Global Community & Belonging at Brandwatch, Founder & CEO of Hustle Crew, Co-Host of Techish podcast and author of Dream Big. Hustle Hard: The Millennial Womans Guide...2021-02-091h 03
The Ironhack Podcast#12 - Diversity with AbaAbadesi Osunsade, Founder & CE0 of Hustle Crew, joins us to talk about diversity in tech, a quiz on influential women in tech history and magic cards!?2021-01-2050 min
#shifthappens in the Digital Workplace PodcastEp. 25: Diversity + Inclusion in Tech with Abadesi OsunsadeAbadesi started the Hustle Crew to help organizations examine and overcome their biases to become higher performing and more inclusive. We talk about where the tech industry is doing well and where it still needs some work to foster more diversity. 2021-01-1334 min
Money Clinic with Claer BarrettHow to start a side hustleFinding a side hustle that earns you money alongside your main job is an attractive idea — but it can be hard to achieve as Jonny, this week’s guest, has found out, with his side hustles costing him time rather than earning much extra cash. He’s also looking to volunteer as a side hustle to further his ambition of campaigning on personal finance issues, but how can he find the right balance of money and time? Presenter Claer Barrett hears from experts Abadesi Osunsade, founder of Hustle Crew and presenter of the Techish podcast, and Juliet Tomlinson from the Oxf...2020-12-0122 min
HypewomenDiversity in Tech: Abadesi Osunsade Founder and CEO of Hustle CrewSend us a textAbadesi Osunsade is a creative technologist with professional experience in growth and product roles at leading tech companies like Product Hunt, Elpha (YC S19), HotelTonight, Amazon and Groupon. Her current role as Vice President of Global Community and Belonging of Brandwatch enables her to make strategic decisions that change the narrative for underrepresented groups in the tech space. Her book Think Big, Hustle Hard inspires minority groups to never give up on their tech dreams. It is a collection of Osunsade's learned life experiences on how to navigate one's career in the i...2020-11-1536 min
Leveling UpEpisode 21: Belonging and Inclusivity in the Workplace with Abadesi OsunsadeOur Guest: Abadesi Osunsade, Founder & CEO of HustleCrew
In this episode, Abadesi Osunsade, Founder & CEO of HustleCrew, speaks her mind about how companies are approaching belonging and inclusivity in the workplace, specifically after the recent Black Lives Matter Movement, as well as what we can do to understand bias, foster inclusion, and support underrepresented employees. Abadesi details steps you can take to incorporate training into your organization’s priorities and budget, along with insight into how to start that conversation in your workplace.
Conversation Highlights
- Companies’ reactions to the 2020 BLM Movement
- Why Abadesi started HustleCrew
- About HustleCrew’s prod...2020-11-0922 min
REWORKCreate Your Own Serendipity More than ever, the tech industry is re-thinking how work gets done and how great ideas come to light when people are no longer linked by their physical location. In this episode, we have frank but hopeful conversations with Deldelp Medina of Black & Brown Founders and Michael Berhane of People Of Color In Tech. They talk about the ongoing work of building intentional communities in tech and modeling what it means to truly trust and support each other.Show Notes"Duty Calls," the famous XKCD comic - 00:18"How Remote Work Could Destroy Silicon...2020-11-0332 min
Make Possible BitesizeAbadesi Osunsade, VP Global Community & Belonging at Brandwatch and Maria Campbell, VP People at PermutiveThis week we're joined by Abadesi Osunsade, VP Global Community & Belonging at Brandwatch. Hear what she's most proud of and how she's driving change in her industry. Learn more about Hustle Crew, a career advancement community for the underrepresented in tech founded by Abadesi, at https://www.hustlecrew.co/.2020-11-0312 min
Here Right Now#7: Expanding our empathy with Abadesi OsunsadeToday our special guest, my colleague and Forbes ‘25 Black Business Leaders To Follow’ Abadesi Osunsade, directs our attention towards an amazingly powerful, personal and precious capacity - our empathy. ‘What are the limits of empathy and compassion, and can we overcome them?’Aba is VP of Global Community & Belonging at Brandwatch, host of the highly brilliant Techish podcast and CEO of Hustle Crew. Sourced from her hard work and bitter lived experiences having to fight for fairness and equity in the tech community, Aba’s framing question for our discussion gets to the very heart of a whole wo...2020-10-2855 min
AnthemsAbadesi Osunsade | TECHISHAbadesi Osunsade is a podcaster, author and founder of Hustle Crew. After writing for the Financial Times, she joined the Tech scene - currently she co-hosts the podcast Techish, which is a top 20 Tech podcast on Apple Podcasts, and wrote careers advice book Dream Big. Hustle Hard: The Millennial Woman’s Guide to Success in Tech. Abadesi was recently included in the Financial Times list of Top 100 Influential Leaders in Tech and Tech Nation’s 50 most prominent and influential voices in Tech, and has worked at companies including Amazon, HotelTonight and Groupon.Her word of t...2020-10-1907 min
Eat Sleep Work Repeat - better workplace cultureCommunity 2: A Community Manager Speaks TruthToday's episode is a further exploration of how firms will try to evolve their culture by hiring Community Managers. If you've not listened to last week's episode featuring Sarah Drinkwater pull up, back up and tuck in to that one first. Sarah said the person I should talk to is Abadesi Osunsade from Brandwatch - and so that's who we are talking to today. Abadesi's title is VP Global Community & Belonging at the 500 strong organisation.We talk about seeking to get better at Diversity & Inclusion, giving voice to teams (and applicants) and how to build community...2020-10-0543 min
#BITTechTalk by Blacks In TechnologyBITTechTalk ep. #126 Abadesi Osunsade: Founder of Hustle CrewFrom the UK to the USA, felt the love that you gave as soon as you pressed play...! What can we say, we love our hip hop, but you heard it right, on this episode of the Blacks In Technology BIT Tech Talk podcast we are brodcasting from the United States and the United Kingdom. Greg sits down with UK resident, Entrepreneur, Founder of Hustle Crew, author (Dream Bit, Hustle Hard: The Millennial Woman's Guide to Success in Tech) and fellow podcaster (Techish), Abadesi Osunsade!2020-10-041h 20
The Sprinklr Coffee ClubWorkplace Diversity and Inclusion, with Abadesi OsunsadeTake your conversations about workplace diversity and inclusion to a higher level. This week we talk with tech industry expert Abadesi Osunsade. She's the founder of Hustle Crew, a career advancement community on a mission to make tech more inclusive through talks, training and mentorship. @Abadesi, CEO of HustleCrew.co 2020-09-2200 min
cto.coffee - Let's talk humans & techEpisode 17 - On Belonging with Abadesi OsunsadeIn this episode I talked to Abadesi Osunsade, the CEO and founder of hustlecrew, and also the VP of global community and belonging at Brandwatch. We talk about all kinds of aspects of belonging in the workplace.2020-09-2238 min
Life's A Bag PodcastAbadesi Osunsade on how to own your valueMeet Abadesi Osunsade, Founder of Hustle Crew, Co-Host of Techish podcast and author. In this episode, Ro and Abadesi discuss how to break into tech, the importance of regaining your learning power and how to navigate the world of work by embracing your difference and owning your value. You don’t want to miss:What inspired Abadesi to start Hustle Crew and write a careers advice bookWhat it means to have the power to be the Will Smith of your lifeWhy it’s the greatest time ever for content from underrepresented voicesHow racism and structural oppr...2020-07-0128 min
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Build Your SaaSWaking upStructural racism affects every part of the economic system. It affects bootstrappers too! It defines:Who we hireWho we invest inWho we promoteWho we chat withWho sees our numbersWho we invite to speakWho gets access to our platform"It's not just about being oppressed or being an oppressor, it's about resisting oppression and resisting being an oppressor; being an ally, being an advocate for social justice." – Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum (clip)Right now, in cities across America, people are protesting systemic violence and oppression against Black people.We (Jon and Justin) are waking up to ho...2020-06-0925 min
The GamesIndustry.biz MicrocastSome recommendationsAs you'll hear, there is no regular podcast this week. In light of the ongoing protests against racial injustice and police brutality, we recognise that our team is currently not diverse enough to contribute significantly to the discussions. Instead, we're using this week to recommend other podcasts that have already commented on the deeper issues at hand, and that you might find worth listening to on an ongoing basis. Please give a listen to: Spawn On Me: A Lesson In Blackness by Khalief Adams, Parris Lilly, Blessing Adeoye Jr, Cameron Hawkins a...2020-06-0801 min
Culture Class PodcastEp 074- Techish (w/ Abadesi Osunsade)Good things happen to those who 'hustle'. Abadesi indeed embodies the word. A Founder, Speaker, Author, Podcaster and Consultant at Hustle Crew; Abadesi was born to a Nigerian Father and Filipino Mother. She shares her experience growing up in a multi-ethnic household, moving to East Africa and attending boarding school in the UK.
She also talks about why she got into tech and how she is striving to create an inclusive culture in the industry; one company at a time.
Techish + Whatsapp Event: https://techishtalkwhatsapphostedbyfac.splashthat.com/
Buy Abadesi's book: https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Big-Hustle-Hard-Millennial/dp/1548824747/
Techish Podcast:http://www...2020-05-1857 min
I ALSO Want Money#5 - Negotiation Masterclass with Abadesi OsunsadeHustleCrew founder and negotiations expert Abadesi Osunsade reminds us that negotiations are only over when we say they are. In this episode, we abolish limiting beliefs around negotiations and learn how and why women must negotiate differently in a patriarchal system.2020-04-3041 min
How To Own The RoomAbadesi Osunsade, Tech EntrepreneurCan I touch your hair? Tech entrepreneur and inclusion campaigner Abadesi Osunsade talks to Viv Groskop about diversity, confidence tricks, the power of your personal story - and why you must never believe that the problem is you. 2019-10-2530 min
Secrets of the Side HustleAbadesi Osunsade on diversity in techScarlett Russell meets Abadesi Osunsade, who quit her job at a start-up to found a networking platforming for women in STEM. Episode one of our new series touches on impostor syndrome, diversity in tech and the importance of rest.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2019-05-0900 min
Product Hunt RadioHow to find a mentor in tech with Floodgate’s Ann Miura-KoWe have a special guest host for this episode, my teammate at Product Hunt, Abadesi Osunsade. She is the author of Dream Big, Hustle Hard: The Millennial Woman's Guide to Success in Tech. She'll be hosting more episodes alongside me this year.
Ann Miura-Ko is a founding partner at Floodgate, a seed-stage VC firm in Palo Alto. She has been called “the most powerful woman in startups” by Forbes and is an early investor in Lyft and TaskRabbit. She is also a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford's School of Engineering and a founding member of All Raise.
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DiverCity Podcast: Talking Diversity and Inclusion in the Financial Services IndustryS3 09 - Inclusivity in tech and intersectionality in the workplaceAbadesi Osunsade, founder of Hustle Crew and NonTechTech, and Pippa Dale, Head of Fixed Income Roadshows at BNP Paribas, discuss ways to make tech more inclusive, the importance of focusing on intersectionality, the power of digital networks, the value of the OUTDirectory, holding companies accountable to greater social values, and expanding gender pay gap reporting across the board.2018-11-2829 min
Wanna Be#79 Angie Thomas: Becoming An 'Overnight' SuccessThe Wanna Be Podcast is back for a Black History Month special and I’m going to be sharing the stories of phenomenal black women who are almost certainly making history with their work.I got to interview New York Times Bestselling author Angie Thomas.She wrote a book called The Hate U Give which I think you’ll like. It’s about a teenage girl called Starr who witnesses her friend die at the hands of the police.The book just got turned into a movie with Amandla Stenberg and it’s so good, you shou...2018-10-3118 min