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WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#119 Zoia Kozakov | Head of Device Digital Wallets @ JPMorgan ChaseIn this episode, Zoia Kozakov, the host of the WIN/WIN podcast and Head of Device Digital Wallets @ JPMorgan Chase, shares her journey of launching the podcast and how it has shaped her, along with how she’s evolved throughout her career. Zoia emphasizes the importance of having a growth mindset and continuously learning and growing, talking about the shift in her definition of success and power, focusing on being true to herself and embracing her vision. Key takeaways: Using a passion project as an entrepreneurial experience to broaden horizons and solve problemsDefining success and pow...
2024-06-2540 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#113 Fahimeh Sasan | Chief Innovation Officer & Founding Physician @ KindBodyIn this episode, host Zoia Kozakov shares her personal experience with elective egg freezing and interviews Dr. Fahimeh Sasan, Chief Innovation Officer and Founding Physician at KindBody. They discuss the importance of proactive fertility care, the challenges and barriers in the industry, and the need for accessibility and equity in women's health. They also provide an overview of the egg-freezing process, debunk misconceptions, and highlight the benefits of being proactive about fertility. The episode emphasizes the importance of empowering women to make choices about their bodies and the future of reproductive health.Listen for advice on:
2024-01-2246 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#97 May Zabaneh | VP, Product - Blockchain, Crypto & Digital Currencies @ PayPalIn this episode, Zoia live-podcasts from Las Vegas with May Zabaneh, Vice President of Blockchain, Crypto, and Digital Currencies at PayPal at Money 20/20, the world’s most prominent financial services and payments conferences in the world. May shares what it’s like to lead next-generation payment innovations at a major financial institution and how she thinks about leadership in the space.Listen for advice on:Approaching risk-taking in an innovation careerHow to get onto 0-to-1 or start-up teams in large companiesWhat it means to be an innovation leaderMeasuring success across next-generation initiativesLea...
2022-11-0736 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#93 Jennifer Smith | CEO & Founder @ ScribeIn this episode, Zoia Kozakov sits down with Jennifer Smith, Founder & CEO of Scribe, who raised over 30 million dollars to battle the innovation antithesis: over-indexing on processes. Jennifer shares her start-up founder journey and her trajectory to building and launching her product, which is used by thousands of companies and users around the world.Listen for advice on:Going from consulting and investing to being an operatorHow to approach go-to-market while being agile and iteratingWhy you should build B2B companies to focus on the end-user firstBalancing processes at large companies while continuing to innovate
2022-10-0336 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#92 Nicole Centeno & Elise Densborn | Co-CEOs @ Splendid SpoonIn this episode, Zoia sits down with the two co-CEOs at Splendid Spoon, Nicole Centeno and Elise Densborn, to talk about what it means to share a leadership role while staying agile in a start-up environment. The two leaders discuss how their own lived experiences have inspired the trajectory of the company and their views on what it takes to make it as a blooming start-up.Listen for advice on:What it means to co-create in positions of leadership The role of trust in enabling innovationPositioning a multi-faceted company for fundraisingThe benefits and drawbacks of a...
2022-09-2836 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#91 Latoya Tucciarone & Ruthie Berber | Amazing Women in eCommerce (powered by Yotpo)In this episode, Zoia sits down with Latoya Tucciarone, CEO & Founder of SustainAble Home Goods and Amazing Women in eCommerce 2022 honoree, and Ruthie Berber, Head of Community at Yotpo and Program Director at Amazing Women in eCommerce. The conversation discusses the current state of affairs in the start-up world, how retail is evolving and changing to keep up with the times, and how women are showing up and innovating in the world of eCommerce.Listen for advice on:Navigating fundraising during a challenging economic and social climateThe importance of platforms in eCommerce and...
2022-08-1742 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#90 Victoria Young & Ravi Mehta | Co-Founders @ Scale HigherIn this episode, Zoia hosts Victoria Young and Ravi Mehta, co-founders of Scale Higher, a company reinventing how people learn and grow through its development courses and coaching platform. Victoria and Ravi are both entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, who have launched and worked on world-class products including Uber Pool, Trip Advisor, Tinder, Facebook Live, and more.Listen for advice on:How to approach your career as an innovation professionalLessons to be transferred from big companies to start-upsEmbedding diversity at every stage of a businessHow to evaluate product-market fit in a new categoryLearn...
2022-08-0157 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#89 Kirin Sinha | CEO & Founder @ IllumixIn this episode, Zoia sits down with Kirin Sinha, CEO & Founder of Illumix, a leading augmented reality (AR) technology, and media company, focused on developing immersive experiences. They discuss the value of the metaverse and AR and the opportunities for women to create and innovate in hard sciences, and STEM industries. Kirin shares her observations about how women speak to themselves versus men and why she focuses on delivering a quality product over her founder story. Listen for advice on:Why the metaverse is a natural progression of today’s worldThe biggest blocker between women and...
2022-07-2538 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#88 The Innovator’s Mindset: How The Most Impactful Innovation Leaders Navigate LeadershipIn this episode, Zoia sits down with Lizzie Azzolino, the founder of Until Now, a coaching & culture transformation design and consulting practice and WIN’s very own Global Development Lead to talk about all things innovation mindset, actionable takeaways for aspiring (and current!) innovation leaders, and, of course, how to advance and develop your leadership capabilities. Lizzie shares insights and lessons from WIN Relay, a first-of-its-kind program for innovation leaders with 12+ years of experience, and draws from her wealth of experience in the space to give WIN/WIN listeners the latest and greatest on innovation leadership. Lis...
2022-06-1533 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#87 Cassidy Fein | Director of Product @ VimeoIn this episode, Cassidy Fein, Director of Product, Enterprise at Vimeo, talks about the power of video and the challenges and opportunities it brings when it comes to balancing launching innovative products to market while maintaining focus on the user. The conversation also dives deeper into pivots, decision-making frameworks, and leadership in innovation. Listen for advice on:Understanding when incremental innovation can be valuable How to think about prioritization in a B2B businessLeadership in wartime vs. peacetime innovation The role that video plays in the creator economy and beyondLearn more: Cassidy Fei...
2022-05-1632 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#86 Vrinda Gupta | CEO & Founder @ SequinIn this episode, Zoia is joined by Vrinda Gupta, CEO & Founder at Sequin a fintech behind the first debit card to build credit. Vrinda talks about how her mother’s fears around the financial system fueled her desire to build tools to empower women to better leverage and gain access to credit. She shares how she entered a rotational program at Visa, applied for and got rejected from the Chase Sapphire Reserve card — a product she helped build, and ultimately founded her own FinTech company. Listen for advice on:Why your credit score is the only...
2022-04-1837 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#85 Tui Allen | Product Director @ ShopifyIn this episode, Tui Allen talks about how adaptability and curiosity created opportunities for her career pivots, moving from consulting at EY and Disney to product management at Blackbaud and Shopify. She shares how growing up in Montreal with an entrepreneurial mother fed her desire to learn, and why she wants to use technology to solve problems in the social good space. Listen for advice on:Creating trust with stakeholders How to think about customer pain points What’s coming next in eCommerceTaking a global view of innovation Learn more: Tui Allen (Guest): http...
2022-04-1132 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#84 Lucie Buisson | Chief Product Officer @ ContentsquareIn this episode, Lucie Buisson, Chief Product Officer of ContentSquare discusses her transition from being a Customer Success Manager to heading up Product and the lessons she’s learned along the way. Whether it is immersing herself in qualitative or quantitive research or restructuring company processes at every step of ContentSquare’s scaling, Lucie is quite the expert on consumer-centric innovation and product development.Listen for advice on:Prioritizing innovating consumer behavior over searching for new technologiesHow to determine whether an idea will work for the majority of customersCreating communities around your product to gather feed...
2022-03-2835 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#83 Elyssa Byck | Co-Founder & CEO @ KindredIn this episode, Elyssa Byck shares her path from creating her own roles at Buzzfeed to founding her own company, focused on reimagining corporate leadership training and building values-based communities. She talks about how her entrepreneurial upbringing ignited her to be relentless and scrappy, enter situations with a learning mentality, and embrace vulnerability in professional settings. Listen for advice on:How to bring your whole self to work authentically Figuring out what to evaluate in the short term to have a long term impact Why 2022 will rewrite the leadership playbook with respect to employee happiness Thre...
2022-03-2132 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#82 Anne Olderog | Senior Partner @ VivaldiIn this episode, Anne Olderog highlights the importance of having a different point of view when it comes to problem-solving — something that’s been essential during her 25-year consulting career, including time at McKinsey, BCG, and Goldman Sachs. She talks about how having a global outlook, leading with compassion, and reading a lot of novels has helped open opportunities for connecting with consumers and colleagues.Listen for advice on:How AI and human intelligence can best work together Ways to integrate innovation into a client’s workplace Granularly defining a problem before taking it on Navigatin...
2022-03-1433 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#81 Joy Phua | Chief Operating Officer @ Heka GlobalIn today's episode, Joy Phua, Chief Operating Officer at fintech start-up Heka Global, breaks down how she approaches solving multi-billion dollar problems in the financial ecosystem while applying her liberal arts background and hunger for entrepreneurship in the process. The conversation touches upon the importance of diversity at any scale of a company, why innovation careers are not linear, and how saying yes to challenges has skyrocketed Joy's trajectory and ability to operate in unknown territories.Listen for advice on:Picking the right career challenges for growthLeaning into human-driven design to solve complex issuesEcosystem problems...
2022-03-0932 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#80 Sarah Lux-Lee | Founder & CEO @ Mindr GlobalIn today's episode, Sarah Lux-Lee, founder and CEO at Mindr Global, discusses her journey to building out a consultancy and technology platform to help the world's leading workplaces develop their workforces. Sarah's path has always encompassed social impact through her work at the UN's campaign to End Violence Against Women and at the World Health Organization, but she shares how she's built a company focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion at scale and the intricacies of her entrepreneurial journey. Listen for advice on:Developing an ecosystem approach to a problemGetting customer feedback and choosing when...
2022-02-2830 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#79 Laura Teclemariam | Head of Product Innovation, Animation @ NetflixIn this week's episode, the WIN/WIN podcast celebrates Black History Month through a conversation with Netflix's Head of Product Innovation, Animation, Laura Teclemariam. Bringing a plethora of innovation roles at companies like Electronic Arts, Tapjoy, Deloitte, and Microsoft as well as experience as an entrepreneur, Laura breaks down what we can all learn from the innovation and experimentation in the worlds of gaming and animation. Listen for advice on:The importance of finding your people & advisory board within an organizationDomain expertise within gaming, effects, and animation as a form of change management Referencing the c...
2022-02-2535 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#78 Brittany Driscoll | Founder & CEO @ SqueezeIn this week's episode, Zoia is joined by Brittany Driscoll, Co-founder & CEO of Squeeze, a completely fresh approach to a way better massage experience, brought to you by the founders of Drybar. The conversation covers the importance of creating delight in commoditized experiences in order to infuse hypergrowth in a business as well as Brittany's journey scaling Drybar from $30M to $100M business and then launching Squeeze as CEO. Listen for advice on:Finding the right moments to infuse surprise and delight into a businessForging opportunities to fast-track your career through building relationshipsCreating plug & play...
2022-02-1434 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#77 Lisa Wang | Crypto Brand Advisor & Investor, Board Member @ Fast CompanyIn this week's episode, we hear from Lisa Wang, a board member and contributor to Fast Company, Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, and former Head of Brand and Communications at Republic. Lisa actively invests in the crypto space as well as advises blockchain companies on establishing their brands and marketing practices to help them to connect with consumers. In this conversation, Lisa uncovers the future of innovation, the importance of women in crypto and Web3 as well as the role that gender and race have played in her own trajectory: Listen for advice on: Uncovering your personal...
2022-02-0731 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#76 Cara Shortsleeve | CEO @ The Leadership ConsortiumIn this week’s episode, we hear from Cara Shortsleeve, who is CEO at The Leadership Consortium, a leadership development company that helps organizations create the conditions for all leaders to accelerate and thrive. Pulling from over ten years at Google, her tenure at Morgan Stanley, as well as experiences at New Balance and Saucony, Cara discusses the role of leadership development in innovation. Listen for advice on:How a culture of curiosity can spark innovationWhy leadership development should happen continuouslyFactors to consider when evaluating growth opportunitiesDistinct qualities and skills of innovation leaders
2022-01-3131 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#75 Neetu Rajpal | Chief Technology Officer @ Oscar HealthIn this episode, Neetu Rajpal shares how her passion for problem-solving led her to study computer science and her time navigating an 18+ year career at Microsoft — starting with Internet Explorer 3. She talks about finding her voice as a woman in STEM, employing her identity as an immigrant to adapt and solve problems, and entering the health care space —joining OscarHealth nine days before the pandemic began.Listen for advice on:What questions to ask before a career transitionHow to combat being fearful of taking on a C-Suite title Best practices for creating an environment where peopl...
2022-01-1832 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#74 Anastasia Leng | Founder & CEO @ CreativeXIn this episode, Anastasia Leng recounts her journey from working on an ad product team at Google to bootstrapping a business and finding her way to becoming a CEO. She talks about how a side-project turned into a company, navigating through receiving “nos” at over 100 investor meetings, and how listening and project management helped her build a tech company without a tech background. Listen for advice on:Navigating difficult conversations as a team leaderHow the labels of “analytical” and “creative” can coexistDeveloping AI through trial and errorCreating infrastructure around creativityLearn more about:Anastasia Leng...
2022-01-1034 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#73 Vanessa Liu | Entrepreneur, ex-Vice President @ SAP.ioIn this episode, Vanessa Liu talks about how working on building digital products at McKinsey spurred her to want to run businesses herself; thinking about her career as an opportunity for creating a diverse portfolio. She shares her approach to generating access for underrepresented founders through her time at SAP’s accelerator, and how her college behavioral neuroscience major is impacting her new work on a venture in the longevity and aging space. Listen for advice on:Putting diversity at the core of leadership teams Engaging customers to examine product-market fit Evaluating employee happiness as a busi...
2022-01-0335 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#72 Renan Gutman | Executive Vice President, Product @ KalturaIn this week’s episode, Renan Gutman talks about her trajectory to becoming a product leader and what she believes to be innovative product leadership, especially in her role as Executive Vice President, Product. She shares what it was like to move from a large-scale company such as Microsoft to a growth-stage start-up, Kaltura, and the role of video in our ecosystem, while constantly embracing changes as an innovator. Listen for advice on:The ways that video can be used to enhance a product & user experience What having product perspective means The multitude of measurement tools...
2021-12-2733 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#71 Jil Dasher | Managing Director @ Corsica PartnersIn this episode, Jil Dasher, Managing Director at Corsica Partners, explains how she transitioned her skill set from leading in the events planning space for over a decade to tackling a new career opportunity in executive search. She talks about summoning her inner Nancy Drew and love of learning to problem-solve and how she approaches bringing diverse candidates to roles, conferences, and events. Listen for advice on:Aligning your values with your career Being authentic and real in job interviews Showing yourself as “happy and hungry with horsepower” Recruiting with a lens for diversity, equity, and inc...
2021-12-2034 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#70 Kelly Ling | Customer Experience Lead @ Doordash + Independent Leadership CoachThis week’s episode breaks down what innovation looks like at a fast-moving, fast-growing start-up such as Doordash, with Kelly Ling. Kelly’s innovation trajectory across healthcare, consumer good brand management and consulting has led her to now innovating across Customer Experience and Support area as well as launching a leadership development coaching practice. Listen for advice on:Why pitching yourself is just like solving innovation problemsSelling the value proposition around innovationBalancing product-driven thinking with ideation at a fast-moving start-upHow to go about a coaching side hustleLearn more about:Kelly Ling (Guest): https...
2021-12-1331 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#69 Janna Gilbert | President @ Luminary LabsIn this episode, Janna Gilbert, President of the innovation consultancy, Luminary Labs reflects on her background in business, innovation, and consulting and what it takes to work in innovation. She breaks down her experience of working with the Department of Education on rethinking vocational education in the midst of the pandemic and the role that gender has played in her come up.Listen for advice on:Engaging the most difficult stakeholders from the beginningThe importance of marrying feasibility with possibility Paying attention to gender in the workplaceNew ways managers can support the next generation of t...
2021-12-0634 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#68 Eugenia Marshall & Wendy Rose Berry | Founders @ ConditionHER, Executives @ Warner Bros. & NKSFBIn today's episode, Eugenia Marshall and Wendy Rose Berry talk about their juggling and balancing act of co-founding a sexual wellness product, ConditionHER, as well as keeping up with their day jobs as executives at Warner Brothers and NKSFB. They share the ins and outs of being "employed entrepreneurs" and the importance of perseverance in launching a company despite adversity. Eugenia and Wendy also discuss the importance of tapping into your network and taking the leap of faith not to miss the opportunity for innovation.Listen for advice on:Telling your company about your side...
2021-11-3030 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#67 Lindsey Metselaar | Host @ "We Met at Acme" Podcast + CEO @ Lindsey's LunchboxIn this episode, Lindsey Metselaar shares how she navigated her way from getting fired from a job in 2016 to launching her own social media agency, and how a romantic break-up ultimately led her to create (and monetize) a successful dating podcast. She explains why going with her gut, knowing her strengths, and appropriately charging for her time and expertise helped her forge ahead. Listen for advice on:Setting boundaries around your timeUsing the role of the founder to lead by exampleSorting good feedback from negative reviewsChanneling confidence against imposter syndrome Learn m...
2021-11-2431 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#66 Amy Jones Vaterlaus | Global Head of Innovation @ AdidasIn this episode, Amy Vaterlaus shares her strategies for looking into the future of consumer goods. She explains how she applied her background in mechanical engineering and robotics to lead multiple teams at Adidas, often working on physical products with technological components. She talks about the importance of connecting with the people you’re creating for, and why disruptive things require iteration. Listen for advice on:How to carve out a space and create a unique jobDefining the feeling you want to deliver through product experiencesDiversifying teams to power innovationTapping into curiosity to take career nex...
2021-11-2227 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#65 Jessica Anselmi | Vice President, Marketing @ The SillIn this episode, Jess Anselmi talks about leveraging her experience in PR with clients like General Mills and Jiffy Lube to step into the innovation space, working in various roles, including Chief of Staff to the Dunkin Donuts CMO. She explains how demonstrating functional expertise and understanding the different parts of an organization are key to working in innovation, and shares how the garden industry is being disrupted. Listen for advice on:Initiating leadership buy-in using key statistics Using community building as a place to develop customer insights Thoroughly researching and generating a vision before a job...
2021-11-1529 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#64 Lisa Edwards | President & COO @ DiligentIn this episode, Lisa Edwards expounds on a wide-ranging career that’s taken her from an undergraduate degree in International Relations to roles at Bain, Visa, and Salesforce. She talks about the role networking has played in making adjacent career moves, the importance of sharing with peers, and the pros and cons of being a problem solver. Listen for advice on:Applying technology to solving business problems Employing a growth mindset to begin scaling Harnessing domain expertise The value of diverse boards and leadership teams Learn more:Lisa Edwards (Guest): https://www.linkedin.com/in/l...
2021-11-0833 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#63 Lynn Povich | Women's Rights Activist, Author of "Good Girls Revolt"In this episode, Lynn Povich reflects on her early career as a journalist at Newsweek and the opportunities that were denied to her fellow women reporters, which informed the subject of her 2012 book “Good Girls Revolt.” She talks about the importance of having Eleanor Holmes Norton as the lawyer in the sex discrimination case against Newsweek, the expansion of the feminist movement, and the current and future challenges for women working in journalism. Listen for advice on: Seeking mentorship with a whole-career view Documenting patterns of behavior if discrimination is suspected Navigating systemic bias ...
2021-11-0131 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#62 Linda Armbruster | Co-Founder + Managing Partner @ Spark WorksIn this episode, Linda Armbruster discusses her journey of building out Spark Works, a strategic human-centered innovation firm, pulling from her background in the academic discipline of innovation. Taking her passion of lifelong learning and an insatiable desire to connect interdisciplinary capacities, processes, and products, Linda discusses the insights and challenges she’s seen along the way.Listen for advice on: What the numbers game in innovation really meansCreating rules and frameworks around evaluating the feasibility of an innovation projectThe core differences between European and American innovation marketsHow to create ecosystems around different kin...
2021-10-2531 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#61 Janelle James | SVP, Head of Media & Technology @ Ipsos UUIn this episode, Janelle James talks about the changing landscape of marketing, market research, and the role of both in innovation. Reflecting on her time as a Black woman in America throughout the various steps in her journey, from her MBA at Harvard to moving to Italy, Janelle sees intersectionality as a core tenet of creating something novel that resonates with larger-scale audiences and populations. Listen for advice on: Pressure testing your ideas with opposing audiences The changing importance of employee experience for companiesHow to apply intersectionality to the innovation processUsing qualitative research to create b...
2021-10-1835 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#60 Laura Joss | Global Director, CX Product Research @ MotorolaIn this episode, Laura Joss talks about how she brought her academic background in behavior and decision-making, including a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, to the product research team at Motorola. She explains how her job has changed during her 11 year tenure, how she built an all-female international team, and why starting with a solid question can open opportunities to improve and make meaningful innovations. Listen for advice on: Integrating research into product development teams Utilizing outside perspectives for feedback on projects Getting stakeholders to commit to using research data What strategies can help with phone/life ba...
2021-10-1131 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#59 Alexandria Stried | Chief Product Officer @ EllevestIn this episode, Alexandra Streid tells about how a cold LinkedIn message led her from the product team at Weight Watchers to a startup in the financial services sector. She talks about leveraging her expertise about women and behavior change to make an impact creating financial products to better serve women’s lives and goals, and how the pandemic has opened a space for digital innovation. Listen for advice on: Actively asking when you don’t know something Thinking big-picture to adjust your product roadmap Embracing engineers to solve complicated problems Utilizing growth hacking and adopting...
2021-09-2733 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#58 Peilin Corbanese | Vice President, Analytics + Innovation @ Gerber LifeIn this episode, Peilin Corbanese talks about her career in marketing, founding her own company, and how she made the decision to take a role working in the life insurance space. She discusses the challenges around innovating in a regulated space and why she sees opportunities for tech giants to disrupt the industry. Listen for advice on: Building financial awareness to plan for the future Founding with the intention to scale How to best gather and use data Advocating for your own skillset Learn more:Peilin Corbanese (Guest): https://www.linked...
2021-09-2030 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#57 Nina Foroutan | Director, Product Development @ ForbesIn this episode, Nina Foroutan talks about her passion for media and how she charted a path from working in a newsroom at an ABC-affiliate in Boston to a role in product development at Forbes. She highlights the importance of creating relationships within an industry — with your audience, competitors, and colleagues, and shares how she found role models to empower her career. Listen for advice on:Driving change at a large organization Using a “testing lens” to build buy-in Applying incremental innovations with customers and coworkers The two ways to think about a product...
2021-09-1332 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#56 Zoia Kozakov | Vice President, Product Manager @ CitiFor the last year, every Monday, we have had the privilege and the opportunity to share the stories of women from every area of the innovation industry -- start-ups, Fortune 500 companies, venture capital firms, incubators, you name it. Whether it is discussing the role of motherhood or emerging technologies in healthcare, our guests have shared the most meaningful and honest aspects of what has made them the leaders of the innovation industry. Today, we celebrate one year of the “WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation” podcast with a conversation between WIN/WIN host and founder, Zoia Kozakov and Gabrielle Andrade, WIN G...
2021-09-0732 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#55 Talya Fisher | DE&I Lead @ Fjord Design (Accenture Interactive)Today’s episode features Talya Fisher, Fjord Design’s (Accenture Interactive) Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Lead’s story. Talya comes from a background in program and project management in the advertising and marketing industry and discusses the intricacies of innovation hiring, and the role of diversity in innovation. Listen to find out about: The importance of asking “why” in DE&I rolesHow to quantify and use data to push conversations Why discomfort is an inherent part of innovationThe tools that can be used to think through innovation hiresLearn more:Talya Fisher (Guest...
2021-08-3128 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#54 Michelle Akhidenor | Founder & CEO @ The Peers ProjectIn this episode, Michelle Akhidenor reveals how she fell into the world of podcasting — quitting her corporate job and flying from Australia to NYC for the first time, to do 20 interviews in two weeks. She explains how she transformed her curiosity and passion into something tangible, running podcasts for large companies like Alibaba and becoming the only Black woman running a podcast agency in Australia. Listen for advice on: Following what you love and finding the market fit Using a “less is more” approach to scaling Examining how you add value to a target audience The next tr...
2021-08-2732 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#53 WIN Relay | Lizzie AzzolinoIn this episode, Lizzie Azzolino explains how she found her way into the world of leadership development after a family illness and an early career driven by getting the next promotion. She also shares her motivation behind creating WIN Relay, a six-month-long program aimed at propelling senior career women toward executive roles and helping close the gender gap in innovation. Listen for advice on:Looking at personal development as professional development, and vice versaStaying curious and bringing others in The value of telling a clear and compelling personal story Balancing the tension between acting with urg...
2021-08-2331 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#52 Noa Torok Arlosoroff + Michelle Muler | Product @ YotpoIn this episode, we tackle the intricacies of navigating a career in a startup. How do you negotiate competitive equity at a pre-IPO company? What are the most valuable skills for an innovation leader at a growth-stage company? Noa Torok Arlosoroff, Director of Product Operations, and Michelle Muller, Product Manager walk us through their journey at Yotpo, an e-commerce platform that went from a small operation in Israel to a multi-national company preparing for an IPO at a $2.5 Billion valuation.This episode was produced in partnership with Yotpo.Listen for advice on:...
2021-08-1847 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#51 Beatrice Dixon | Founder & CEO @ The Honey Pot CompanyIn WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation's 51st episode, Zoia sits down with Beatrice Dixon, the co-founder, and CEO of the Honey Pot Company, a plant-based feminine care company, which Beatrice started out of her kitchen. This honest conversation covers Bea's journey of launching and scaling her company and the way she perceives the notion of a "founder." Listen for advice on: When you should consider raising money as an early-stage founderHow innovation changes at different stages of a product's and company's lifecycleWhy anyone can be equipped to solve a consumer problem in the right contextThe...
2021-08-1630 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#50 Rose Corvo | Chief Marketing Officer @ Zelle (Early Warning)In this episode, Rose Corvo talks about navigating a 30+ year career, with a variety of job descriptions, within financial services. She talks about the value of being a “utility player” at work, the importance of analyzing risk in innovation, and how growing up in an Irish family made her attune to looking at people’s character to see who they are. Listen for advice on:Conceptualizing big opportunities How B2B companies can interact with the consumer space Using customer data to rally different players together Intentionally seeking out diverse points of view Learn...
2021-08-0232 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#49 Simone Oliver | Global Editor-In-Chief @ Refinery29In this episode, Simone Oliver talks about her progression from writing print stories for the paper at Howard University to spending 13 years at the New York Times, leading the digital focus. She shares the decision-making behind starting the NYTimes’s fashion Instagram account, how working at Facebook felt like going to grad school, and why her current role as Global Editor in Chief of Refinery 29 is a culmination of her work experiences. Listen for advice on:Being strategic about prioritizing goals How embracing loyalists builds bigger communitiesIdentifying white spaces for innovation and pitching to leadership Ways t...
2021-07-2632 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#48 Elizabeth Buchanan | Chief Commercial Offer @ RoktWIN: Women in Innovation is proud to partner with Rokt, an e-commerce marketing technology company to feature Elizabeth Buchanan, Chief Commercial Officer. In today’s conversation Elizabeth shares how her advertising background played into re-imagining the digital experience of e-commerce. She discusses the way she’s been pivotal in scaling the company across multiple continents and throughout the market and the way gender has been embedded into each step. Listen for advice on: Implementing systemic gender and racial pay equality in the workplaceThe aspects of e-commerce that are most ripe for growthResources in getting started joinin...
2021-07-1935 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#47 Christine Miranda Barnekow | Global Director of Innovation @ Vita Coco (AMI)In today’s episode, Christine Barnekow, Global Director of Innovation at Vita Coco discusses her trajectory as a linguist and sociology major at Princeton to her time as a consultant at firms such as What If and now in-house innovator. As one of WIN’s first members and programming hosts, Christine embodies what it means to fearlessly innovate while staying true to her values of diversity and inclusion. Listen for advice on: How to deep dive into an industry or a product without losing sight of the consumersThe transition between innovation consulting and in-house innovationWhat trends...
2021-07-1234 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#46 Lyndsey Harper | Founder & CEO @ RosyIn this episode, Lyndsey Harper expounds on her journey from physician to founder, as she expanded her passion for women’s health to become CEO of Rosy, a platform focused on resources, education, and telehealth for sexual health and wellness. She talks about the challenging lifestyle of an OBGYN, the barriers to larger conversations about women’s health, and how she learned to be a founder on the job. Listen for advice on:Staying close to the people for whom you are innovatingViewing fundraising as a meaningful profess Using technology to amplify a mess...
2021-07-0531 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#45 Toni Vanwinkle | Sr. Director, Workplace Experience @ AdobeIn this episode, Toni Vanwinkle, Sr. Director of Workplace Experience shares her exceptionally motivational trajectory as a pioneer in the tech industry. Through her tenure, she has been honored as an Amerian Leadership Forum Senior Fellow and named as Digital Workplace Grou’s 2019 Digital Workplace Leader of the Year. In today’s conversation, she touches upon the importance of reimagining the definition of innovation in order to allow continuous reinvention for large and small companies alike. Listen for advice on: The value of switching business models, despite the riskWhy failure looks different for men, women, and pe...
2021-06-2835 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#44 Grace Francis | Chief Experience Officer @ Karmarama (Accenture Interactive)In this episode, Grace Francis speaks about the importance of breaking out of boxes in order to innovate in one’s work and in their own identity. From early content-focused roles to leading innovation at Grey Advertising, Grace talks about navigating the human barriers to change, the shock of dealing with the prejudices of gender identity, and using influence to strip away hierarchy. Listen for advice on: Confronting pushback with empathy The utility of saying “maybe” Rethinking experience design using the concept of value exchangeLeveraging existing technology tools Learn more:Grace Fran...
2021-06-2133 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#43 Nathalie Walton | Founder & CEO @ ExpectfulIn this episode, Nathalie Walton explains how she navigated a career crossroads that found her taking the helm of a startup while raising a toddler, after a series of roles at AirBnB, Google, and EBay. She talks about the logistical, mental, and societal challenges faced by pregnant women and working parents, and strategies for taking care of yourself. Listen for advice on:Working on a company from a personal place Evaluating risk in career opportunities The role of intrapreneurship in driving a company’s innovation Finding a community that’s shared your experiences Lea...
2021-06-1428 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#42 Amy Brooks | Chief Innovation Officer @ NBAIn this episode, Amy Brooks talks about how growing up watching the Kings in Sacramento inspired her love of basketball, and how the game shaped and re-shaped her career. From playing basketball at Stanford to taking roles in business consulting and technology startups, Amy explains how her personal connections helped ultimately align her passion and work. Listen for advice on:The problem-solving mindset needed for innovation Clarifying priorities to develop business partnerships Leading during uncertain times Learn more:Amy Brooks: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-brooks-a419b04/Zoia Kozakov (Host): https...
2021-06-0735 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#41 Vanessa Colella | Chief Innovation Officer @ CitiIn this episode, Vanessa Colella revisits her career beginnings teaching science for Teach For America and explains how that experience led her to think about the micro and macro ways of driving change. Vanessa talks about how her variety of endeavors, including time at grad school, McKinsey, and Yahoo, shape her approach to developing new ideas as Chief Innovation Officer at Citi. Listen for advice on:The four character traits you need to be a change-maker Using re-framing to address challengesPatterns as an organizing principle Unpacking ideas to use the best parts To learn mor...
2021-05-2449 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#40 Barkha Saxena | Chief Data Officer @ PoshmarkIn this episode, Barkha Saxena explores how her early passion for math led to a career in data and analytics. After growing up in India and working as a software engineer in the early dot-com era, Barkha relocated to the US, eventually reaching out to the founder of Poshmark and joining the team to build something from the ground up. Listen for advice on:How data can help underserved groupsWhy technology is essential for scaling a businessBest practices for building a community What metrics to consider for real growth Learn more: ...
2021-05-1736 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#39 Fawn Qiu | Senior Product Manager @ LinkedInIn this episode, Fawn Qiu talks about having a “messy” career guided by the pursuit of personal growth to develop new skills. She recounts the unpredictability of conducting user testing with kids to develop games and apps for the Sesame Workshop, teaching workshops to make engineering feel more accessible, and how she uses AI in her role at LinkedIn. Listen for advice on:Assessing company culture fit Gaining confidence through your first “win” Broadening definitions of success The importance of human creativity Learn more: Fawn Qiu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/qiulab/Zoia Kozakov (Host...
2021-05-1035 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#38 Catherine Clark | Founding Partner @ clarkmcdowallIn this episode, Catherine Clark drills down on what it takes to be an effective innovation partner, from her early agency work partnering with Unilever to her current projects for Starbucks. She talks about feeling fearless as she co-founded her branding agency with a neighbor, and why their shared values — around family life and women in leadership — transcended their opposite thinking styles. Listen for advice on: Starting the innovation process by defining goals How to best fight against pushbackExciting advocates to help navigate organization sizePersonalizing your concept of win/win Learn more: Catherine Clark...
2021-05-0331 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#37 Haley Russell | Co-Founder @ ChippinIn this episode, Haley Russell reveals what it’s like to build a company from the ground up. She reflects on her early entrepreneurship efforts, including starting a summer camp while in middle school, and how that later led her to business school, Uber, and founding a sustainable pet food brand. She shares how her dog’s preference for crickets gave her a needed spark. Listen for advice on:Creating a new product vs. re-engineering an existing oneGetting a retail partner to buy into your visionInnovating with sustainability in mind The importance of supporting fellow founde...
2021-04-2626 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#36 Krupa Tailor | Director, Customer Engagement Network @ American ExpressIn this episode, Krupa Tailor walks through her journey as a first-generation American — from studying at the University of Michigan and earning an MBA at Columbia to landing roles at Unilever and American Express. She elaborates on the thrill and risk of starting her own business venture and why “think big, start small” is her guiding principle. Listen for advice on: What steps to take to break down a “blue sky” strategy Using calendar reminders to stimulate your ideasBanishing identity-based impostor syndromeWhy storytelling is essential for creating buy-in To learn more: Krupa Tailor: https://www.li...
2021-04-1933 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#35 Kiely Sweatt | Director of Innovation @ Oracle Consulting, NAIn this episode of the “WIN/WIN” podcast, Kiely Sweatt discusses her non-traditional path to innovation, as exemplified by her background in poetry, education, and design thinking workshop facilitation. In her role as Head of Innovation at Oracle Consulting (NA), Kiely helps the business re-think its approach to what it means to innovate and implement complex technological solutions externally. Listen to hear more about: Why innovation is ultimately is a practice rooted in human connectionHow to get buy-in from key stakeholders to try new methods and practicesThe importance of thinking through language and communication when discu...
2021-04-1227 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#34 Jane Geraghty | CEO @ Landor & FitchIn this episode, Jane Geraghty talks through her career trajectory — cutting her teeth in advertising in London, exploring a new culture in NYC on Madison Avenue, working in television in the UK, and becoming a global CEO. She reflects on finding her true voice in her 30s, and how a combination of passion and competition has driven her career strategy. Listen for advice on:What’s fueling the trend of design studio mergers and acquisitions How to leverage your age and leadership experiences Applying the mantra “do better, do different, do more” to innovation How brands ca...
2021-04-0530 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#33 WIN/WIN Special | 5-Year Anniversary with Aubrie Fennecken, Global Executive Director @ WINIn the last part of the WIN: Women in Innovation 5-year special, WIN’s only full-time employee & Global Executive Director, Aubrie Fennecken, discusses her journey from theatre management to non profit organizations and innovation. Aubrie discusses her wish list for WIN and explains the ways in which innovation has evolved and its effects on the future for the organization. Aubrie also provides insights into fundraising strategy and her own experiences with gender disparity.Listen for advice on: How to approach leading a decentralized volunteer-run organizationThe importance of slowing down to build up foundations that enable acc...
2021-03-3124 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#32 Shelbi Jones | Creative Shop & Culture Lead, Black Women @ FacebookIn this episode, Shelbi Jones reflects on the images she’s had of success — from her childhood in Ohio to jobs at Complex, Refinery 29, and Facebook. She shares how her visions of “success” have changed, how identity drives her work (and her podcast “Define Normal”), and answers the question “who is Shelbi Jones?” Listen for advice on:How sales and creative teams can work together Looking to Gen Z for innovation inspiration Using the “try everything” approach for social media Assessing how to work with small and large company partners To learn more: Shelbi Jones: https://www...
2021-03-2932 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#31 Lisa Gralnek | Principal & Founder @LVG & Co.In this episode, Lisa Gralnek recounts how curiosity and opportunity took her from a career in the ‘90s fashion world to business school, BCG, and a variety of companies including Adidas and Chobani. At each turn, she created her own roles as a change agent, and ultimately started her own consultancy. Listen for advice on:How to systematically infuse innovation into everything you do What larger companies can learn from smaller companies Understanding how innovation relates to marketing Navigating gender-based expectations To learn more: Lisa Gralnek: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisagralnek/Zoia Kozakov (H...
2021-03-2230 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#30 WIN/WIN Special | 5-Year Anniversary with Maria Potoroczyn, Co-Founder @ WINIn this episode, Maria Potoroczyn takes our listeners through her innovation journey, whether that was co-founding WIN with Alfia Ilicheva or going from innovation consulting to leading Citi’s conversational AI bot to now heading up product management at Trust & Will, an estate planning start-up. She explains the importance of scaling with intention and some of the principles of community that helped her write playbooks for WIN on anything from programming to hiring the board.Listen for advice on: The core skills behind being a successful innovatorHow to find ways to transfer skills from reach pro...
2021-03-1730 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#29 Sara Agrest | Design Director @ Spector GroupIn this episode, Sara Agrest explains how her relentless want to know “why?” has guided her decades-long career in architecture. She gives insight on her methods for keeping a job feeling fresh and shares how her mother’s career as a journalist informed her upbringing. Listen for advice on:How “sustainability” is being re-defined in architecture and beyond Using reframing techniques to shift into a new space Getting to the core of a client’s passion To learn more: Sara Agrest: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-agrest-aia-iida-leed-ap-a923555/Zoia Kozakov (Host): https://w...
2021-03-1527 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#28 WIN/WIN Special | 5-Year Anniversary with Alfia Ilicheva, Co-Founder @ WINFor the first part of the WIN: Women in Innovation 5-year anniversary mini-series, Alfia Ilicheva joins Zoia to share all the founding story behind WIN. She shares the challenges and opportunities,, as well as how Alfia approached her own innovation trajectory while prioritizing her family and taking on other projects along the way.Listen to find out more about: What it takes to start a decentralized, global non-profit with a volunteer baseThe process and reality behind the black-box recruitment that is behind innovation rolesWhy many innovation consultants are choosing to go in-houseTo learn m...
2021-03-0833 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#27 Melanie Bell-Mayeda | Partner & Managing Director @ IDEOIn this episode, Melanie Bell-Mayeda talks about the “aha” moment that re-routed her career into the world of design. She reflects on the toolkits she built working in financial services, licensing, and strategy, and how she took them with her to IDEO. She explains the challenges of working on “wicked problems” — areas that often require systems change — and the opportunities for innovation. Listen for advice on: How companies can navigate times of uncertainty Using partnerships to make competitors into collaborators Four things companies can do to work toward closing the gender gap To learn more: Melani...
2021-03-0128 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#26 Sarah Judd Welch | CEO @ ShareholdIn this episode, Sarah Judd Welch explains the drive she had at a young age to want to run her own company, and how she made the jump from freelancing in digital strategy to running an organizational design consultancy. She focuses on the idea of “belonging,” the existential questions it prompts, and why workplaces with inclusive cultures see an impact on their teams, their output, and their bottom line. Listen for advice on: Understanding the four types of belonging The importance of deep listening How to navigate through times of uncertainty Interweaving belonging with diversity, equity, a...
2021-02-2229 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#25 Amanda Ramos | Innovation Director @ GenslerIn this episode, Amanda Ramos explores how the concepts of facilitating innovation adoption and building buy-in have shaped her success during a 14-year career at Gensler. She points to the power of co-leadership to bring more voices to the table and emphasizes the importance of knowing your purpose before taking a leap. Listen for advice on: Why understanding another’s humanity is vital for members of a team Looking at the virtual side of company culture Examining innovation as a service How diversity of perspectives can strengthen organizationsTo learn more: Amanda...
2021-02-1524 min
WIN/WIN: Women in InnovationWIN/WIN Special | Black History Month with Hailey Floyd, Global Communications Lead @ WINIn this special edition episode of the WIN/WIN podcast, Hailey Floyd joins us to celebrate Black History Month. Hailey’s impressive career trajectory includes being an Advance Associate on Michelle Obama’s team in the White House, as well as doing communications strategy at Apple. Hailey discusses the influences that enabled her success and the women she has looked up to along the way. Today’s conversation focuses on: The impact that having vision has on innovation and diversity in innovationHow to progress your career and make a difference without waiting for the right timeWha...
2021-02-1029 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#24 Yasmin Kothari | Product Lead @ AsanaIn this episode, Yasmin Kothari examines a career that’s included a Harvard MBA, strategy consulting at McKinsey, conducting user research in India and Africa, and product roles at AirBnB, PayPal, and Asana — not too far off her childhood dream of flying to meetings and making deals. Through every role, she explains the connective tissue as being able to take complex problems and break them into approachable pieces. Listen for advice on:Solving the needs of different types of users How to consider changing roles Approaching innovation during times of massive growth Saying “no” within your team or...
2021-02-0829 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#23 Leatrice Eiseman | Executive Director @ PantoneIn this episode, Lee Eiseman expounds on the importance of color and the psychology and perceptions around it. Currently the Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute, she’s spent over 35 years examining color, starting with designing a practicum while studying at UCLA, which she still uses in teaching about color today. She explains why Pantone looks to the zeitgeist for their annual color selections and what color means for purchasing decisions. Listen for advice on: Why nature and association are essential to understanding color At what stage of development companies should consider color How to bes...
2021-02-0130 min
WIN/WIN: Women in InnovationWIN/WIN Special | Ready.Steady.Money. hosted by Aru Agarwal (R/GA)This week’s episode is a WIN/WIN Special about “Ready.Steady.Money.,” guest hosted by Aru Agarwal, WIN: Women in Innovation’s Global Programming Lead, and Associate Director of Business Transformation at R/GA.Money coaches Amy Schultz and Claire Coleman reflect on their own money journeys and the role of money coaching in helping women (and everyone else!) unleash their potential. WIN is hosting a special 5-week learning cohort program with RSM. To learn more and grab a spot, click here. Listen for advice on:How to use money to build the career you...
2021-01-2736 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#22 Emily Heyward | Co-Founder & Chief Brand Officer @ Red AntlerIn this episode, Emily Heyward retraces her steps from working on TV advertising campaigns for huge brands to ultimately forming her own creative services company, Red Antler. She reflects on working with brands that have successfully made people take a leap of faith, and explains how the effects of sexism factored into her decision to launch a company. Listen for advice on:How times of crisis contribute to a company’s development What brands can do to recover from public mistakes Why large companies need to disrupt themselves Reframing the role of marketing ...
2021-01-2532 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#21 Cheryl Grise | Solutions Leader @ EY AmericasIn this episode, Cheryl Grise shares how her second grade teacher helped propel her early sense of purpose, prompting her toward a career centered around creating transformative leaders. She explains how her passion for sailing influences how she thinks about leadership and delivers a few of her top guidelines for leading effectively. Listen for advice on:The importance of amplifying the achievements of others, especially women Utilizing a feeling of inspiration to galvanize teams Why you should enter a meeting with a strong point of view What key values define a leader To learn more...
2021-01-1934 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#20 Olivia Hawkins | Head of Business Consulting @ AccelerationIn this episode, Olivia Hawkins charts her career, from navigating the digital world during the first dot com boom (and bust) to currently leading business consulting and defining data ethics principles with one of the world’s largest advertising companies, WPP. She reflects on the excitement of the disruptive early web, the challenges around data privacy, and the contradictory messages she received in her early career in male-dominated spaces. Listen for advice on: Interpreting feedback from bosses and colleagues Which type of organizational structures encourage creativityDeciding what you want your career path to look like To...
2021-01-1126 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#19 Charlotte Diaz | Vice President, Strategy @ Critical MassIn this episode, Charlotte Diaz explains her route from business school and management consulting to discovering the brand strategy world — at Vivaldi Partners, RGA, and now in her role at Critical Mass. She elaborates on the business imperative to focus on the customer, why she’s dedicated to creating meaningful experiences for employees, and the challenges for women rising into leadership. Listen for advice on: Why customers define the business case for innovation The biggest challenge when it comes to thinking about strategy What it means to innovate internally for your employees To l...
2021-01-0425 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#18 Sarah Hodges | Partner @ Pillar Venture CapitalIn this episode, Sarah Hodges talks about her personal mission to connect people and build community, through her work starting the leadership coaching platform Intelligently, and investing in founders with Pillar Venture Capital. She shares how coaching adjusted her self-awareness, and why innovation calls for learning as much as you can as quickly as possible. Listen for advice on:The compelling qualities she looks for in founders seeking funding What to search for in a leadership coach Why diversity is critical for evaluating companies The difference between how you lead early in your career and la...
2020-12-2829 min
WIN/WIN: Women in InnovationWIN/WIN Special | Innovation in Beverages with DriftwellStephanie Murdoch and Ryan Buesser join Zoia on today's episode, which is in partnership with Driftwell. Designed with evening relaxation in mind, Driftwell is a whole new way to cap off your day. Driftwell is a new enhanced water beverage with magnesium and L-theanine to help you relax and unwind. From founding Driftwell through PepsiCo’s “The Next Big Idea” initiative, to speaking with a nutrition scientist, to live testing the product design on digital platforms, Stephanie and Ryan will walk you through the challenges and opportunities they see in the beverages industry today.Listen for advice...
2020-12-2336 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#17 Rebecca Robins | Chief Learning & Culture Officer, Luxury Lead @ InterbrandIn this episode, Rebecca Robins reflects on how an early curiosity about languages and cultures led to her interest in brands and a nearly 20 year career at Interbrand. From working with her first client, LEGO, to overseeing Interbrand Academy, Rebecca explains the “polymathic business” of looking at the relationships between brands and culture. Listen for advice on: * Developing your career by working in another country * Which three factors the fastest-rising brands have in common * Why #purpose for brands is so important * Adapting social learning to work from home
2020-12-2132 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#16 Nisreen Hasib | Chief Operations Officer @ UnboundIn this episode, Nisreen Hasib shares how her passion for advocacy shaped her career — beginning as a teenager doing interfaith work, then as a lawyer focused on labor and employment, and now as the COO of the sexual wellness company Unbound. She shares how advertising roadblocks and stigmas can curtail acceptance and innovation in the health education spaces. Listen for advice on: Navigating how ethical issues are addressed in your field Using your position to impact others in the largest way possible Innovating in a space where open conversations are challenging To le...
2020-12-1428 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#15 Michele Markus | Head of Global Accounts, Global Enterprise Lead @ OmnicomIn this episode, Michele Markus talks about carving her own paths — from creating a major at Penn to defining her own job descriptions at Omnicom. She explains how walking into the wrong room led to a job at Deloitte, and how asking questions can generate opportunities. She also elaborates on the vital role of communications in the healthcare space and how it’s being shaped for the future. Listen for advice on:The three ways to address innovation with a broad set of stakeholdersHow the digital space can be utilized in healthcare Why failure is a w...
2020-12-0733 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#14 Liz Eddy | CEO & Co-Founder @ LanternIn this episode, Liz Eddy shares how losing her father at a young age made her aware of the financial, logistical, and emotional impacts of losing a loved one, and influenced her development of an end-of-life planning company. She elaborates on the valuable role that empathetic communication skills has played in her career — from starting her first company at age 15, to driving communications strategy at DoSomething.org, and now as CEO of Lantern. Listen for advice on:Why end-of-life planning is helpful to those you loveNavigating the challenges of tech fundraisingNormalizing conversations around death Innovating in u...
2020-11-3026 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#13 Sherine Kazim | Chief Experience Officer @ Wunderman Thompson NAIn this episode, Sherine Kazim shares what she’s learned through a career of charting new territories — from early days at Friendster to working on visual design at Walmart.com and crafting user experiences at EA. She emphasizes the importance of mentor and allyship in career-development, and expands on taking an ethical approach to design. Listen for advice on: Why digital and physical spaces are interconnected When to consider sacrificing “clicks for clarity” Looking for partners to help address gender biases How qualitative research drives human connection To learn more: Sherine Kazim...
2020-11-2330 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#12 Krista Edmunds | Director @ Barclays VenturesIn this episode, Krista Edmunds expounds on “accidentally” falling into finance and finding her way into the innovation and FinTech spaces as the Director of Business Innovation at Barclays Ventures. She highlights the value of mentorship, the importance of entrepreneurial thinking, and explains why conquering fears (and developing circus skills) in order to take more risks can be worth it. Listen for advice on: Thinking about mentorship as having your own personal board of directorsMisconceptions about corporate innovation and the emphasis on technology The career value of joining a board Why diversity is imperative for innovati...
2020-11-1628 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#11 Kim Patel | Head of Partnerships @ Bubble, Founding Director @ Envision AcceleratorIn this episode, Kim Patel delivers straight talk about building a career through working efficiently and seizing new opportunities, expounding on how she moved from working in investment banking to media, with jobs at the Huffington Post, AOL, and as director of global strategy at VICE, all before age 30. She also highlights the importance of asking for help and building a solid support system. Listen for advice on:What questions to ask yourself when you might want to leave a job Improvements for assessing company diversity Connecting with others to fight discrimination at work...
2020-11-0931 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#10 Gina Bianchini | CEO & Founder @ Mighty NetworksIn this episode, Gina Bianchini shares how growing up in Cupertino, California in the 1970s and 80s fueled her interest in social technologies and pushed her to become a startup founder. As the CEO and founder of Mighty Networks, she wants to empower small communities to come together. Listen for advice on:Examining your relationship with feedback Seeking out sponsors who will tangibly advocate for your careerPlanning a product feature roadmap To learn more: Gina Bianchini (Guest): https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginabianchini/Zoia Kozakov (Host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoia-kozakov/About WIN...
2020-11-0226 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#09 Liat Karpel Gurwicz | Head of eCommerce Marketing @ WixIn this episode, Liat Karpel Gurwicz delivers some high-level strategies for making the most of product marketing, utilizing the knowledge she’s gained through 15 years in tech. As the head of ecommerce marketing for Wix, Gurwicz offers a specific look at an industry segment experiencing hypergrowth. Listen for advice on:What strategies to put into action to succeed this holiday season with ecommerce How to best connect with your current and future customers Navigating maternity leave with career decisionsTo learn more: Liat Karpel Gurwicz (Guest): https://www.linkedin.com/in/liatkarpel/?originalSubdomain=ilZoia...
2020-10-2628 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#08 Danielle Lay | Principal @ New Enterprise Associates (NEA)In this episode, Danielle Lay shares how growing up in Hong Kong gave her early exposure to the business world, paving the way for her to start her own web design company, work at Goldman Sachs, and become a principal at the venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates. She also talks about the role of design in innovation, the importance of finding mentors, and why being yourself is the best thing you can be. Listen for advice on:Understanding different types of innovation and what makes them worthwhileHow she assesses if products are going to m...
2020-10-1925 min
WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#07 Eva Goicochea | CEO & Founder @ MaudeIn this episode, Eva Goicochea shares how an education in marketing and work as a legislative aide prepared her to become a leader in the sexual wellness space, as the CEO and founder of Maude. She explains how she saw a space to innovate in reframing how people could think about sex and intimacy, and how brands can better connect with customers. Listen for advice on: Taking a more human, genderless approach to creating products Why caring about people has to be embedded in company culture early on How to hire the righ...
2020-10-1225 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#06 Jessica Tillyer | Chief Experience Officer @ re—inc, Ex-SYPartnersIn this episode, Jessica Tillyer shares how thinking about innovating for one’s own life can open the door for new opportunities, and how Deepak Chopra introduced her to Megan Rapinoe. After a 10-year career at SYPartners and having had her second child, Tillyer explains why she felt called to her role at re—inc, the brand founded by members of the US Women’s Soccer team, and what it means to innovate a lifestyle brand. Listen for advice on:Creating lists to define what you wantHow to talk to clients about failure Finding opportunities to step u...
2020-10-0531 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#05 MarySharon Owens | Head of Global Creative Studio @ IlluminaIn this episode, Marysharon Owens details a career that hasn’t fit into a box, as she’s created her own job descriptions and charted new territories at Microsoft, Bank of America, Target, RGA, and Illumina. Owens talks about the value of building hybrid skill sets and how current times call for harnessing actionable vulnerability to create something new. Listen for advice on: Articulating your value in a way that’s meaningful to your listenerWhy creativity is not about having the right answer Building brilliant teams by using active listening and authentic opinionsTo learn mo...
2020-09-2832 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#04 Gesche Haas | CEO & Founder @ Dreamers & DoersIn this episode, Gesche Haas relays how she founded a collective for women entrepreneurs “by accident,” turning connections in the finance and start-up worlds into the network of Dreamers & Doers. Gesche emphasizes the importance of seeking out authentic, values-driven relationships, and explains that “so much more is possible when we join forces on our journey.” Listen for advice on:How to decide if you should say yes to an investment The double-standard for male and female founders when it comes to raising children The upside of running a remote team Self-reliance as a business approachTo learn m...
2020-09-2126 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#03 Jenny Danzi | Senior Director, New Platforms @ PepsiCoIn this episode, Jenny Danzi talks about embracing the idea that a career is a marathon, not a sprint, as she discusses taking on different jobs — in marketing, strategy, and general management — at PepsiCo. She highlights the gift of feedback from peers and senior leaders to push careers forward, and amplifies the need to create spaces where women can be human at work. Listen for advice on:What she looks for when she hires How to talk to your boss about taking maternity leavePlanning your career within the context of your lifeWhy you should begin someth...
2020-09-1424 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#02 Britta Mulderrig | Head of Marketing @ Hello AlfredIn this episode Britta Mulderrig discusses her wide-ranging and industrious career — including using internships to land her first job with the Tampa Bay Lightning, navigating times of challenging growth at Uber, and the perils of being the only woman in the room. She also dispenses advice for building resilience, keeping a to-do list to bolster productivity, and making a positive impact — through your job and beyond.Britta Mulderrig (Guest): https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittamulderrig/Zoia Kozakov (Host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoia-kozakov/About WIN: Women in Innovation: https://www.womenininnovation.co/Brand Copy by N...
2020-08-3132 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#01 Enshalla Anderson | Chief Strategy Officer @ FuturebrandIn this episode, Enshalla Anderson shares the exploratory experiences that have shaped her trajectory — from early days as an analyst at JP Morgan to management consulting, Avon, Vivaldi Partners, and FutureBrand. Enshalla espouses that “a career is an aggregate of chapters” rather than a linear path, and encourages seeking environments that value you and opportunities that provide a runway for growth. She also talks about being the “quiet girl” and navigating work and parenthood.Enshalla Anderson (Guest): https://www.linkedin.com/in/enshallaanderson/Zoia Kozakov (Host): https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoia-kozakovTo learn more about WIN/WIN: h...
2020-08-3136 minWIN/WIN: Women in Innovation#00 WIN/WIN Podcast TrailerThis season, WIN/WIN will feature women leaders across multiple industries, companies, and backgrounds to bring their unique innovation and leadership experience and expertise to our listeners. Episodes will be released every other Monday, so make sure to subscribe to never miss a moment!Useful links to learn more:About the Podcast: www.womenininnovation.co/podcastAbout Zoia Kozakov, WIN/WIN Host: www.linkedin.com/in/zoia-kozakov Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-08-1900 min