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The Role Models
Role Model:
Adrienne McCallister
Adrienne caught the tech bug from her Dad, who was a patent attorney and chemical engineer. Today, she is drawn to products and technologies that are groundbreaking… Read More
Role Model:
Andrea Berset
Andrea is proud to have had the courage to figure out what really matters to her and that she followed her goals and dreams. Today she has her own company… Read More
Role Model:
Maria Vrakopoulou
After earning her degrees in Electrical Engineering and getting her postdoctoral research funded by the Marie Curie fellowship, Maria is now focused on power systems engineering problems… Read More
Role Model:
Olga Peters
At QualySense, the high-tech company she co-founded eight years ago, she has built an amazing team of 35 people and it’s still growing. Gain some insights from this month’s role model Olga… Read More
Role Model:
Miriam Gantert
Miriam used to be a board member of WST and she says that founding and building up the Impact Hub Bern is the best work she’s ever had. Read why we think she is a role model… Read More
Role Model:
Tsigereda Nebai
Growing up, Tsigereda got to know what being isolated as a woman in tech means. She tells us what she had to overcome to be successful as a woman in tech… Read More
Role Model:
Assia Kassabova
Assia and her team have built the whole data warehouse and business intelligence environment from ground up in one of the start-ups she worked… Read More
Role Model:
Alice Baumann
Alice is a tech fan who became a director of strategic marketing and innovation at Losinger Marazzi, which develops Smart Cities … Read More
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Knowledge
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12 Steps for Gender Equality
It is not about the rare spotlight moments and it’s not about knowing, it’s about acting pro diversity in our daily lives and in any situation. This is how change happens… Read More
Take Aways: The Best of Both Worlds
Read the take aways of our Lunch & Learn on “The Best of Both Worlds – How to Combine Human & Artificial Intelligence” by Nicole Streuli-Fürst… Read More
Take Aways: Clever Data Visualization for Everyone
Some people just see a bunch of numbers. Few succeed in getting their visualization straight. And how do you turn a story into a chart type? Teresa Kubacka shared amazingly simple tips to do just that… Read More
Take Aways Deep Learning & Gamification
In this session participants learned how to build AI based proof of concepts from ideation and co-creation to rapid prototyping… Read More
Take Aways: “How Do You Know That Your Startup Will Fly?”
Deborrah Schär, Lead Accelerator & Startup Coach at F10 FinTech Incubator & Accelerator, shared some great take aways in her webinar “How do you know your start-up will fly?”… Read More
Take Aways: Unleash Hidden Energy Sources
Become aware of the habits that could sap your energy and learn simple ways boost your energy to increase productivity and happiness… Read More
Take Aways: How to Start Your Own Idea
How do you start your own idea and what is the key to success? Leonie Runge shared some valuable insights in this webinar… Read More
Five Chances That This Pandemic Brings for Your Business
Living with the pandemic became the new normal. How does Covid-19 impact our professional work? Here are my observations … Read More
Opinions
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From Our Events
Inspiration
Inspire
Tips, Tricks & Hacks
The Space Between What’s Possible and What’s Tangible
Melanie explains the challenges of working on “wicked problems” (areas that often require systems change) and the opportunities for innovation… Read More
Data-Powered Diversity
Stephanie talks about her experiences as a black woman in tech, the importance of expanding our social graphs to solve diversity challenges, and why she has largely abandoned the pursuit of traditional venture capital… Read More
How AI Helps Shatter Barriers to Equality
Artificial intelligence could help people who might otherwise be left behind to create human connection. Find out how… Read More
Joyful Learning (Podcast)
Melanie Kovacs recently launched her podcast series on “Joyful Learning”. In this episode she chats with Janine, Board Member of We Shape Tech, about learning in a community… Read More
Get Inspired by These Books & Podcasts
What crazy times we are currently living in! While digitalization seems to get a boost like never before (yay!), we also spend all our time at home (for those who can) where it sometimes might seem difficult to get new inspiration.… Read More