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Role Model: Nadine Friedel
Nadine Friedel dreamed of traveling into space as a child. Today, she calls herself a “cosmonaut” and is fascinated by how AI can be used for sustainibility … Read More
Role Model: Ritah Nyakato
Ritah Nyakato has gone quite a long way – and we’re not talking about her move from Uganda to Switzerland. She shared her story with us and why she thinks that one does not have to be a software developer to be in tech… Read More
Role Model: Veronique Larcher
Shortly after her engineering studies in France, Veronique was appointed to California, where the planned 3 months turned into 12 years. She worked part-time as an engineer, founded a non-profit for events, and then the opportunity of building an innovation outpost arose; the beginning of a lasting business relationship with Sennheiser… Read More
Role Model: Julinda Gllavata
Julinda talks about starting her technical path leading up to her actual position as Head Data Science in a “not that male-dominated” country, her experiences abroad and how to overcome the occasional “culture shock” along the way… Read More
Role Model:
Aleksandra Laska
From the trading floors to co-founding a mobile payments platform to building an enterprise division to being a VC and an angel investor. There’s a lot to be learned from this month’s Role Model’s exciting journey… Read More
Role Model:
Nicole Streuli-Fürst
Maybe it was her childhood that inspired her to study environmental sciences. In any case, this month’s role model is on a mission to drive positive change via the power of data… Read More
Role Model:
Séverine Chardonnens
Séverine Chardonnens, Co-Founder & CCO at IDUN Technologies AG, talks about confidence, the power of brain data and roadblocks you face while upscaling technology… Read More
Role Model:
Sylvie Reinhard
Sylvie Reinhard is president of the board of directors at Republik, the digital magazine for politics, business, society and culture. She began her career in 2000 at an IT start-up in the cybersecurity area… Read More
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Knowledge
Know-ledge
Performative Allyship: How to Spot It and Avoid Engaging with It
We’re going to shine a light on the dark side of allyship, performative allyship. This blog will unpack the terminology and provide ways to help us not engage in these practices… Read More
Be a Real Ally 365 Days a Year
While Pride Month is an important time of inclusion, radical celebration, and protests for the LGBTQIA+ community, real allyship is 365 days a year. Read our tips for individuals on how to be a real ally… Read More
Rainbows Need No Washing
With new concepts like “rainbow washing” popping up more and more, we decided to explain some terminology and to have an in-depth talk about pride, rainbow washing, and other related terms with an expert in our network: Katharina Wohlrab, CEO of Tech4Girls and FLINTA* in STEM… Read More
WST Column in Ladies Drive Magazine
Did you know that WE SHAPE TECH has a recurring column in Ladie’s Drive magazine? As a proud partner, we are always happy to share knowledge, insights or opinions with our extended community. Read the newest edition of our column and all past and future ones here… Read More
Take Aways Shaping Tech in a Non-Tech Role
Read the Take Aways of our first Nigeria event where the panel discussed the vibrant African startup scene, the digital divide in many emerging markets and the urgency to ensure that women and girls are not “left behind”… Read More
Inclusive Language Guide
Inclusive language made easy with this new beginner’s guide by Femme Palette with contributions by WE SHAPE TECH … Read More
Take Aways How to Bring Women Back to Work
To get more women at the top, you have to bring them (back) to work in the first place. Athena Blatsioti talked to us about how to successfully bring women back to (paid) work after a leave of absence… Read More
IWD2022 – Know the Bias to #BreakTheBias
We’re celebrating International Women’s Day 2022 with the motto #BreakTheBias, but to be able to break the bias, you first need to know about the bias… Read More
Opinions
News
Monika Blaser kommt zu WST Bern
Monika Blaser wird sich zukünftig als Vorstandsmitglied von We Shape Tech Bern für das Netzwerk engagieren… Read More
From Our Events
Diversität für den erfolgreichen digitalen Wandel
Hyper-Konnektion, intuitive Apps, Alles-in-der-Cloud und die unzähligen lebens-bereichernden Gadgets sind Teil unserer digitalen Gegenwart… Read More
Die richtige Portion Mut
Am 30.11. fand ein Event von We Shape Tech in Zusammenarbeit mit Ellepreneur, einer Community für Unternehmerinnen und selbständige Frauen in Bern, statt… Read More
The Future Gets Going
Dieses Jahr hatten wir von We Shape Tech das Vergnügen gleich bei zwei Unternehmen den Zukunftstag mitzugestalten – nämlich bei Namics und bei Google… Read More
WE SHAPE TECH
Christmas Dinner
WE SHAPE TECH set up a cool X-mas event at a hip place in Zurich, in the midst of the trendy neighbourhood of Escher Wyss Platz… Read More
Recruiting, Retaining and Leading Diverse Teams
The fourth We Shape Tech event in Zurich was dedicated to recruit, retain and lead diverse teams… Read More
Inauguration Event Bern
Der 15. September war ein spannender Tag für WE SHAPE TECH. Wir freuen uns über das zweite Chapter in Bern, dass von Miriam Gantert, Sombra Gonzàles und Brigitte Hulliger geleitet wird… Read More
We Shape Tech is Working on the Future
The board is busy funnelling the positive energy from received feedback in order to shape a good positioning for our network in the future… Read More
The Third We Shape Tech Event – A “YES” Evening
The inauguration event in March assembled more than 100 women from all IT areas. Several interactive workshops were held to develop the manifesto of We Shape Tech… Read More
Inspiration
Inspire
Tips, Tricks & Hacks
Ideas & Empathy
This episode of Stanford’s podcast series “Think Fast, Talk Smart” explores how design and communication both start with the same ingredient: empathy.… Read More
How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Will Change Cyberwar
Azeem Azhar speaks to Robert Hannigan, the former head of GCHQ (UK’s equivalent to the USA’s NSA), to find out how the current conflict is playing out in cyberspace and what might happen next… Read More
How Quantum Computing Will Change Everything
Chad Rigetti, founder and CEO of Rigetti Computing, speaks to host Azeem Azhar about just how revolutionary quantum computing will be… Read More
We Belong Here
Caitlyn talks about tools and information she wishes she had when she was career changing into tech… Read More
Tech Predictions for 2022
The BBC tech team on what we’ll all be talking about over the next 12 months. … Read More
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