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The Role Models
Role Model: Helen Yuanyuan Cao
The use of technology in the fields of biology, life sciences and healthcare piqued Helen’s personal interest. The COO, CIO and “Top 40 under 40” shares insights about her career path in tech… Read More
Role Model: Katharina Wohlrab
Breaking the stereotypes is important to Katharina, who studied sociology and computer science and is now a podcast host as well as the CEO of Tech4Girls, an NGO that teaches computer science to primary school girls… Read More
Role Model: Lisa Falco
Book author and AI & Data Consultant Lisa has worked 15+ years in different startups in the MedTech sector, mainly in roles related to data science and AI. She shares why becoming an engineer despite not being a “techie” is a good thing… Read More
Role Model: Mira Wolf-Bauwens
Driven by the ability to discover something new every day and to have an impact, Mira strongly believes that quantum computing is shifting the paradigm of computing altogether, enabling us to address problems that we cannot explore with classical computers… Read More
Role Models: Liliane Ableitner & Anselma Wörner
Anselma and Liliane co-founded the climate tech startup Exnaton. They talk about their geeky tendency, building impactful technology and about decisive factors that were crucial for their careers… Read More
Role Model: Vanessa Gentile
With roots across the world and ending up in tech by coincidence, Vanessa not only made it to a high position at a large company, but also created the programme Bring Women Back to Work. Read the interesting journey of this remarkable role model and get some invaluable tips … Read More
Role Model: Caroline Matteucci
Since Caroline was 8 years old, she wanted to change the world. After her work path took her into policing, the health sector, counseling and coaching, she today helps people to learn about non-verbal communication… Read More
Role Model: Stephanie Sievers
Stephanie shares her story to encourage young talent to lead with their passions, to dare to make bold moves, to take risks and try out things. And what an interesting story it is!… Read More
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Career Tips for Introverts
Introverted individuals tend to avoid the spotlight. But this personality trait should not hinder their career progression and if used to their advantage, can indeed help advance their career. Part I of the series… Read More
Self-Leadership: Tips to Avoid Overwhelm
3/3 articles on Self-Leadership by Julia Borger. In the third article, we share tips on how to avoid overwhelm… Read More
Self-Leadership: Factors Leading to Overwhelm
2/3 articles on Self-Leadership by Julia Borger. In the second article, we look at factors that lead to overwhelm in self-organized work contexts and how overwhelm manifests… Read More
Diversity Advent Calendar 2022
We proudly present our Diversity Advent Calendar 2022 with awesome tips around diversity and inclusion. Get ready to add an equality spirit to the holidays and celebrate everyone’s uniqueness… Read More
Self-Leadership: When Self-Organization Overwhelms
1/3 articles on Self-Leadership by Julia Borger. This first of a three parts article lays the groundwork to understand overwhelm, how it is defined and what the challenges in self-organization are… Read More
Take Aways #wetechtogether Workshop 2022
This year’s WE SHAPE TECH & AWK Group workshop at #wetechtogether was all about personal growth… Read More
Fireside Chat with Janina Kugel
Janina Kugel – exceptional leader who leads with passion, courage and optimism – left us with great insights, food for thought and even more positive feelings of hope and happiness… Read More
Take Aways Understanding and Addressing Implicit Bias
Examining the mechanisms of visual illusions in computer graphics, Arzu Cöltekin gave insights into cognitive priors, and the infamous unconscious bias… Read More
Opinions
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From Our Events
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
Measuring AI’s Transparency
Stanford University measured the transparency of top AI foundation models–all failed… and when transparency goes down, bad things can happen… Read More
Betting on the Future of AI
Sarah Guo, founder of VC firm Conviction, joins Big Technology to talk about generative AI, where the opportunity for new investment lies, and whether the fears surrounding AI are grounded in reality… Read More
The Future of Digital Trust
This episode explores some new concepts in digital trust, such as decentralized identity, privacy protection and identity ownership… Read More
Coding Is an Art
GirlsCodeToo is a non-profit organisation, who supports and encourages girls to explore a career in tech, by introducing them to software tools, different coding languages and more… Read More
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Books we Recommend
The Innovator’s Dilemma
Proposals for the Feminine Economy
Inclusivity 2.0
Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution
The Digital Transformation Playbook
