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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
Role Model:
Nicole Büttner
Nicole is co-founder and CEO of MerantixLABS, a leading AI solutions company and member of the management board of Merantix, a machine learning based venture studio. She is Digital Leader at the World Economic Forum and was nominated as Young Leader by the Aspen Institute… Read More
Role Model:
Margarita Chli
This month we sat together with Margarita Chli, assistant professor at ETH Zurich, leading a small team of researchers, the Vision for Robotics Lab. … Read More
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February: The Death of Resolutions
February: the month when according to research, 80% of new year’s resolutions are abandoned. While most of us have experienced the disappointment of deserted resolutions, we continue participating in the ritual… Read More
Trends in Data Privacy
28 January marks the Day of Data Privacy. Laws and regulations already grant personal data owners a bit more power over their own data by allowing them to request deletion, restriction or update of and insight into their data. So that’s one step that’s gonna take us… where exactly?… Read More
Take Aways Drones to the Rescue
Drones offer a new level of insights for disaster response and their prevention. Stephanie Lambert, founding employee and Global Sales Operations at the drone company Wingtra, shared her insights about drones making a difference… Read More
Avoiding the New Year New Me Fallacy
For many of us, January feels like catching our breath. It’s both a relief from busy holidays and motivation to begin with a blank canvas. But if we’re honest, it also comes with a sense of urgency to set resolutions for the new year – at home and work… Read More
Diversity Advent Calendar 2021
We proudly present our Diversity Advent Calendar 2021 with awesome tips around diversity. We’ve even got some music… just one thing missing: snow!… Read More
Take Aways Cybersecurity Workshop: The Handling of Personal Data Online
WE SHAPE TECH teamed up with Swisscom for two workshops on Cybersecurity and the handling of personal information online at the #WeTechTogether conference on 2 October 2021. Read the Take Aways… Read More
Tips to Be More Inclusive in Our Language
Welcome the third blog in our mini-series on inclusive language. In this blog, we’re sharing actionable tips to promote and use more inclusive language in your organization starting today. … Read More
Take Aways: The Human Factor in Cyber Security
The biggest risk to cyber security? The user. Security experts do what they can. Why that isn’t enough and what you need to be aware of? Katja Dörlemann enlighted us on 30 August 2021… Read More
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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
Prioritising Parenthood as a Working Dad
A community of dads has an open and honest discussions about the duties and delights of parenthood… Read More
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Books we Recommend
Cult of the Dead Cow
Queer Techné
Invisible Women
Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change
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