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Role Model:
Carla Bünger
Carla accepted an advisor role in late 2016 at Lykke Corp, the first Swiss exchange platform to trade crypto assets. Subsequently, she took the lead in the Initial Token Offering of Smart Containers Group, a project that has earned respect in the blockchain industry and is viewed as benchmark STO in Switzerland… Read More
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Jutta Langel
Jutta is an IT architect focused on data and analytics. She believes in a digitalization equally shaped by women and men.… Read More
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Lisa-Ann Preuss
Lisa-Ann Preuss is the founder of LA Preuss Consulting, an online marketing agency that helps SME integrate themselves into the digital age… Read More
Role Model:
Verena Oberholzer
Verena Oberholzer lately co-founded witty.works in Zurich to foster inclusion and diversity in teams and companies. The years ahead she worked in consulting and NGO`s. She majored in sociology/gender studies in Berlin & Paris. Verena was born in Munich, lived several years abroad. Today she lives with her family in Zurich.… Read More
Role Model:
Bettina Rotzetter
Bettina Rotzetter has been working in IT for twenty years mostly in the health sector, currently as an IT Compliance expert and has recently started a new adventure as founder of a tech-startup… Read More
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Angie Born
Angie studied Interaction Design at the Hyperwerk FHNW, got a MBA in Australia and really gets a kick out of making things easier. Meet a true UX expert… Read More
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Caitlin Krause
Caitlin Krause is a globally-recognized learning expert, author, and keynote speaker. As founder of the MindWise consultancy, co-founder of the Center of Wise Leadership, and a virtual reality specialist, Caitlin contributes to building products and experiences that promote humanity, innovation and emotional intelligence. … Read More
Role Model:
Nicole Grau
Nicole is an Application Manager for public services and is currently responsible for an application for about 400’000 users… Read More
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Take Aways: Dos and Don’ts – Legal Considerations in AI Implementation
What are the new aspects to consider when introducing AI technology and what are the legal aspects that could jeopardize these actions?… Read More
Take Aways: The YOU Brand
When it comes to shaping your professional future, there’s only one guaranteed weapon: your personal brand… Read More
Take Aways: The Decisive Decade
There is no doubt: The climate crisis is not a far distant danger for the planet. It is affecting all of us already today. That’s why we need a new form of innovation
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Take Aways: How TikTok Can Help Businesses Thrive
Antoinette Mussig from TikTok taught us new hacks to grow an audience, get more reach or more revenue on TikTok and which advertising magic the platform offers to businesses… Read More
Take Aways: The Innovation Theatre Killed My Company: Lessons from Ernit
How to recognize warning signals that your project won’t fly? Søren Nielsen shared his learnings on how to survive “the innovation theater”.… Read More
Take Aways: The Trap of Gendered Design and How to Overcome It
There are 4 traps that are easy to get caught in at any stage of your product development process. They can result in design fails that in some cases even can be fatal. However, we can overcome these traps by using the principles of User Centered Design and having the right focus.… Read More
Take Aways: Setting up an Agile Hub at a Pharmaceutical Company
In our Lunch & Learn session of 24 March, Anna Heid from McKinsey & Company explained how she went about setting up an agile hub. Read the take aways… Read More
Four Tips for Launching a Start-Up
Learn from the founders of Kito, a Innosuisse-supported project, the four most important tips for a successful launch of a start-up… Read More
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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
20 Women in AI You Should Know
Recommended read by our community member Stoilka Krasteva – and yes, you should know these ai-mazing women!… Read More