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Role Model:
Julia Chatain
Her passion for mathematics sparked her first interest in technology. To Julia, computer science feels like a bridge to bring the power of mathematics to the world… Read More
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
Role Model:
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
Role Model:
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
Role Model:
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
Role Model:
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
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Knowledge
Know-ledge
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
… Read More
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
Take Aways: How to Automate Workflows and Build Your Own Platform
In our Lunch & Learn “How to Automate Workflows and Build Your Own Platform” Esther gave some non-technical insights… Read More
Opinions
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From Our Events
Inspiration
Inspire
Tips, Tricks & Hacks
A European Snapshot of ED&I
Daniela Porr joined Steve Dunne to discuss current research about the state of equality, diversity, and inclusion in Europe.… Read More
The Gender Power Gap
Even though the percentage of women in the Australian boardroom is 7%, far better than Switzerland’s 2%, Australians are still not satisfied. Stereotypes and leadership styles are often to blame for women rarely being CEOs. But are quotas really necessary to change that?… Read More
WTF – What’s the Future?
A real gem of Brian Solis’ What’s the Future podcast series is the one where he has a conversation with Charlene Li… Read More
How to Accelerate Your Careers – Senior Leaders Share Their Tips
In this episode, female senior leaders share their tips for the top. Learn how to accelerate your career from women who made it… Read More
Working Women: Valerie Jarrett and the Importance of Mentorship
Michelle Obama realised that she hadn’t really spent much time in her life doing what she liked, instead she was chasing one career title after another. Her mentor Valerie Jarrett helped her turn this around… Read More
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Books we Recommend
The Adventures of Women in Tech
Surrounded by Idiots
Machiavelli for Women
Gamestorming
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