Meet Hady. Hady is a DEI professional focused on shaping and advancing belonging and inclusion while attracting, growing, and retaining underrepresented talent at all levels. She is a founding member of nFormation which seeks to help Women of Color (WOC) meet this unprecedented moment of leadership by stepping into their full voice, full power, and highest contribution. Her last role was as a Director of Equality for Slack, a Salesforce company. You can connect with Hady on LinkedIn here the D2 ...
Apr 30, 2023•21 min
Meet Katie. In 2020, Katie founded MentorHer to empower women through connection. With Mentor Her, female Mentors and Mentees connect in entrepreneurship, corporate careers, and self-development. Late 2022 Mentor Her has made it to Regional Shortlist as a Dublin Tech Startup at the National Startup Awards . the D2 collective is a global, value-based membership community for all those working in tech. Our mission is to make the [tech] world feel closer through connection, experiences and learning...
Apr 23, 2023•26 min
Meet Leah. Leah is a recruiter who advocates for transparency in recruiting and shares her expertise to empower job seekers on LinkedIn with practical guidance and strategies. Additionally, she values mental health in the workplace, working to de-stigmatize mental health issues and promote well-being among employees. Connect with Leah on LinkedIn here -- the D2 collective is a global, value-based membership community for all those working in tech. Our mission is to make the [tech] world feel c...
Apr 19, 2023•20 min
Meet Sarena. Sarena is an Atlanta native, a LinkedIn Speaker and Coach, and a University Recruiter. She has always enjoyed writing and loves sharing stories from her life and career tips on LinkedIn! The true story is she didn't know what she wanted to do... So, she majored in Psychology and Sociology in college and eventually found her way into University Recruiting. She has grown from 400 - 16k followers in 1 year of posting on LinkedIn and has worked with hundreds of students & young prof...
Apr 16, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Meet Molly. Molly is an ex-investment banker and strategy consultant. Keen chef and dog owner. On her LinkedIn, she talks a lot about the future of work and her company, Flexa Careers . Connect with Molly on LinkedIn here Request to join today Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram Subscribe to our newsletter...
Apr 09, 2023•20 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Meet Laura. Laura is an executive coach (www.lauramongey.com) and an accomplished values-driven leader with over 20 years of experience working in Tech and FinTech industries in senior leadership roles. She specialized in building and scaling diverse, multinational teams in both the EMEA region and Internationally during periods of hyper-growth. She believes the best results are achieved in an engaged and inclusive working environment where employees feel valued, motivated, and empowered to do t...
Apr 02, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Meet Ross. Ross is a Product Marketing Manager at Lattice where he helps make work meaningful for employees by deeply understanding customer needs and collaborating across product, sales, and marketing to address them. He started his career at LinkedIn, where he worked with the sales team to help companies be more productive and successful when it came to their hiring strategies. After leaving LinkedIn, Ross pursued an MBA at NYU Stern's Tech MBA program, where he afterward learned about startup...
Mar 26, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Meet Milena. Milena is a multi-six-figure coachpreneur who helps individuals get paid to change the world. She is the founder of Impact Coaching Circle and a former yoga teacher who found success in coaching after facing burnout in her teaching career. With over 100 clients from 15 countries, 40,000 followers, and a published book, Milena has proven her expertise in the coaching industry. Through her teachings, she helps coaches turn their calling into a sustainable business and free life, while...
Mar 19, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Meet Kira. Kira is a Sales Director for the All in One Group. We both had the chance to meet her during our time at LinkedIn, where she was also part of the sales organization. In May she started a podcast, “Sand im getriebe” together with her friend Charlotte. The podcast covers interviews about the so-called sand in gears and the impact of critical life events. In a world in which we are expected to always function, this is exactly a good moment to take a closer look at this supposed "sand in ...
Mar 12, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Meet Al. Al is a highly accomplished Talent, Leadership Development, and Workplace Connection Speaker, Facilitator, and Consultant with extensive experience helping organizations build positive relationships at work. He is passionate about empowering leaders to create organizations that develop and grow their people, and his work focuses on using innovative ways to bring employees together to achieve collective business outcomes. He has been recognized in publications such as The Wall Street Jou...
Mar 05, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Meet Akgush. In her LinkedIn profile, Akgush describes herself as flexible, compassionate, fast learning, and good at listening and connecting with others. She has lived in five different countries and now she is Global Diversity and Inclusion Lead at Miro, in Amsterdam, where she enjoys working with developing people, leaders, and their organizations. She focuses on how to influence individual and cultural development. You can connect with Akgush on LinkedIn here the D2 collective is a global, ...
Feb 26, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Meet Cédric. Cédric is a business leader with over 15+ years of experience in global roles with local responsibilities across Europe and North America. He is now the Head of BeNeLux Mid Market at Meta. He also founded walk the talk 1.5 years ago, a coaching practice that helps individuals and organizations move towards better well-being, happiness, and performance. Connect with him on LinkedIn here the D2 collective is a global, value-based membership community for all those working in tech. Our...
Feb 19, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Meet Lucy. Lucy is an Employee Experience and Communications Consultant with over 12 years of experience working across companies of various sectors and sizes. Lucy is skilled at tackling strategic employee experience challenges and is known for her creativity and hands-on approach to delivery and execution. Her expertise lies in bringing a company's vision and purpose to life through epic storytelling, helping to fully engage and excite employees about their place of work. You can connect with ...
Feb 12, 2023•18 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Meet Thamina. Thamina has been working for over 4 years at LinkedIn, mostly in Media Sales. She worked for over 3 years in the Dublin office and is now almost already a year from LinkedIn’s NYC office. In 2020 Thamina launched the Femme Hive Podcast, helping young female professionals with the often challenging transition from college into the workplace. Next to that, she has a strong passion for encouraging women to learn about personal finances and how to be financially secure as this sets a d...
Feb 05, 2023•23 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Meet Marjorie. Marjorie is passionate about the psychology of hiring and interviewing, personal development and coaching. She has lived in many different parts of the world, including NYC, SF, Dublin and Amsterdam. She has over 9 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, with companies like LinkedIn, Optimizely, Hubspot. Recently she started a new role at Greenhouse. She also founded her own business: MK Career Coaching 3 years ago, helping women land their dream role. Next to that she writes m...
Jan 29, 2023•13 min
Meet Mohmmed. Mohmmed started his journey by joining the world’s largest student-run organization AIESEC during his studies. After leading the Marketing department for the Spanish chapter, he joined LinkedIn in 2017 where he worked as a territory manager for three years from their Dublin office. In 2018, while still at LinkedIn, he founded Educatly to help advance the world's accessibility to knowledge. He is an entrepreneur, believer and world citizen, having lived in many different countries a...
Jan 22, 2023•17 min
Meet Gary. Gary is a strategic, integrity-led, and proactive entrepreneur passionate about connecting talent from less privileged backgrounds to opportunity at scale. After joining the ZINC accelerator program for entrepreneurs he recently co-founded Tangent. Their mission is to close the network gap and make employee referrals work for everyone. We met Gary during his 3.5 years at LinkedIn in Dublin. Gary is a very inspiring individual committed to making the world a better place. He also hosts...
Jan 15, 2023•26 min
Meet Iwo. Iwo Szapar is a Remote Work Advocate & Co-founder of Remote-how, the world’s leading platform for remote professionals powered by and for the community of 25,000+ people from 128 countries. Through various initiatives like Remote-how Academy or Virtual Coworking, together with the world's top remote companies like GitLab, Prezi, or Doist, Remote-how is on a mission to help everyone achieve freedom of choice where and when they work. He has been featured by BBC, Forbes, and Business...
Jan 08, 2023•25 min
