This week’s episode breaks down what innovation looks like at a fast-moving, fast-growing start-up such as Doordash, with Kelly Ling. Kelly’s innovation trajectory across healthcare, consumer good brand management and consulting has led her to now innovating across Customer Experience and Support area as well as launching a leadership development coaching practice. Listen for advice on: Why pitching yourself is just like solving innovation problems Selling the value proposition around innovation...
Dec 13, 2021•31 min
In this episode, Janna Gilbert, President of the innovation consultancy, Luminary Labs reflects on her background in business, innovation, and consulting and what it takes to work in innovation. She breaks down her experience of working with the Department of Education on rethinking vocational education in the midst of the pandemic and the role that gender has played in her come up. Listen for advice on: Engaging the most difficult stakeholders from the beginning The importance of marrying feasi...
Dec 06, 2021•34 min
In today's episode, Eugenia Marshall and Wendy Rose Berry talk about their juggling and balancing act of co-founding a sexual wellness product, ConditionHER, as well as keeping up with their day jobs as executives at Warner Brothers and NKSFB. They share the ins and outs of being "employed entrepreneurs" and the importance of perseverance in launching a company despite adversity. Eugenia and Wendy also discuss the importance of tapping into your network and taking the leap of faith not to miss t...
Nov 30, 2021•31 min
In this episode, Lindsey Metselaar shares how she navigated her way from getting fired from a job in 2016 to launching her own social media agency, and how a romantic break-up ultimately led her to create (and monetize) a successful dating podcast. She explains why going with her gut, knowing her strengths, and appropriately charging for her time and expertise helped her forge ahead. Listen for advice on: Setting boundaries around your time Using the role of the founder to lead by example Sortin...
Nov 24, 2021•32 min
In this episode, Amy Vaterlaus shares her strategies for looking into the future of consumer goods. She explains how she applied her background in mechanical engineering and robotics to lead multiple teams at Adidas, often working on physical products with technological components. She talks about the importance of connecting with the people you’re creating for, and why disruptive things require iteration. Listen for advice on: How to carve out a space and create a unique job Defining the feelin...
Nov 22, 2021•27 min
In this episode, Jess Anselmi talks about leveraging her experience in PR with clients like General Mills and Jiffy Lube to step into the innovation space, working in various roles, including Chief of Staff to the Dunkin Donuts CMO. She explains how demonstrating functional expertise and understanding the different parts of an organization are key to working in innovation, and shares how the garden industry is being disrupted. Listen for advice on: Initiating leadership buy-in using key statisti...
Nov 15, 2021•29 min
In this episode, Lisa Edwards expounds on a wide-ranging career that’s taken her from an undergraduate degree in International Relations to roles at Bain, Visa, and Salesforce. She talks about the role networking has played in making adjacent career moves, the importance of sharing with peers, and the pros and cons of being a problem solver. Listen for advice on: Applying technology to solving business problems Employing a growth mindset to begin scaling Harnessing domain expertise The value of ...
Nov 08, 2021•34 min
In this episode, Lynn Povich reflects on her early career as a journalist at Newsweek and the opportunities that were denied to her fellow women reporters, which informed the subject of her 2012 book “Good Girls Revolt.” She talks about the importance of having Eleanor Holmes Norton as the lawyer in the sex discrimination case against Newsweek, the expansion of the feminist movement, and the current and future challenges for women working in journalism. Listen for advice on: Seeking mentorship w...
Nov 01, 2021•31 min
In this episode, Linda Armbruster discusses her journey of building out Spark Works, a strategic human-centered innovation firm, pulling from her background in the academic discipline of innovation. Taking her passion of lifelong learning and an insatiable desire to connect interdisciplinary capacities, processes, and products, Linda discusses the insights and challenges she’s seen along the way. Listen for advice on: What the numbers game in innovation really means Creating rules and frameworks...
Oct 25, 2021•31 min
In this episode, Janelle James talks about the changing landscape of marketing, market research, and the role of both in innovation. Reflecting on her time as a Black woman in America throughout the various steps in her journey, from her MBA at Harvard to moving to Italy, Janelle sees intersectionality as a core tenet of creating something novel that resonates with larger-scale audiences and populations. Listen for advice on: Pressure testing your ideas with opposing audiences The changing impor...
Oct 18, 2021•35 min
In this episode, Laura Joss talks about how she brought her academic background in behavior and decision-making, including a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, to the product research team at Motorola. She explains how her job has changed during her 11 year tenure, how she built an all-female international team, and why starting with a solid question can open opportunities to improve and make meaningful innovations. Listen for advice on: Integrating research into product development teams Utilizing ...
Oct 11, 2021•32 min
In this episode, Alexandra Streid tells about how a cold LinkedIn message led her from the product team at Weight Watchers to a startup in the financial services sector. She talks about leveraging her expertise about women and behavior change to make an impact creating financial products to better serve women’s lives and goals, and how the pandemic has opened a space for digital innovation. Listen for advice on: Actively asking when you don’t know something Thinking big-picture to adjust your pr...
Sep 27, 2021•34 min
In this episode, Peilin Corbanese talks about her career in marketing, founding her own company, and how she made the decision to take a role working in the life insurance space. She discusses the challenges around innovating in a regulated space and why she sees opportunities for tech giants to disrupt the industry. Listen for advice on: Building financial awareness to plan for the future Founding with the intention to scale How to best gather and use data Advocating for your own skillset Learn...
Sep 20, 2021•31 min
In this episode, Nina Foroutan talks about her passion for media and how she charted a path from working in a newsroom at an ABC-affiliate in Boston to a role in product development at Forbes. She highlights the importance of creating relationships within an industry — with your audience, competitors, and colleagues, and shares how she found role models to empower her career. Listen for advice on: Driving change at a large organization Using a “testing lens” to build buy-in Applying incremental ...
Sep 13, 2021•33 min
For the last year, every Monday, we have had the privilege and the opportunity to share the stories of women from every area of the innovation industry -- start-ups, Fortune 500 companies, venture capital firms, incubators, you name it. Whether it is discussing the role of motherhood or emerging technologies in healthcare, our guests have shared the most meaningful and honest aspects of what has made them the leaders of the innovation industry. Today, we celebrate one year of the “WIN/WIN: Women...
Sep 07, 2021•33 min
Today’s episode features Talya Fisher, Fjord Design’s (Accenture Interactive) Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Lead’s story. Talya comes from a background in program and project management in the advertising and marketing industry and discusses the intricacies of innovation hiring, and the role of diversity in innovation. Listen to find out about: The importance of asking “why” in DE&I roles How to quantify and use data to push conversations Why discomfort is an inherent part of innovation...
Aug 30, 2021•29 min
In this episode, Michelle Akhidenor reveals how she fell into the world of podcasting — quitting her corporate job and flying from Australia to NYC for the first time, to do 20 interviews in two weeks. She explains how she transformed her curiosity and passion into something tangible, running podcasts for large companies like Alibaba and becoming the only Black woman running a podcast agency in Australia. Listen for advice on: Following what you love and finding the market fit Using a “less is m...
Aug 27, 2021•32 min
In this episode, Lizzie Azzolino explains how she found her way into the world of leadership development after a family illness and an early career driven by getting the next promotion. She also shares her motivation behind creating WIN Relay, a six-month-long program aimed at propelling senior career women toward executive roles and helping close the gender gap in innovation. Listen for advice on: Looking at personal development as professional development, and vice versa Staying curious and br...
Aug 23, 2021•31 min
In this episode, we tackle the intricacies of navigating a career in a startup. How do you negotiate competitive equity at a pre-IPO company? What are the most valuable skills for an innovation leader at a growth-stage company? Noa Torok Arlosoroff, Director of Product Operations, and Michelle Muller, Product Manager walk us through their journey at Yotpo, an e-commerce platform that went from a small operation in Israel to a multi-national company preparing for an IPO at a $2.5 Billion valuatio...
Aug 18, 2021•47 min
In WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation's 51st episode, Zoia sits down with Beatrice Dixon, the co-founder, and CEO of the Honey Pot Company, a plant-based feminine care company, which Beatrice started out of her kitchen. This honest conversation covers Bea's journey of launching and scaling her company and the way she perceives the notion of a "founder." Listen for advice on: When you should consider raising money as an early-stage founder How innovation changes at different stages of a product's and c...
Aug 16, 2021•30 min
In this episode, Rose Corvo talks about navigating a 30+ year career, with a variety of job descriptions, within financial services. She talks about the value of being a “utility player” at work, the importance of analyzing risk in innovation, and how growing up in an Irish family made her attune to looking at people’s character to see who they are. Listen for advice on: Conceptualizing big opportunities How B2B companies can interact with the consumer space Using customer data to rally differen...
Aug 02, 2021•33 min
In this episode, Simone Oliver talks about her progression from writing print stories for the paper at Howard University to spending 13 years at the New York Times, leading the digital focus. She shares the decision-making behind starting the NYTimes’s fashion Instagram account, how working at Facebook felt like going to grad school, and why her current role as Global Editor in Chief of Refinery 29 is a culmination of her work experiences. Listen for advice on: Being strategic about prioritizing...
Jul 26, 2021•33 min
WIN: Women in Innovation is proud to partner with Rokt, an e-commerce marketing technology company to feature Elizabeth Buchanan, Chief Commercial Officer. In today’s conversation Elizabeth shares how her advertising background played into re-imagining the digital experience of e-commerce. She discusses the way she’s been pivotal in scaling the company across multiple continents and throughout the market and the way gender has been embedded into each step. Listen for advice on: Implementing syst...
Jul 19, 2021•35 min
In today’s episode, Christine Barnekow, Global Director of Innovation at Vita Coco discusses her trajectory as a linguist and sociology major at Princeton to her time as a consultant at firms such as What If and now in-house innovator. As one of WIN’s first members and programming hosts, Christine embodies what it means to fearlessly innovate while staying true to her values of diversity and inclusion. Listen for advice on: How to deep dive into an industry or a product without losing sight of t...
Jul 12, 2021•34 min
In this episode, Lyndsey Harper expounds on her journey from physician to founder, as she expanded her passion for women’s health to become CEO of Rosy, a platform focused on resources, education, and telehealth for sexual health and wellness. She talks about the challenging lifestyle of an OBGYN, the barriers to larger conversations about women’s health, and how she learned to be a founder on the job. Listen for advice on: Staying close to the people for whom you are innovating Viewing fundrais...
Jul 05, 2021•31 min
In this episode, Toni Vanwinkle, Sr. Director of Workplace Experience shares her exceptionally motivational trajectory as a pioneer in the tech industry. Through her tenure, she has been honored as an Amerian Leadership Forum Senior Fellow and named as Digital Workplace Grou’s 2019 Digital Workplace Leader of the Year. In today’s conversation, she touches upon the importance of reimagining the definition of innovation in order to allow continuous reinvention for large and small companies alike. ...
Jun 28, 2021•35 min
In this episode, Grace Francis speaks about the importance of breaking out of boxes in order to innovate in one’s work and in their own identity. From early content-focused roles to leading innovation at Grey Advertising, Grace talks about navigating the human barriers to change, the shock of dealing with the prejudices of gender identity, and using influence to strip away hierarchy. Listen for advice on: Confronting pushback with empathy The utility of saying “maybe” Rethinking experience desig...
Jun 21, 2021•33 min
In this episode, Nathalie Walton explains how she navigated a career crossroads that found her taking the helm of a startup while raising a toddler, after a series of roles at AirBnB, Google, and EBay. She talks about the logistical, mental, and societal challenges faced by pregnant women and working parents, and strategies for taking care of yourself. Listen for advice on: Working on a company from a personal place Evaluating risk in career opportunities The role of intrapreneurship in driving ...
Jun 14, 2021•29 min
In this episode, Amy Brooks talks about how growing up watching the Kings in Sacramento inspired her love of basketball, and how the game shaped and re-shaped her career. From playing basketball at Stanford to taking roles in business consulting and technology startups, Amy explains how her personal connections helped ultimately align her passion and work. Listen for advice on: The problem-solving mindset needed for innovation Clarifying priorities to develop business partnerships Leading during...
Jun 07, 2021•36 min
In this episode, Vanessa Colella revisits her career beginnings teaching science for Teach For America and explains how that experience led her to think about the micro and macro ways of driving change. Vanessa talks about how her variety of endeavors, including time at grad school, McKinsey, and Yahoo, shape her approach to developing new ideas as Chief Innovation Officer at Citi. Listen for advice on: The four character traits you need to be a change-maker Using re-framing to address challenge...
May 24, 2021•49 min
