272: People First – Self-Awareness and Being Excellent To Each Other with Ashleigh Wilson Greater Than Code

02:14 - Ashleigh’s Superpower: Ability To See “The Vision”



The Queen’s Gambit


03:35 - Intentionality: “People First”



Call Me Out: Intention vs Impact
“This Doesn’t Make Sense” Log
Emotional Fitness Surveys
“Dare To Lead” Book Club


10:55 - Listen



Digging in to Defensiveness / Uncomfortableness
Little Things Add Up
Building Connections and Relationships


15:10 - Building Trust – Why is vulnerability not professional?



Alleviating Fear
North Star: Being Excellent To Each Other
Self Awareness & Emotional Intelligence
Discernment
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs


21:02 - Personal Growth and Development



Brené Brown
Glennon Doyle
Morning Pages
The Holistic Psychologist: Future Self Journaling


27:24 - Intersexuality and Identity: How do you show up?



Privilege
Gender
Somatics
Safety
Solidarity


36:37 - Making and Dealing With Mistakes



Taking Feedback
Lead With Gratitude
Ego Checks


40:05 - Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)



Visibility and Understanding
Health and Wellness Benefits
Sacred vs Safe Spaces / Safe vs Brave Spaces
Dan Price


45:52 - Fundraising & Venture Capital (VC)



The House of Who


Reflections:


Mandy: Eating a shame sandwich in order to learn and grow.


Chanté: North Star = Being excellent to each other.


Ashleigh: Celebrating intersections of identity.


Aaron: The “This Doesn’t Make Sense” log.


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Transcript:


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MANDY: Hello, everybody and welcome to Episode 272 of Greater Than Code. My name is Mandy Moore, I use she/her pronouns, and I'm here with our new panelist, Aaron Aldrich.


Welcome, Aaron!


AARON: Thanks! And hey, I'm Aaron. I use they/them pronouns and I am also here with Chanté Martínez Thurmond.


CHANTÉ: Hey, everyone, Chanté here. I use she/her/ella pronouns and I am so glad to introduce our guest today, Ashleigh Wilson.


Welcome, Ashleigh.


AARON: Thank you for having me!


Hello, Ashleigh here and I use she/her pronouns.


CHANTÉ: Ashleigh is the Founder and CEO of Auditmate, the world's first elevator and escalator auditing system.


After discovering that customers were an afterthought to most companies, Ashleigh left the corporate world and founded Auditmate under a "people first" mentality. Ashleigh knows discrimination first-hand as a queer woman working in the tech industry and she aims to create a space where everyone has permission to be human.


What a great bio.


ASHLEIGH: Thank you. Thanks for having me.


CHANTÉ: It's a pleasure.


Ashleigh, the first question we ask our is what is your superpower and how did you acquire it?


ASHLEIGH: My superpower is my ability to see the vision and it's a bit of a witchy. I don't know where it comes from, but the best visual representation I've ever seen of it as if anyone has seen The Queen’s Gambit and when she can move the chess pieces on the ceiling? When I'm in the zone, and it's often when I'm half sleep, it just c