Women Lead The Digital Distillery

In this episode, Nadia Koski chats with Fiona Salmon, a leader in the ad tech space for over 20 years and a passionate supporter for sustainability in the digital landscape.

Fiona shares her career trajectory from start-ups in contextual advertising to brand safety and search technology, always coupled with her passion and focus on sustainability. They discuss the importance of time management, finding and creating a supportive community to lean on, and the challenges of balancing work and family life. The pair explore how we can set clear boundaries and push for transparency and open communication in the workplace in order to create a supportive environment, especially for working parents. The conversation also explores how we can understand if an employer will prioritize work-life balance to help parents’ thrive in their careers.

Fiona shares her experience of bringing sustainable practices into her company and how she was able to align various departments and decision makers. She also breaks down what it means to her to be a democratic leader, highlighting the importance of understanding team dynamics and individual values and communication types to enhance collaboration within teams.
Produced and Hosted by Nadia Koski
Engineered by Phil McDowell
Project Lead Dennis Kirschner

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Today on Women Lead Nadia drops in for a quick check-in amongst the hustle and bustle of springtime event season. She shares a few thoughts about capitalizing on the air of opportunity and new starts that come with the springtime and reflects on how we can sometimes get too set in our ways. What do we have to do to break out of that cycle and be open to new possibilities?
Nadia also hints at some exciting new content that will be coming up on the podcast over the next few months. Stay tuned for more!
Produced and Hosted by Nadia Koski
Engineered by Phil McDowell
Project Lead Dennis Kirschner

You can contact the show at womenleadpodcast@the-digital-distillery.com
or go to the website.

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In this episode, Nadia Koski interviews Vesselina Markova-Kauffmann, Brand Partnerships Leader Retail at TikTok. They discuss Vesselina's series, #EmpowerHerFridays, where she interviews inspirational women and shares their stories.
Vesselina talks about her career journey, from studying politics to finding her passion in marketing and sales. She emphasizes the importance of negotiation and debate to arrive at win-win solutions for herself and with her clients. Her insights on strategy, personal branding, and the power of saying ‘no’ are just a few of the big takeaways from this conversation. Nadia and Vesselina both agree that effective communication is key to career development.
They also explore how long-term, strategic thinking and self-reflection can influence your decision-making, and how we can develop our self-confidence by seeking feedback. Vesselina also emphasizes how the power of asking for help and relationship-building based on understanding others’ needs enhances relationships and long-term growth.


LINKS


#EmpowerHerFridays on LinkedIn
Connect with Vesselina Markova-Kauffmann on LinkedIn


BOOKS
Multipliers
Impact players 


Produced and Hosted by Nadia Koski
Engineered by Phil McDowell
Project Lead Dennis Kirschner

You can contact the show at womenleadpodcast@the-digital-distillery.com
or go to the website.

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In this special episode of Women Lead, host Nadia Koski grabs all the best content from her recent International Women's Day webinar, which explored the vital topic of inclusion and gender bias in the workplace. The insightful discussion with her six stellar female leaders and panelists was rich with takeaways and "a-ha" moments.
Franziska Brückner, Group Lead Digital Media & Tech, VodafoneLena Schütze, Team Lead Client Services & Consulting, DouglasLaura Alexander, Head of Pan Regional, GroupM NexusDaniela Grilnberger, Group Head Communications Design (Client: LEGO Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Initiative Media GmbH Dr.-Ing. Mira Vasic, Co-owner and Senior Partner, InTouch Female Leadership & Career Academy Katja Brandt, CEO DACH MindshareYou will learn:
How to ask for what you're worth and obtain it.Actionable solutions to address the gender pay gap in our professional careers.How to create more inclusive teams by helping women and minority groups in their career advancement.How to create change today in your company by addressing career advancement for women.FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
Eurostat statistics indicate that women's gross hourly earnings were on average 12.7 % below those of men in the European Union (EU) and 13.6 % in the euro area.
The European Commission's Welfare Development Plan for 2023-2030
Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025.
More info on gender data US from Pew Research
World Economic Forum’s 2023 Global Gender Gap Report
BOOKS & PODCASTS
Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez / Podcast "Visible Women"
F*ck Being Humble Community / Book
Produced and Hosted by Nadia Koski
Engineered by Phil McDowell
Project Lead Dennis Kirschner

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It is International Women's Day in 2024 and today we wanted to bring you a special episode for the occasion.

In this conversation, Nadia Koski and Alina Heiner discuss the book 'Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men' by Caroline Criado Perez.

We often think and talk about the challenges that women face in the workplace and their careers, but we don't often consider the inequality in daily life, outside of work, that feeds back into career inequality.

Unpaid care work, safety, and data bias in health and urban planning are all part of the unnecessary challenges that women face both consciously and unconsciously EVERY day.

Nadia and Alina discuss some of these key elements from the book and more including
the societal expectations placed on women and the need for a more equitable distribution of unpaid care work.

Learn with us for this International Women's Day special and...

#InspireInclusion.


Links & Recs:

Book: Invisible Women
Follow Caroline Criado Perez's podcast: Visible Women
Caroline Criado Perez on LinkedIn

Connect with Alina Heiner on LinkedIn
Listen to our previous Women Lead episode with Alina, Live from Innsbruck, Austria.
Produced and Hosted by Nadia Koski
Engineered by Phil McDowell
Project Lead Dennis Kirschner

You can contact the show at womenleadpodcast@the-digital-distillery.com
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Women's Day 2024 is a crucial time to sit up and pay attention. 
To celebrate all that women have and are achieving, but also to inform ourselves of the challenges we still need to overcome. 

This week, Women Lead will be releasing a special episode on March 8th for Women's Day. Today we have a quick check-in on why it's so important, and what we will be talking about for the big day!



Produced and Hosted by Nadia Koski
Engineered by Phil McDowell
Project Lead Dennis Kirschner

You can contact the show at womenleadpodcast@the-digital-distillery.com
or go to the website.

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