Learners to Leaders

Learners to Leaders

Learners to Leaders is the podcast for young people where we sit down with people who turned curiosity into a career and ask them the questions you actually want answered. How did they get there? What did they get wrong? What do they wish they'd known? Real, short conversations with fascinating people doing incredible things — so you can start seeing what's possible for you. Every episode is a different world to step into, and a chance to discover something new. Follow and start building your future today.

  1. 18h ago

    Objection Overruled: More Than Just Suits with Shelley White

    In this episode of Learners to Leaders, I sit down with Shelley White, head of Walkers' Cayman Islands Trust Disputes team to discuss the skills, mindset, AI and more. Shelley talks about: what a litigator is - explained for teenswhy the fear of failure makes a better lawyerwhy you don't have to be aggressive to handle conflictthe power of resiliancethe #1 skill that everyone needsa real life case that felt like it could be in a movie Shelley specialises in complex multi-jurisdictional proceedings involving breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and asset recovery. She is key member of the Insolvency & Dispute Resolution team. Her practice covers insolvency and asset recovery, trusts and commercial litigation and she heads Walkers' Cayman Islands Trust Disputes team. Shelley a specialist advocate, appearing in the Cayman Islands Courts at all levels. She is a highly experienced litigator and she has acted in some of the most high profile proceedings in the Cayman Islands over the last 15 years, including representing Irving Picard, the bankruptcy trustee of Bernard Madoff and BLMIS, PwC Cayman in SPhinX, Investcorp Bank BSC in Al Sadik, the Grant Thornton liquidators and SICL in AHAB v. Saad and SICL v. Maan Al Sanea, the GHF Parties in Abraaj, the liquidators of HQP Corporation and Asia Cement Corporation in the ongoing China Shanshui proceedings. Shelley is a long serving member of the editorial board of the STEP Trusts Quarterly Review and was a member of the editorial board of Insol World for 3 years until 2024. Also in 2024, Shelley was appointed by Chief Justice Ramsay Hale to the Grand Court Rules Committee. Shelley joined the firm in 2010 after spending the first 7 years of her career as a barrister at Chancery Commercial Chambers in Lincoln's Inn, London.

    Objection Overruled: More Than Just Suits with Shelley White
  2. Aug 3

    How to Thrive in the AI Era with Abdirahman Guleed

    Artificial intelligence is changing the way we learn, work and build careers—but the technology itself isn't the biggest lesson. In this episode of Learners to Leaders, I sit down with Abdirahman Guleed, CEO of Grantlytics and AI Fellow at Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative, to discuss the skills that will help young people thrive in a rapidly changing world.In this episode we discuss: Why the same skills that create great athletes create successful professionalsHow to turn failure into one of your greatest advantagesWhat "Don't Get Left Behind" really meansWhy curiosity and open-mindedness will become even more valuableHow young people can use AI to learn, build and solve real problemsWhether choosing a career before 18 still makes senseWhy learning how to think is more important than memorising information Abdirahman (Abdi) Guleed is the CEO of Grantlytics, a company building the fundraising infrastructure that helps mission-driven organisations access philanthropic capital more effectively. His background spans digital transformation, financial services, and organisational change management. He is an AI Fellow at Harvard's Advanced Leadership Initiative, where he helps senior executives understand and apply artificial intelligence within their organisations. He earned his master's degree from Harvard with a focus on innovation and technology. Before entering technology and entrepreneurship, Abdi was a professional middle-distance athlete, competing at the national level in Norway.

    How to Thrive in the AI Era with Abdirahman Guleed

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Learners to Leaders is the podcast for young people where we sit down with people who turned curiosity into a career and ask them the questions you actually want answered. How did they get there? What did they get wrong? What do they wish they'd known? Real, short conversations with fascinating people doing incredible things — so you can start seeing what's possible for you. Every episode is a different world to step into, and a chance to discover something new. Follow and start building your future today.