Podcasts by WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation
WIN/WIN is an original podcast from Women In Innovation featuring conversations between Zoia Kozakov and women leaders who’ve carved careers in the historically male-dominated innovation space (innovation consultancies, innovation departments in Fortune 500 companies, and the startup ecosystem) — defining their own futures and creating a world where we all win. Each episode presents a one-on-one interview with a compelling innovator, delivering practical advice, strategies, and the stories of what drives them.
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#112 Patrice Meagher | Founder & CEO @ MilkMate from 2023-12-11T13:08:35
In this episode, join Zoia as she interviews Patrice Meagher, CEO and founder of Milkmate, a revolutionary breast-pumping solution for the workplace. Milkmate’s solution is comprised of modular ...
Listen#111 Suze Dowling | Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer @ Pattern Brands from 2023-12-05T11:00
In this episode, join Zoia as she delves into the world of brand building and direct-to-consumer (D2C) innovation with Suze Dowling, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at Pattern Brands. Disc...
Listen#110 Emi Nietfeld | Writer of "Acceptance" & ex-Google and Meta Engineer from 2023-11-27T11:00:36
In this episode, Zoia and Emi Neitfeld, writer of “Acceptance: a Memoir,” have a captivating conversation as they delve into the gripping story of navigating workplace challenges, transitioning ...
Listen#109 Courtney Carlsson | Founder & CEO @ Paradym Health from 2023-11-20T11:00:10
In this episode, Zoia interviews Courtney Carlsson, the founder of Paradym, a mental health platform. They discuss Courtney's journey as a founder, how she approaches building her startup, and t...
Listen#108 Jameelah Calhoun | Vice President, Global Head of Product & Customer Marketing @ Eventbrite from 2023-09-11T10:00:33
In this episode, Jameelah Calhoun, Eventbrite’s Vice President and Global Head of Product and Customer Marketing, sits down with Zoia. Together, they discuss Jameelah’s tremendous trajectory, ra...
Listen#107 Shyvee Shi | Product Lead @ LinkedIn from 2023-08-28T10:00:42
In this week’s episode, Zoia sits down to talk with Shyvee Shi, Product Lead at LinkedIn. They discuss everything from navigating unconventional careers to mentorship, and the impacts of artific...
Listen#106 Inna Lobel | Creative Director, Head of Industrial Design (North America) @ frog from 2023-07-31T10:30:51
In this week’s episode, Zoia connects with Inna Lobel, Creative Director, Head of Industrial Design, North America at frog, a leading innovation consultancy. Inna discusses the craft, art, and s...
Listen#105 Evelyn Chou | Sr. Product Manager @ Coursera from 2023-06-06T11:12:54
In this week’s episode, Zoia sits down with Evelyn Chou, Senior Product Manager at Coursera, one of the most prominent innovators in the edtech space. Evelyn breaks down the journey of finding h...
Listen#104 Sharifa Murdock | Chief Impact Officer @ KITH & Founder @ ENVSN Festival from 2023-05-08T10:36:42
In this episode, Zoia sits down with Sharifa Murdock, KITH's Chief Impact Officer and founder of ENVSN Festival. She shares her journey going from working in retail to now leading impact initiat...
Listen#103 Natasha Jakubowski | Chief Innovation Officer @ Anomaly from 2023-04-24T15:53:10
In this episode, we are joined by Anomaly's Chief Innovation Officer, Natasha Jakubowski. Natasha is an "innovation veteran" with over 20+ years of experience in the industry, building out her o...
Listen#102 Cynthia Plotch | Co-Founder @ Stix from 2023-03-27T11:00:04
In this episode, Cynthia Plotch shares how running into her boyfriend’s mom while buying a pregnancy test factored into her journey to start a company focused on women’s healthcare. One of Inc.’...
Listen#101 Jess Houlgrave | Head of Crypto Go-To-Market & Strategy @ Checkout.com from 2023-03-13T11:00:44
In this episode, Zoia sits down with Jess Houlgrave, who heads up crypto and go-to-market strategy at Checkout.com, an international payments platform valued at over billions of dollars. The con...
Listen#100 Enshalla Anderson | Global Head of Brand & Creative @ Google Cloud from 2023-03-02T14:14:26
In this episode, we celebrate the 100th episode of the WIN/WIN podcast by bringing back the incredible Enshalla Anderson, who is the Global Head of Brand & Creative at Google Cloud. Enshalla...
Listen#99 Whitnee Hawthorne | Chief Customer Officer @ Navan (Formerly TripActions) from 2023-02-13T14:20:04
In this episode, Whitnee Hawthorne, Chief Customer Officer of Navan (formerly TripActions) joins the podcast to discuss innovation in the world of travel, and how she’s thinking about it in her ...
Listen#98 Sharon Gauci | Executive Director, Design @ General Motors (Global Buick, GMC, GMC Hummer) from 2023-02-06T15:37:44
In this episode, Zoia sits down with Sharon Gauci, Executive Director, of Design at Global Buick, GMC, and GMC Hummer at General Motors. They discuss Sharon’s career and rise in the world of aut...
Listen#97 May Zabaneh | VP, Product - Blockchain, Crypto & Digital Currencies @ PayPal from 2022-11-07T12:00
In this episode, Zoia live-podcasts from Las Vegas with May Zabaneh, Vice President of Blockchain, Crypto, and Digital Currencies at PayPal at Money 20/20, the world’s most prominent financial s...
Listen#96 Kat Wang | Head of Product @ Jasco Games from 2022-11-02T10:00:42
In this episode, Kat Wang, Head of Product at Jasco Games talks about what it’s like to develop a card game and player experience for one of the most loved anime series in the world, “My Hero Ac...
Listen#95 April Koh | Founder & CEO @ Spring Health from 2022-10-24T14:36:56
In this episode, April Koh discusses her journey to starting Spring Health, a precision mental healthcare platform. April is the youngest woman at the helm of a unicorn (Spring Health was valued...
Listen#94 Ty Montague | Chairman and Chief Purpose Officer @ co:collective from 2022-10-17T11:21:33
In this episode, we feature our first ever solo male guest, Chairman and Chief Purpose Officer at co:collective, Ty Montague. Ty sits down with WIN’s very own Global Development Lead, Lizzie Azz...
Listen#93 Jennifer Smith | CEO & Founder @ Scribe from 2022-10-03T11:00:04
In this episode, Zoia Kozakov sits down with Jennifer Smith, Founder & CEO of Scribe, who raised over 30 million dollars to battle the innovation antithesis: over-indexing on processes. Jenn...
Listen#92 Nicole Centeno & Elise Densborn | Co-CEOs @ Splendid Spoon from 2022-09-28T11:00
In this episode, Zoia sits down with the two co-CEOs at Splendid Spoon, Nicole Centeno and Elise Densborn, to talk about what it means to share a leadership role while staying agile in a start-u...
Listen#91 Latoya Tucciarone & Ruthie Berber | Amazing Women in eCommerce (powered by Yotpo) from 2022-08-17T11:15:40
In this episode, Zoia sits down with Latoya Tucciarone, CEO & Founder of SustainAble Home Goods and Amazing Women in eCommerce 2022 honoree, and Ruthie Berber, Head of Community at Yotpo an... Listen
#90 Victoria Young & Ravi Mehta | Co-Founders @ Scale Higher from 2022-08-01T11:00:33
In this episode, Zoia hosts Victoria Young and Ravi Mehta, co-founders of Scale Higher, a company reinventing how people learn and grow through its development courses and coaching platform. Vi... Listen
#89 Kirin Sinha | CEO & Founder @ Illumix from 2022-07-25T11:00:18
In this episode, Zoia sits down with Kirin Sinha, CEO & Founder of Illumix, a leading augmented reality (AR) technology, and media company, focused on developing immersive experiences. They ...
Listen#88 The Innovator’s Mindset: How The Most Impactful Innovation Leaders Navigate Leadership from 2022-06-15T13:02
In this episode, Zoia sits down with Lizzie Azzolino, the founder of Until Now, a coaching & culture transformation design and consulting practice and WIN’s very own Global Development Lead ...
Listen#87 Cassidy Fein | Director of Product @ Vimeo from 2022-05-16T10:54:20
In this episode, Cassidy Fein, Director of Product, Enterprise at Vimeo, talks about the power of video and the challenges and opportunities it brings when it comes to balancing launching innova...
Listen#86 Vrinda Gupta | CEO & Founder @ Sequin from 2022-04-18T10:30:15
In this episode, Zoia is joined by Vrinda Gupta, CEO & Founder at Sequin a fintech behind the first debit card to build credit. Vrinda talks about how her mother’s fears around the financial...
Listen#85 Tui Allen | Product Director @ Shopify from 2022-04-11T11:00
In this episode, Tui Allen talks about how adaptability and curiosity created opportunities for her career pivots, moving from consulting at EY and Disney to product management at Blackbaud and ...
Listen#84 Lucie Buisson | Chief Product Officer @ Contentsquare from 2022-03-28T12:48:52
In this episode, Lucie Buisson, Chief Product Officer of ContentSquare discusses her transition from being a Customer Success Manager to heading up Product and the lessons she’s learned along th...
Listen#83 Elyssa Byck | Co-Founder & CEO @ Kindred from 2022-03-21T10:55:33
In this episode, Elyssa Byck shares her path from creating her own roles at Buzzfeed to founding her own company, focused on reimagining corporate leadership training and building values-based c...
Listen#82 Anne Olderog | Senior Partner @ Vivaldi from 2022-03-14T11:00:38
In this episode, Anne Olderog highlights the importance of having a different point of view when it comes to problem-solving — something that’s been essential during her 25-year consulting caree...
Listen#81 Joy Phua | Chief Operating Officer @ Heka Global from 2022-03-09T11:00:09
In today's episode, Joy Phua, Chief Operating Officer at fintech start-up Heka Global, breaks down how she approaches solving multi-billion dollar problems in the financial ecosystem while apply...
Listen#80 Sarah Lux-Lee | Founder & CEO @ Mindr Global from 2022-02-28T12:00:12
In today's episode, Sarah Lux-Lee, founder and CEO at Mindr Global, discusses her journey to building out a consultancy and technology platform to help the world's leading workplaces develop the...
Listen#79 Laura Teclemariam | Head of Product Innovation, Animation @ Netflix from 2022-02-25T12:55:05
In this week's episode, the WIN/WIN podcast celebrates Black History Month through a conversation with Netflix's Head of Product Innovation, Animation, Laura Teclemariam. Bringing a plethora of ...
Listen#78 Brittany Driscoll | Founder & CEO @ Squeeze from 2022-02-14T12:00:32
In this week's episode, Zoia is joined by Brittany Driscoll, Co-founder & CEO of Squeeze, a completely fresh approach to a way better massage experience, brought to you by the founders of Dr...
Listen#77 Lisa Wang | Crypto Brand Advisor & Investor, Board Member @ Fast Company from 2022-02-07T15:45:13
In this week's episode, we hear from Lisa Wang, a board member and contributor to Fast Company, Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, and former Head of Brand and Communications at Republic. Lisa active...
Listen#76 Cara Shortsleeve | CEO @ The Leadership Consortium from 2022-01-31T18:37:52
In this week’s episode, we hear from Cara Shortsleeve, who is CEO at The Leadership Consortium, a leadership development company that helps organizations create the conditions for all leaders to...
Listen#75 Neetu Rajpal | Chief Technology Officer @ Oscar Health from 2022-01-18T12:00:12
In this episode, Neetu Rajpal shares how her passion for problem-solving led her to study computer science and her time navigating an 18+ year career at Microsoft — starting with Internet Explor...
Listen#74 Anastasia Leng | Founder & CEO @ CreativeX from 2022-01-10T12:00:51
In this episode, Anastasia Leng recounts her journey from working on an ad product team at Google to bootstrapping a business and finding her way to becoming a CEO. She talks about how a side-pr...
Listen#73 Vanessa Liu | Entrepreneur, ex-Vice President @ SAP.io from 2022-01-03T12:00:58
In this episode, Vanessa Liu talks about how working on building digital products at McKinsey spurred her to want to run businesses herself; thinking about her career as an opportunity for creat...
Listen#72 Renan Gutman | Executive Vice President, Product @ Kaltura from 2021-12-27T09:01:05
In this week’s episode, Renan Gutman talks about her trajectory to becoming a product leader and what she believes to be innovative product leadership, especially in her role as Executive Vice P...
Listen#71 Jil Dasher | Managing Director @ Corsica Partners from 2021-12-20T09:25:10
In this episode, Jil Dasher, Managing Director at Corsica Partners, explains how she transitioned her skill set from leading in the events planning space for over a decade to tackling a new care...
Listen#70 Kelly Ling | Customer Experience Lead @ Doordash + Independent Leadership Coach from 2021-12-13T15:33:41
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 go...
Listen#69 Janna Gilbert | President @ Luminary Labs from 2021-12-06T19:09:22
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....
Listen#68 Eugenia Marshall & Wendy Rose Berry | Founders @ ConditionHER, Executives @ Warner Bros. & NKSFB from 2021-11-30T12:00:31
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...
Listen#67 Lindsey Metselaar | Host @ "We Met at Acme" Podcast + CEO @ Lindsey's Lunchbox from 2021-11-24T12:00:30
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...
Listen#66 Amy Jones Vaterlaus | Global Head of Innovation @ Adidas from 2021-11-22T14:53:44
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 mul...
Listen#65 Jessica Anselmi | Vice President, Marketing @ The Sill from 2021-11-15T12:00:43
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 Ch...
Listen#64 Lisa Edwards | President & COO @ Diligent from 2021-11-08T12:00:38
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 t...
Listen#63 Lynn Povich | Women's Rights Activist, Author of "Good Girls Revolt" from 2021-11-01T11:00:29
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...
Listen#62 Linda Armbruster | Co-Founder + Managing Partner @ Spark Works from 2021-10-25T11:00
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 innova... Listen
#61 Janelle James | SVP, Head of Media & Technology @ Ipsos UU from 2021-10-18T12:15:14
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...
Listen#60 Laura Joss | Global Director, CX Product Research @ Motorola from 2021-10-11T12:00:53
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 Motoro...
Listen#59 Alexandria Stried | Chief Product Officer @ Ellevest from 2021-09-27T12:00
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 leveragi...
Listen#58 Peilin Corbanese | Vice President, Analytics + Innovation @ Gerber Life from 2021-09-20T12:00
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 t...
Listen#57 Nina Foroutan | Director, Product Development @ Forbes from 2021-09-13T12:00:28
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. S...
Listen#56 Zoia Kozakov | Vice President, Product Manager @ Citi from 2021-09-07T13:42
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, ventu...
Listen#55 Talya Fisher | DE&I Lead @ Fjord Design (Accenture Interactive) from 2021-08-30T23:06:19
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 ...
Listen#54 Michelle Akhidenor | Founder & CEO @ The Peers Project from 2021-08-27T12:00:10
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...
Listen#53 WIN Relay | Lizzie Azzolino from 2021-08-23T12:00:19
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...
Listen#52 Noa Torok Arlosoroff + Michelle Muler | Product @ Yotpo from 2021-08-18T11:00:31
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 ...
Listen#51 Beatrice Dixon | Founder & CEO @ The Honey Pot Company from 2021-08-16T12:00
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 ...
Listen#50 Rose Corvo | Chief Marketing Officer @ Zelle (Early Warning) from 2021-08-02T12:00:16
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...
Listen#49 Simone Oliver | Global Editor-In-Chief @ Refinery29 from 2021-07-26T12:00:06
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. Sh...
Listen#48 Elizabeth Buchanan | Chief Commercial Offer @ Rokt from 2021-07-19T16:36:39
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 shar...
Listen#47 Christine Miranda Barnekow | Global Director of Innovation @ Vita Coco (AMI) from 2021-07-12T12:00:52
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 su...
Listen#46 Lyndsey Harper | Founder & CEO @ Rosy from 2021-07-05T12:00:37
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 resource...
Listen#45 Toni Vanwinkle | Sr. Director, Workplace Experience @ Adobe from 2021-06-28T15:19:21
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...
Listen#44 Grace Francis | Chief Experience Officer @ Karmarama (Accenture Interactive) from 2021-06-21T12:00:12
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 inno...
Listen#43 Nathalie Walton | Founder & CEO @ Expectful from 2021-06-14T12:00:04
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, an...
Listen#42 Amy Brooks | Chief Innovation Officer @ NBA from 2021-06-07T12:00:18
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...
Listen#41 Vanessa Colella | Chief Innovation Officer @ Citi from 2021-05-24T11:30:09
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...
Listen#40 Barkha Saxena | Chief Data Officer @ Poshmark from 2021-05-17T12:00
In this episode, Barkha Saxena explores how her early passion for math led to a career in data and analytics. After growing up in India and working as a software engineer in the early dot-com er...
Listen#39 Fawn Qiu | Senior Product Manager @ LinkedIn from 2021-05-10T12:00
In this episode, Fawn Qiu talks about having a “messy” career guided by the pursuit of personal growth to develop new skills. She recounts the unpredictability of conducting user testing with ki...
Listen#38 Catherine Clark | Founding Partner @ clarkmcdowall from 2021-05-03T12:00:09
In this episode, Catherine Clark drills down on what it takes to be an effective innovation partner, from her early agency work partnering with Unilever to her current projects for Starbucks. Sh...
Listen#37 Haley Russell | Co-Founder @ Chippin from 2021-04-26T12:00:39
In this episode, Haley Russell reveals what it’s like to build a company from the ground up. She reflects on her early entrepreneurship efforts, including starting a summer camp while in middle ...
Listen#37 Haley Russell | Co-Founder @ Chippin from 2021-04-26T12:00:39
In this episode, Haley Russell reveals what it’s like to build a company from the ground up. She reflects on her early entrepreneurship efforts, including starting a summer camp while in middle ...
Listen#36 Krupa Tailor | Director, Customer Engagement Network @ American Express from 2021-04-19T12:00:48
In this episode, Krupa Tailor walks through her journey as a first-generation American — from studying at the University of Michigan and earning an MBA at Columbia to landing roles at Unilever a...
Listen#35 Kiely Sweatt | Director of Innovation @ Oracle Consulting, NA from 2021-04-12T12:00
In this episode of the “WIN/WIN” podcast, Kiely Sweatt discusses her non-traditional path to innovation, as exemplified by her background in poetry, education, and design thinking workshop facil...
Listen#34 Jane Geraghty | CEO @ Landor & Fitch from 2021-04-05T12:00:41
In this episode, Jane Geraghty talks through her career trajectory — cutting her teeth in advertising in London, exploring a new culture in NYC on Madison Avenue, working in television in the UK...
Listen#34 Jane Geraghty | CEO @ Landor & Fitch from 2021-04-05T12:00:41
In this episode, Jane Geraghty talks through her career trajectory — cutting her teeth in advertising in London, exploring a new culture in NYC on Madison Avenue, working in television in the UK...
Listen#33 WIN/WIN Special | 5-Year Anniversary with Aubrie Fennecken, Global Executive Director @ WIN from 2021-03-31T12:00:13
In the last part of the WIN: Women in Innovation 5-year special, WIN’s only full-time employee & Global Executive Director, Aubrie Fennecken, discusses her journey from theatre management to...
Listen#32 Shelbi Jones | Creative Shop & Culture Lead, Black Women @ Facebook from 2021-03-29T12:00:07
In this episode, Shelbi Jones reflects on the images she’s had of success — from her childhood in Ohio to jobs at Complex, Refinery 29, and Facebook. She shares how her visions of “success” have...
Listen#31 Lisa Gralnek | Principal & Founder @LVG & Co. from 2021-03-22T12:00:21
In this episode, Lisa Gralnek recounts how curiosity and opportunity took her from a career in the ‘90s fashion world to business school, BCG, and a variety of companies including Adidas and Cho...
Listen#30 WIN/WIN Special | 5-Year Anniversary with Maria Potoroczyn, Co-Founder @ WIN from 2021-03-17T12:00:03
In this episode, Maria Potoroczyn takes our listeners through her innovation journey, whether that was co-founding WIN with Alfia Ilicheva or going from innovation consulting to leading Citi’s c...
Listen#29 Sara Agrest | Design Director @ Spector Group from 2021-03-15T12:00:02
In this episode, Sara Agrest explains how her relentless want to know “why?” has guided her decades-long career in architecture. She gives insight on her methods for keeping a job feeling fresh ...
Listen#28 WIN/WIN Special | 5-Year Anniversary with Alfia Ilicheva, Co-Founder @ WIN from 2021-03-08T13:00:03
For the first part of the WIN: Women in Innovation 5-year anniversary mini-series, Alfia Ilicheva joins Zoia to share all the founding story behind WIN. She shares the challenges and opportuniti...
Listen#27 Melanie Bell-Mayeda | Partner & Managing Director @ IDEO from 2021-03-01T13:00
In this episode, Melanie Bell-Mayeda talks about the “aha” moment that re-routed her career into the world of design. She reflects on the toolkits she built working in financial services, licens...
Listen#26 Sarah Judd Welch | CEO @ Sharehold from 2021-02-22T13:00
In this episode, Sarah Judd Welch explains the drive she had at a young age to want to run her own company, and how she made the jump from freelancing in digital strategy to running an organizat...
Listen#25 Amanda Ramos | Innovation Director @ Gensler from 2021-02-15T13:00:03
In this episode, Amanda Ramos explores how the concepts of facilitating innovation adoption and building buy-in have shaped her success during a 14-year career at Gensler. She points to the powe...
ListenWIN/WIN Special | Black History Month with Hailey Floyd, Global Communications Lead @ WIN from 2021-02-10T13:00:34
In this special edition episode of the WIN/WIN podcast, Hailey Floyd joins us to celebrate Black History Month. Hailey’s impressive career trajectory includes being an Advance Associate on Miche...
Listen#24 Yasmin Kothari | Product Lead @ Asana from 2021-02-08T13:00:58
In this episode, Yasmin Kothari examines a career that’s included a Harvard MBA, strategy consulting at McKinsey, conducting user research in India and Africa, and product roles at AirBnB, PayPa...
Listen#23 Leatrice Eiseman | Executive Director @ Pantone from 2021-02-01T13:00:16
In this episode, Lee Eiseman expounds on the importance of color and the psychology and perceptions around it. Currently the Executive Director of the Pantone Color Institute, she’s spent over 3...
ListenWIN/WIN Special | Ready.Steady.Money. hosted by Aru Agarwal (R/GA) from 2021-01-27T12:15:44
This week’s episode is a WIN/WIN Special about “Ready.Steady.Money.,” guest hosted by Aru Agarwal, WIN: Women in Innovation’s Global Programming Lead, and Associate Director of Business Transfor...
Listen#22 Emily Heyward | Co-Founder & Chief Brand Officer @ Red Antler from 2021-01-25T13:00:42
In this episode, Emily Heyward retraces her steps from working on TV advertising campaigns for huge brands to ultimately forming her own creative services company, Red Antler. She reflects on wo...
Listen#21 Cheryl Grise | Solutions Leader @ EY Americas from 2021-01-19T13:00:01
In this episode, Cheryl Grise shares how her second grade teacher helped propel her early sense of purpose, prompting her toward a career centered around creating transformative leaders. She exp...
Listen#20 Olivia Hawkins | Head of Business Consulting @ Acceleration from 2021-01-11T13:00:22
In this episode, Olivia Hawkins charts her career, from navigating the digital world during the first dot com boom (and bust) to currently leading business consulting and defining data ethics pr...
Listen#19 Charlotte Diaz | Vice President, Strategy @ Critical Mass from 2021-01-04T13:00:08
In this episode, Charlotte Diaz explains her route from business school and management consulting to discovering the brand strategy world — at Vivaldi Partners, RGA, and now in her role at Criti...
Listen#18 Sarah Hodges | Partner @ Pillar Venture Capital from 2020-12-28T13:00
In this episode, Sarah Hodges talks about her personal mission to connect people and build community, through her work starting the leadership coaching platform Intelligently, and investing in f...
ListenWIN/WIN Special | Innovation in Beverages with Driftwell from 2020-12-23T13:00:33
Stephanie Murdoch and Ryan Buesser join Zoia on today's episode, which is in partnership with Driftwell. Designed with evening relaxation in mind, Driftwell is a whole new way to cap off your da...
Listen#17 Rebecca Robins | Chief Learning & Culture Officer, Luxury Lead @ Interbrand from 2020-12-21T13:00
In this episode, Rebecca Robins reflects on how an early curiosity about languages and cultures led to her interest in brands and a nearly 20 year career at Interbrand. From working with her fir...
Listen#16 Nisreen Hasib | Chief Operations Officer @ Unbound from 2020-12-14T13:00:41
In this episode, Nisreen Hasib shares how her passion for advocacy shaped her career — beginning as a teenager doing interfaith work, then as a lawyer focused on labor and employment, and now as...
Listen#15 Michele Markus | Head of Global Accounts, Global Enterprise Lead @ Omnicom from 2020-12-07T13:00:22
In this episode, Michele Markus talks about carving her own paths — from creating a major at Penn to defining her own job descriptions at Omnicom. She explains how walking into the wrong room le...
Listen#14 Liz Eddy | CEO & Co-Founder @ Lantern from 2020-11-30T13:00:01
In this episode, Liz Eddy shares how losing her father at a young age made her aware of the financial, logistical, and emotional impacts of losing a loved one, and influenced her development of ...
Listen#13 Sherine Kazim | Chief Experience Officer @ Wunderman Thompson NA from 2020-11-23T13:00:32
In this episode, Sherine Kazim shares what she’s learned through a career of charting new territories — from early days at Friendster to working on visual design at Walmart.com and crafting user...
Listen#12 Krista Edmunds | Director @ Barclays Ventures from 2020-11-16T13:00:48
In this episode, Krista Edmunds expounds on “accidentally” falling into finance and finding her way into the innovation and FinTech spaces as the Director of Business Innovation at Barclays Vent...
Listen#11 Kim Patel | Head of Partnerships @ Bubble, Founding Director @ Envision Accelerator from 2020-11-09T13:00:55
In this episode, Kim Patel delivers straight talk about building a career through working efficiently and seizing new opportunities, expounding on how she moved from working in investment bankin...
Listen#10 Gina Bianchini | CEO & Founder @ Mighty Networks from 2020-11-02T13:00:22
In this episode, Gina Bianchini shares how growing up in Cupertino, California in the 1970s and 80s fueled her interest in social technologies and pushed her to become a startup founder. As the ...
Listen#09 Liat Karpel Gurwicz | Head of eCommerce Marketing @ Wix from 2020-10-26T12:00:43
In this episode, Liat Karpel Gurwicz delivers some high-level strategies for making the most of product marketing, utilizing the knowledge she’s gained through 15 years in tech. As the head of e...
Listen#08 Danielle Lay | Principal @ New Enterprise Associates (NEA) from 2020-10-19T12:00:28
In this episode, Danielle Lay shares how growing up in Hong Kong gave her early exposure to the business world, paving the way for her to start her own web design company, work at Goldman Sachs,...
Listen#07 Eva Goicochea | CEO & Founder @ Maude from 2020-10-12T12:00:36
In this episode, Eva Goicochea shares how an education in marketing and work as a legislative aide prepared her to become a leader in the sexual wellness space, as the CEO and founder...
Listen#06 Jessica Tillyer | Chief Experience Officer @ re—inc, Ex-SYPartners from 2020-10-05T12:00:31
In this episode, Jessica Tillyer shares how thinking about innovating for one’s own life can open the door for new opportunities, and how Deepak Chopra introduced her to Megan Rapinoe. After a 1...
Listen#05 MarySharon Owens | Head of Global Creative Studio @ Illumina from 2020-09-28T12:00:52
In this episode, Marysharon Owens details a career that hasn’t fit into a box, as she’s created her own job descriptions and charted new territories at Microsoft, Bank of America, Target, RGA, a...
Listen#04 Gesche Haas | CEO & Founder @ Dreamers & Doers from 2020-09-21T12:00:53
In this episode, Gesche Haas relays how she founded a collective for women entrepreneurs “by accident,” turning connections in the finance and start-up worlds into the network of Dreamers & ...
Listen#03 Jenny Danzi | Senior Director, New Platforms @ PepsiCo from 2020-09-14T12:00:57
In this episode, Jenny Danzi talks about embracing the idea that a career is a marathon, not a sprint, as she discusses taking on different jobs — in marketing, strategy, and general management ...
Listen#02 Britta Mulderrig | Head of Marketing @ Hello Alfred from 2020-08-31T12:35
In this episode Britta Mulderrig discusses her wide-ranging and industrious career — including using internships to land her first job with the Tampa Bay Lightning, navigating times of challengi...
Listen#01 Enshalla Anderson | Chief Strategy Officer @ Futurebrand from 2020-08-31T12:30:56
In this episode, Enshalla Anderson shares the exploratory experiences that have shaped her trajectory — from early days as an analyst at JP Morgan to management consulting, Avon, Vivaldi Partner...
Listen#00 WIN/WIN Podcast Trailer from 2020-08-19T16:12:12
This season, WIN/WIN will feature women leaders across multiple industries, companies, and backgrounds to bring their unique innovation and leadership experience and expertise to our listeners. ...
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