Season 1

Season 1 Bonus

Season 1 Bonus

On this final episode of Season one, I share some previously unreleased interview segments with five guests. There is Pauline Koelbl, founder of AfriProspect and ShEquity, who’s primary focus is African female-led innovative startups. Pauline tells me more about the first companies ShEquity has inve...

On Repurposing Struggle into Strength - A Conversation with Lucy Antrobus

On Repurposing Struggle into Strength - A Conversation with Lucy Antrobus

On this episode, I speak with Lucy Antrobus founder and Chief Innovation Officer of Refugee Voices. Her organisation, based in Lausanne, offers a confidence building program to young refugees, migrants and other marginalised groups in Switzerland. Lucy shares with me her ambition to make an impact ...

On Learning Assertiveness - A Conversation with Alessandra Patti

On Learning Assertiveness - A Conversation with Alessandra Patti

Alessandra Patti is the founder of Find Your Way Coaching, a consulting practice based in Zurich. She is an assertiveness skills and mental wellbeing coach, but also a Lecturer on "assertiveness skills for the future of work" and "self-esteem in the digital age" at the University of St. Gallen. On ...

On Reimagining Education - A Conversation with Connie Nshemereirwe
March 08, 2021x
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00:35:0332.5 MB

On Reimagining Education - A Conversation with Connie Nshemereirwe

After fifteen years as a University Lecturer, based in Uganda, Connie Nshemereirwe is now an independent science and policy facilitator. She founded Actualise Africa in 2016, with the vision to see Africa evolve and fulfil its potential by profoundly reimagining current education systems. On this ep...

On Preventing Blindness - A Conversation with Dr. Sanduk Ruit & Thomas Bosshard
February 22, 2021x
7
00:45:0741.81 MB

On Preventing Blindness - A Conversation with Dr. Sanduk Ruit & Thomas Bosshard

On this episode, I talk with world renowned eye surgeon, founder and executive director of the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in Kathmandu: Dr. Sanduk Ruit; and with co-owner of Oertli Instrumente AG, a Swiss-based medical device company: Thomas Bosshard. Both Dr. Ruit and Thomas have been car...

On One Health - A Conversation with Fanny Kaufmann

On One Health - A Conversation with Fanny Kaufmann

Fanny Kaufmann is a global Medical Affairs leader in oncology at Takeda. She is passionate about solving global challenges in the areas of patient advocacy, access to medicine, public health safety, animal welfare and animal health, plus food security. On this episode, Fanny tells me about her new ...

On Building Talents with Refugees and Migrants - A Conversation with Ana Maria Angarita & Isabel Brücher
January 25, 2021x
5
00:38:2535.71 MB

On Building Talents with Refugees and Migrants - A Conversation with Ana Maria Angarita & Isabel Brücher

On this episode, I speak with Ana Maria Angarita and Isabel Brücher, two of the Capacity Zurich co-founders. Their organisation offers entrepreneurship programs to facilitate the socioeconomic inclusion of refugees and migrants in Switzerland. Ana Maria and Isabel share their respective journeys, pl...

On Leadership for a Sustainable Economy - A conversation with David Fiorucci
January 11, 2021x
4
00:27:3025.49 MB

On Leadership for a Sustainable Economy - A conversation with David Fiorucci

David Fiorucci is the founder of LP3 Ltd, with his vision for a sustainable economy. In this episode, David shares with me the essence of the integrative LP3 model (Leadership, Potential, Power, Performance) that he developed over 20+ years. His model enables organisations to have a common guiding ...

On Providing Professional Skills to At-risk Youth - A conversation with Teresa Goines
December 21, 2020x
3
00:30:5528.64 MB

On Providing Professional Skills to At-risk Youth - A conversation with Teresa Goines

Fifteen years ago, Teresa Goines founded Old Skool Cafe a youth-run jazz supper club in San Francisco. On this episode, she tells me about her long-term vision to transform the cycle of incarceration and recidivism, at-risk youth feel trapped in, into a healthy life. Teresa also shares how the train...

On Neglected Tropical Diseases and Antimicrobial Research - A Conversation with Emilie Alirol
December 05, 2020x
2
00:34:4232.13 MB

On Neglected Tropical Diseases and Antimicrobial Research - A Conversation with Emilie Alirol

Emilie Alirol is a biologist who pursued her career in clinical research. Today she is Associate Director at the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). On this episode, Emilie shares with me her experience on leading projects in resource-constrained settings, mainly focusing on infectious diseases. We...

On Funding African Female Entrepreneurs and Innovators - A Conversation with Pauline Koelbl

On Funding African Female Entrepreneurs and Innovators - A Conversation with Pauline Koelbl

On this first episode, I speak with Pauline Koelbl about what motivated the creation of her new ventures: AfriProspect and ShEquity. Pauline is an innovation expert in developing and emerging markets. She invests in African impactful innovative startups with a special focus on female-led businesses....