Meet the Leader

A Gen Z founder on breaking down big stigmas and surviving hustle-culture

2025年6月19日

 • 36 mins

Nadya Okamoto is a social entrepreneur who got her start founding a nonprofit as a teenager that distributed menstrual pads to the homeless in San Francisco, an organization that grew into one of the largest youth nonprofits in the world,.She has has since founded August, a lifestyle period brand, and knows first-hand that being a founder in this space requires tackling the shame and stigma that historically followed menstruation and menstrual products, one that today continues to creates barriers for everything from health equity to securing funding and support to bridge these gaps. In this wide-ranging conversation, she shares the unique, boundary-pushing ways she works to break down stigmas to bridge period equity gaps while driving growth for this sector, and how running teams at the height of startup mania, hustle culture and girl boss memes helped her learn the hard way how to prioritize rest and sidestep burnout.

Nadya Okamoto is a social entrepreneur who got her start founding a nonprofit as a teenager that distributed menstrual pads to the homeless in San Francisco, an organization that grew into one of the largest youth nonprofits in the world,.She has has since founded August, a lifestyle period brand, and knows first-hand that being a founder in this space requires tackling the shame and stigma that historically followed menstruation and menstrual products, one that today continues to creates barriers for everything from health equity to securing funding and support to bridge these gaps. In this wide-ranging conversation, she shares the unique, boundary-pushing ways she works to break down stigmas to bridge period equity gaps while driving growth for this sector, and how running teams at the height of startup mania, hustle culture and girl boss memes helped her learn the hard way how to prioritize rest and sidestep burnout.

7 women leaders on the books that shaped their lives

2025年6月11日

 • 15 mins

In this special collection episode, top women leaders in business, non-profits and more share the books that inspired them, informed them and changed their minds. These books will make you take a second read of a classic - whether it's a favorite business book or an Agatha Christie mystery. And these insightful picks will have you thinking differently about a range of big problems, from geography's role in a fractured society to how transit design can widen gender gaps. These books will help you get sharper at your role -- and even find new ways to make room for joy.

In this special collection episode, top women leaders in business, non-profits and more share the books that inspired them, informed them and changed their minds. These books will make you take a second read of a classic - whether it's a favorite business book or an Agatha Christie mystery. And these insightful picks will have you thinking differently about a range of big problems, from geography's role in a fractured society to how transit design can widen gender gaps. These books will help you get sharper at your role -- and even find new ways to make room for joy.

Bridging the gap in women's health research, policy and innovation: Kearney

2025年5月22日

 • 24 mins

Women's health is under-researched and under-funded, leading women to live longer in poor health than men. Tackling this gap can boost lifespans and GDP, a fact Paula Bellostas Muguerza understands well. This global head of healthcare and life sciences at consulting firm Kearney, discusses the role that policy can play in creating incentives for real change, and driving awareness and education. She'll also talk about a special platform she helped found with 350 other organizations and how it's helping to share best practices and bridge gaps in innovation and research.

Women's health is under-researched and under-funded, leading women to live longer in poor health than men. Tackling this gap can boost lifespans and GDP, a fact Paula Bellostas Muguerza understands well. This global head of healthcare and life sciences at consulting firm Kearney, discusses the role that policy can play in creating incentives for real change, and driving awareness and education. She'll also talk about a special platform she helped found with 350 other organizations and how it's helping to share best practices and bridge gaps in innovation and research.

We’re ‘losing the war’ on modern slavery: What leaders can do - HPE’s John Schultz

2025年5月19日

 • 34 mins

Slavery is not a problem cast to the annals of history. Modern slavery and forced labour are hidden in plain sight, found everywhere from nail salons to pristine factories, impacting 50 million people worldwide. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s John Schultz explains more about this worsening problem and how it impacts economies and communities. He also explains how data technologies and artificial intelligence are being leveraged in new ways to draw insights from sources such as from shipping reports, supply chain data and victim impact statements to tackle this issue in a way that’s never been possible before. He shares the collaborations in place that are broadening data pools and the one question business leaders must ask themselves to make real change possible. This interview was recorded in at the Annual Meeting in Davos Switzerland, January 2025.

Slavery is not a problem cast to the annals of history. Modern slavery and forced labour are hidden in plain sight, found everywhere from nail salons to pristine factories, impacting 50 million people worldwide. Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s John Schultz explains more about this worsening problem and how it impacts economies and communities. He also explains how data technologies and artificial intelligence are being leveraged in new ways to draw insights from sources such as from shipping reports, supply chain data and victim impact statements to tackle this issue in a way that’s never been possible before. He shares the collaborations in place that are broadening data pools and the one question business leaders must ask themselves to make real change possible. This interview was recorded in at the Annual Meeting in Davos Switzerland, January 2025.

Protect employability, not just jobs: Adecco exec on effective coaching and upskilling

2025年5月5日

 • 25 mins

Staffing giant president Christophe Catoir of Adecco got started at the firm as an intern. He’s had a front-row seat to how work has evolved since. He shares the insights from the firm’s annual skilling report, giving sobering statistics on the percent of workers globally trained in AI so far and what’s needed to keep workers both engaged and employed as upskilling cycles accelerate. He also shares his thoughts on how leaders in remote and hybrid workplaces will need to reevaluate how they coach and train teams, how apprenticeship thinking can help, and how his own career journey has changed him as a leader. This interview was recorded in January 2025 at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

Staffing giant president Christophe Catoir of Adecco got started at the firm as an intern. He’s had a front-row seat to how work has evolved since. He shares the insights from the firm’s annual skilling report, giving sobering statistics on the percent of workers globally trained in AI so far and what’s needed to keep workers both engaged and employed as upskilling cycles accelerate. He also shares his thoughts on how leaders in remote and hybrid workplaces will need to reevaluate how they coach and train teams, how apprenticeship thinking can help, and how his own career journey has changed him as a leader. This interview was recorded in January 2025 at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.