How To Get A Non-Exec with Sarah Pierman, CEO of Dynamic Boards
Release Date: 02/14/2023
Show Me the Way to Ice Cream’s Coolest Glow-Up with Little Moons' Vivien Wong
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Vivien Wong is the co-founder of , the cult brand that transformed a niche Japanese dessert into a household name. A bold disruptor in the global ice cream market, Vivien is a finalist for the 2025 Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award. In this episode, we explore Vivien’s remarkable journey from helping in her mother’s bakery to founding one of the UK’s most talked-about brands. She reflects on the importance of female role models, what starting her own business has brought her personally and professionally, and how one viral social media moment can transform a company’s success...
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Show Me the Way to a Future-Proof Career with Financial Times' Isabel Berwick
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Isabel Berwick is a journalist, podcaster, and advocate for workplace evolution. Having navigated the changing landscape of media and corporate culture, Isabel is dedicated to sharing her expertise on the future of work and career development and re-defining what ambition and fulfilment mean today. In this episode, we discuss the post-pandemic workplace, important distinctions between management and leadership, and the value of creativity. Isabel also shares insights from her upcoming book, "The Future-Proof Career", which offers insights into finding your purpose and achieving success in...
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How to Challenge Colourism and Build a Bias-Free World
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Shweta Aggarwal is an author and activist fighting for a world free from conscious and subconscious bias. Drawing from her personal experiences with colourism, Shweta is dedicated to exposing this often unrecognised, trivialised form of discrimination and its impact on individuals and communities globally. In this episode, we explore the complexities of colourism, the subtle, pervasive ways it manifests itself across global communities, and her personal journey of self-discovery through writing. Shweta also shares insights from her recent book, "The Black Rose," which offers a powerful...
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How to Deconstruct The Patriarchy with Sharmadean Reid
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Sharmadean Reid MBE is an entrepreneur and passionate advocate for female empowerment. Having navigated the male-dominated world of business and venture capital, Sharmadean is dedicated to unmasking and deconstructing patriarchal barriers to female success. In this episode, we discuss financial empowerment, her experience as a female entrepreneur and what it means to have a supportive network around you. Sharmadean also shares insights from her latest book, New Methods for Women. Drawing on the wisdom of sources from business books to neuroscience to mythology, she has created her own...
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How To Become The Best Place To Work with Jenny Biggam, 7stars
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Jenny Biggam is the trailblazing founder of the7stars, the UK’s largest independent media company. They’re doing things differently- no job titles, equal profit shares and unlimited holiday for everyone. The key to attracting the best people, Jenny believes, is building the best place to work. In this episode, we discuss starting a business, the importance of ‘side hustles’ and how to keep people engaged at work. As companies face a crisis of employee burnout and high staff turnover, the7stars marks a new kind of workplace, one built around ‘talent encouragement’ and career...
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How The Over 50s Are The Answer to Economic Growth
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“It's unacceptable to say to somebody in their 30s, when are you having children? Yet, on a daily basis, we've got people that are in their early 50s being asked, when are you going to retire?” Lyndsey Simpson is an entrepreneur and advocate blazing the trail for how workplaces can adapt to an ageing population. In this episode of Show Me The Way, we discuss population change, why ageism is so normalised and what hiring and retraining older workers can offer a business. Her organisation, 55/Redefined, advocates for age positivity and diversity across all areas of life, from age-inclusive...
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How To Be A Hot Shit Lawyer with Tamara Box
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How To Build Connections With Kindness That Last with Pinky Lilani
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Author, entrepreneur, cook and trailblazing champion of women across the globe, Pinky Lilani might just have done it all. In this episode of Show Me the Way, Pinky shares with me her newly-published memoirs, ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’, which weaves together her remarkable career journey with recipes, anecdotes and testimonies from friends. From cooking in bookstores to having dinner at Buckingham Palace, Pinky shares remarkable and personal stories of how determination and courage can yield amazing opportunities and unexpected friendships. We discuss the lessons she’s learnt across her...
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How To Unlock The Spending Power of Women with Tesco Clubcard Creator, Edwina Dunn
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Tesco Clubcard Creator and Founder of The Female Lead Edwina Dunn is a globally renowned Big Data pioneer. In this episode of Show Me the Way, the author of When She’s in the Room talks about using data science to unlock the spending power of women and believes knowing women better will release billions of pounds of new income. We discuss her data-driven, not-for-profit, The Female Lead which encourages girls to increase their self confidence and self belief through inspiring role models. Edwina says in business, (and life), two is better than one and believes the greatest...
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How History Can Help Fix The Gender Gap with journalist and author Josie Cox
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Journalist Josie Cox is a leading authority on the relationship between economics, business and gender. In this episode of Show Me the Way, the author of "Women, Money, Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality" talks about the history of women’s fight for economic emancipation and the barriers to gender equality that still exist today. We discuss the untold stories of female financial pioneers, sexism in the workplace and how Covid has impacted the gender pay gap. Despite the harrowing reality of the data, Josie’s book is a call to action to unite in collective effort against...
info_outlineAs Martha Lane Fox so succinctly put it recently: "Your country needs you – to be a non-exec director".
It may seem like a pipe dream, or you may never have even considered it but when you've rolled your eyes at another corporate blunder, ask yourself, how would I have handled that differently. Then ask yourself, can I be part of the change?
And the answer is yes.
And the how is where Sarah Pierman from Dynamic Boards comes in.
She set up what is effectively a jobs board mining all the non-exec positions out because she didn't see enough people like her on the boards that she was on. So she decided to do something to change that.
Tune in to hear how you can become a non exec, broaden your network, your experience and get paid to do it.
My favourite tip:
“Nose in. Hands out.”
Listen to find out what that means!
