B The Way Forward Podcast
1) It’s Not the End - How Nina Sossamon-Pogue Turned Life’s Worst Chapters Into a Playbook for Success
Nina Sossamon-Pogue was a member of the US National Gymnastics Team, an Emmy-winning news anchor, and a tech executive who helped guide a startup to a successful IPO.But Nina’s incredible career wasn’...Show More
2) The 24 Year Overnight Success - Lisa Gelobter on Delayed Degrees and Disrupting Systems
Silicon Valley loves the story of a College Dropout Founder - the genius who was just too brilliant for school. The implication of these stories is that of course they could graduate if they wanted to...Show More
3) Fear is Just an Emotion - Betsy Tong on Resilience, Reinvention and Finding Your Voice
Disclaimer: This episode includes brief use of strong language. As part of our mission to support real, lived experiences in tech, we’ve chosen to preserve the authenticity of this conversation. 2023...Show More
4) From Micro Failures to Success - McKinsey & Co’s Lareina Yee on Succeeding After Setback
Lately, we’ve been talking to some of the most incredible women in Tech about some of the most non-incredible moments in their careers - stories of setbacks, mistakes that felt unrecoverable, and outc...Show More
5) Maybe These Systems Shouldn’t Exist - AI Researcher Dr. Timint Gebru Asks the Questions Others Won’t - Part II
Welcome to B The Way Forward Interludes - a series of conversations that don’t necessarily fit in our regular season, but are just too good to not share. Dr. Timinit Gebru is one of the leading voi...Show More
6) “It’s All Marketing” - Dr. Timnit Gebru on the Smoke and Mirrors of AI Hype - Part I
Welcome to B The Way Forward Interludes - a series of conversations that don’t necessarily fit in our regular season, but are just too good to not share. Heard something about AI Lately? Have those...Show More
7) Do We Fold or Do We Fight - A CEO’s Lessons from One of Her Earliest Setbacks
At 16, Shellye Archambeau already knew she wanted to be a CEO. And early in her career at IBM, after closing a massive deal with RiteAid, it felt like she was well on her way. But then, at the last mi...Show More
8) You Can Walk Away - How Amanda Bickerstaff Found Her Way Back From Burnout
Amanda Bickerstaff had a plan and a goal. When she transitioned from being a teacher in NY to working in Ed Tech, she knew she wanted to make it to CEO - and that the only jobs she’d take would be th...Show More
9) Not Everyone Gets a Seat at Your Table - How Dr. Rebecca Andersen Said Goodbye to Imposter Syndrome
Today, as leader of the Talent Strategies program at the Berkeley lab, Dr. Rebecca Andersen has a thriving career in professional development. But back when she was in the middle stages of her career,...Show More
10) Forget Failure, It’s All an Experiment - Vlada Bortnik on How Marco Polo Approaches Big Choices
Marco Polo CEO, Vlada Borthnik, almost said no to being on our podcast. It wasn’t that she wasn’t a fan of AnitaB.org or didn’t believe in its mission, it was that we’d asked her to talk about failure...Show More