Telemachus & Athena Knowledge Transfer Webinars
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Knowledge Transfer Webinar Series
by Global Experts - Join Us!
We are proudly continuing the knowledge-transfer webinars as part of our 'Telemachus' and 'Athena' Mentoring Programmes!
We are delighted to offer our mentees and alumni the unique opportunity to learn from global experts during live sessions that will include Q & A.
Mentees and Alumni from all over the world can now actively engage with our Mentors and knowledge experts, learn from them and raise questions live.
We wish to thank our Mentors and Partners for generously supporting this knowledge-transfer series.
'Telemachus' & 'Athena' Knowledge Transfer Webinars
Experts & Themes
Startup Culture
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When you hear about a ‘startup’, a variety of thoughts and images - ranging from intrigue through excitement and even magic – comes to mind. Startup’s come in different shapes and sizes, and levels of complexity, but they all share some common characteristics that we can summarize as the startup culture. There is no textbook definition of what this culture is. It is a veritable mixture of a whole set of components – intuition, inquisitiveness, drive, tenacity,do-what-it-takes attitude and so on. It is very valuable for budding young entrepreneurs, and for others in the corporate world, to be aware, appreciate and embrace this culture. Come, let us get together and explore this concept and share our thoughts.
Raghupathy Narayanamurthy
IT Professional and Entrepreneur
Raghu is an IT Professional and Entrepreneur looking for opportunities to mentor, advise and work with startup or early stage companies that are looking to establish themselves in the market and/or grow rapidly. He has 40 years of experience in the global IT arena. He is a co-founder of Reflexis Systems Inc., which started from zero revenue in early 2000 and grew to being acquired by Zebra Technologies for USD 575 MM in 2020.
Raghu has held a variety of technical, functional and business roles in my career spread across multiple countries across the globe - India, the UK, the
Caribbean and the USA to name a few. A few significant areas of his expertise are: Customer Success Management - all aspects of assessing and providing value-added solutions to enterprise customers. Multi-location and offshore operations management - managed operations for companies with 10-500 people. Product Portfolio Management - went through many cycles of identifying requirements in the market, building products to satisfy these requirements and making a successful business out of marketing these solutions. Leadership and Executive Management - led teams to success in startup and early stage growth environments. Throughout his career, Raghu has mentored and helped grow many software professionals and others, with unwavering focus on the customer.
Afghan Women: Tales of Resilience & Resistance
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The vast majority of refugees flooding out of Ukraine are women and children. Afghan evacuees are often women and children. In these situations women have to show enormous strength and resilience. How do we help them find new lives in a culture and community not their own. The answers are critically important - not just for the women but for the world. Linda Duberley has reported from refugee camps in Europe and Asia and now works as the Women’s Empowerment Dircector of the Afghanistan and Central Association. She is in conversation with Julie Hall about the challenges they face and how the refugee crisis will change us forever.
Linda Duberley
Women’s Empowerment Director, Afghanistan and Central Asian Association
Linda Duberley is the Women's Empowerment Director of the Afghanistan and Central Asian Association - the main point of contact for Afghan refugees in the UK.
She is currently working on several projects to set up a media centre for the ACAA, a wellness for women programme and an Afghan Girls' cricket team. Linda is an international broadcaster and print journalist whose volunteer roles include working as an ambassador for The Victoria Foundation which supports grants and bursaries for young people from challenging backgrounds who want to train as medics.
Developing the Practical Skills & Tools You Need to Be an Inclusive Leader
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One of the key HR and business trends for 2022 is for companies to sharpen their focus on diversity and inclusion and to increase the impact they are having with their approach. CEOs realise that if they want to access different thinking to innovate their products and services and build better connections with their customers, they need to recruit and retain diverse talent. They also need to develop leaders who have the skills and tools to build an inclusive culture and workplace.
Indeed, executive search firms report a sharp increase in demand from companies for these inclusive leaders.
In this webinar, we explore the practical skills you can learn and the tools you can employ to become an inclusive leader and enhance your career prospects.
Robert Baker
Founder, Potentia Consulting Limited
Robert (Rob) Baker has recently retired from Mercer, a leading global Human Resources consulting firm, after a 42 year career with the company. During this time he undertook a number of key roles and Progressed to become a Senior Partner. His last role was as Leader of Diversity & Inclusion Consulting for the International Region (The World ex US and Canada).
Based in London, Rob plans to continue his work, helping organisations build the diverse and inclusive cultures, workplaces and workforces they need to meet the key business challenges of disruption, innovation and growth.
Rob is a thought leader on diversity & inclusion and on engaging men to support gender equality: at work, at home and in all aspects of life. In recognition of his achievements in supporting women in the workplace, he was named an Agent of Change 2019 by Management Today.
Rob is past Co-President of PWN Global, a major global women’s network. In this role, he shared the leadership of the Global Board and worked with global partners and local PWN City Networks to help drive gender balance.
He was elected as a Companion to the Chartered Management Institute in 2019 and joined an elite group of 500 business leaders working together to advance leadership and management in the new “Industrial Revolution 4.0”
Rob has spoken at numerous conferences and has contributed to many publications and blogs on the importance of balanced leadership. Rob also speaks widely on talent trends, innovation and the future of work, including the importance of engaging all employees in the workplace and getting the best from the multi-generational workforce.
You can follow Rob on Linked-In at http://linkedin.com/in/robert-baker-347a645 and on Twitter at @robertbkr
The Practice of Book Writing - What I Have Learned along the Way
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Alisa Grafton set off to write her first book, Great Networking: the Art and Practice of Building Authentic Professional Relationships, two months after starting a new job. She credits focussing on her purpose and the passion for the subject of the book with having the motivation to complete the writing in five months. Alisa's book is to be released in the Spring 2022. She will talk about the challenges of the process, the strategy that she has used to stay focussed, and what the book writing has taught her.
Alisa Grafton
Consultant Scrivener Notary, De Pinna LLP
Alisa currently is a Partner at De Pinna LLP. She was a Partner at Cheeswrights LLP, a renowned City firm of Scrivener Notaries, who are the legal professionals specialising in cross-border transactions.
Her nearly 20 years’ experience in the profession ranges from assisting the majority of the City law firms, large investment banks and multinational corporations to operating at board level and advising high-profile clientele, HNWI and UHNWI. Being only the second female partner in the 240 years’ history of the firm, she credits her professional success to her proactive approach to business development and networking.
Formerly an active member of the Board and the Director of Marketing & Communications at City Women Network, she has a passion for establishing and nurturing connections with a wide range of professionals inside and outside of the law and on creating a positive personal brand. In 2015-2018 she ran the City Blog for BBC Russian Service where she spoke candidly about the challenges of being a busy City parent.
She frequently speaks on the practical aspects of effective networking and the effective use of empathy, creativity and emotional intelligence as career and business tools. She also currently writes regular columns and blogs on these subjects.
Cryptocurrencies: Value, Risks & Benefits
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You’ve probably heard of bitcoin but what about the thousands of other cryptocurrencies out there? Do these new forms of money really have a value - and why - or is this all just a passing fad for speculative investors?
What are the risks as well as the benefits of cryptocurrencies? And how do new phenomena like NFTs and Central Bank Currencies fit in? Cryptocurrencies and related technologies are making a profound social impact on our world. Find out why cryptocurrency is about far more than just the price of Bitcoin and how it is beginning to shape our society for the better.
Helen Disney
Founder, Unblocked Events & Director, The Realization Group
Helen Disney is a Director and Board Member at The Realization Group, a consultancy-led marketing agency operating at the intersection of Traditional and Decentralised Finance.
She founded Unblocked in 2017 as a hub for strategic insights, education and events on blockchain and frontier technologies. She is now regarded as one of the best-known voices on Blockchain and cryptocurrency in the UK and is in demand as a speaker, moderator, and event host internationally.
Helen believes that blockchain, distributed ledgers and cryptocurrencies are changing our world for the better. Those who don’t understand them will miss out on fundamental opportunities for investment, wealth creation and social impact. And those who are harnessing them can grow much faster by telling their tech stories more effectively and meaningfully.
Helen has chaired and spoken at a wide range of high-level events globally alongside senior decision makers including Presidents, Prime Ministers, MPs, MEPs and CEOs. She is a regular conference speaker, moderator and commentator on Bitcoin, Blockchain and innovation policy. She has worked with a host of global media brands including The Economist, The Times, The Evening Standard, DagensIndustrie and The Fintech Times. She curated and hosted the UK’s first major Blockchain Alternative Investment Conference in London and has spoken at events hosted by the United Nations General Assembly, Chatham House,and the Law Society as well as giving evidence to the inaugural meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain.
Helen was recently listed as a Top 100 Regtech Influencer and was one of the Financial Technologist's inaugural Fintech Founders 50. In 2016, she was listed in Innovate Finance’s Women in Fintech Powerlist and has been referred to by Barclays as a “Blockchain guru” as well as featured in the Spectator magazine as one of the ‘queens of crypto’.
Previously, Helen set up Blockchain Intelligence, a global platform for news, networking and conferences about Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers and worked on outreach at the Bitcoin Foundation, driving a programme of strategic events to communicate the innovative potential of Bitcoin and Blockchain technology to innovators, entrepreneurs, policymakers and thought leaders.
Prior to moving into fintech, she founded and ran a social enterprise for 15 years, connecting thought leaders and policy experts to create and share best practice in public policy making. The network was made up of over 120 member organisations spanning more than 40 countries.
She is a co-founder of the British Blockchain and Frontier Technologies Association and has been a mentor for the Global Thinkers Forum a non-profit promoting accountable leadership, women empowerment and youth development.
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