S04 E11 Nada Ahmed on The Great Resignation, Pivoting Your Career and the Reputation Dilemma.

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Innovation | CEO | Venture Capital | Board Member | Agile Leadership | Energy & Maritime Industry | Top 50 Women in Technology | Braving Innovation |

Nada Ahmed is a public speaker, writer, and innovation and tech advisor with over 15 years of corporate leadership experience in the Energy and Maritime industry.

She is the CEO and founder of Agile Leadership- an innovation consulting company helping startups validate their products and scale. Previously she served as Vice President of Innovation and Transformation at a leading engineering firm in the Nordics.

Nada is passionate about Innovation, particularly in tech, and loves to help companies think creatively to develop breakthrough solutions. She is also an angel investor in tech startups. Nada strongly advocates diversity and inclusion, particularly in tech and investment communities.

She has her podcast: Braving Innovation, in which she interviews leaders and shares her own thoughts on topics related to Innovation, entrepreneurship, and venture capital.
Follow Nada on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadaahmed-agileleadership/

Follow Nada on Instagram: @thisisnadaahmed

Check Nada’s work: https://www.nadahmed.com/

Book Recommendation: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Possibility-Transforming-Professional-Personal/dp/0142001104

Episode Timeline:

04:45 What is your professional focus right now?

08:35 What made you leave corporate for entrepreneurship?

12:30 Stepping into entrepreneurship to follow her passion.

15:45 Inspiring others to build a career path.

19:00 How do you build a brand?

25:50 What advice do you have for women who fear the negative interactions at work will follow their career?

32:45 We need to build up women’s support systems through collaboration.

36:08 What is your view on the diversity & inclusion topic in the investment world?

41:56 Where can people follow communities around investment and impact?

43:43 Final 5 Fire Questions.

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1. S04 E11 Nada Ahmed on The Great Resignation, Pivoting Your Career and the Reputation Dilemma. (00:00:00)

2. What is your professional focus right now? (00:04:45)

3. What made you leave corporate for entrepreneurship? (00:08:35)

4. Stepping into entrepreneurship to follow her passion. (00:12:30)

5. Inspiring others to build a career path. (00:15:45)

6. How do you build a personal brand? (00:19:00)

7. What advice do you have for women who fear the negative interactions at work will follow their career? (00:25:50)

8. We need to build up women’s support systems through collaboration. (00:32:45)

9. What is your view on the diversity & inclusion topic in the investment world? (00:36:08)

10. Where can people follow communities around investment and impact? (00:41:56)

11. Final 5 Fire Questions. (00:43:43)