Podcast appearances and mentions of dame stephanie shirley

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2023 27:24

Jake and Damian look back on the variety of guests that have joined the podcast in 2023 and the invaluable insights they provided. They reflect on the episode with Will Still when he shared why it's so important to embrace our differences. Shane Parrish was another guest that offered insightful and empowering takeaways, including the idea of living life on easy mode or hard mode. Jake and Damian also listen back to the insights shared by businesswoman and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley and Labour leader, Keir Starmer. Thank you for joining us on this journey - we can't wait to see what 2024 has to offer!Listen to the episodes mentioned here:Will Still: https://pod.fo/e/1ea4eaShane Parrish: https://pod.fo/e/1ff000 Dame Stephanie Shirley: https://pod.fo/e/16a443 Keir Starmer: https://pod.fo/e/16f84a Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Series 11 Recap: Best Moments

Danielle Newnham Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 49:43

Today, I wanted to close out Series 11 with a recap of the wonderful guests we have had on – from Mike Slade and James Vincent who both worked for many years with Steve Jobs, VC James Wise of Balderton Capital, Josh Dahn who set up a school with Elon Musk, pioneering tech entrepreneur Dame Stephanie Shirley, Kindred founder Anna Anderson, Google Developer Advocate Kelsey Hightower and Syreeta Challinger who taught us about the importance of storytelling and how to cope after trauma.That's something us founders don't talk much about… how to cope better, whether it's trauma, which drives so many of us, or the pain of simply building a startup with all the obstacles that comes with it.One action I have found helpful is journaling – and I have just started using Rosebud which makes it easy for anyone to build and maintain an impactful journaling practice.The number one AI-powered journaling app for mental health and personal growth, I have been using Rosebud for a week now and have already found clarity on some sticky situations, partly because instead of just writing my issues down in a physical journal, I am able to tell Rosebud what the issue is and then the app prompts me to go deeper which causes me to reflect more before offering some surprisingly good solutions which have helped me both in my personal and work life.I now do this practice every day – setting my morning intention for the day and then an evening reflection, and I have found it has made me happier and more productive for four simple reasons. 1. I have to set my intentions by typing them into Rosebud at the beginning of the day which helps me to visualise my day – you'll be surprised how useful that can be. 2. It forces me to set my priorities for the day and make them front and centre. 3. It urges me to note what obstacles I have to overcome that day which encourages me not to shy away from them and 4. Rosebud is able to take what I say are my priorities and my obstacles and then offer practical solutions with warm advice – like a friendly therapist guiding me through my day. In fact, due to the speed at which Rosebud responds to my issues with extremely wise and human-like advice, it's hard to believe I don't actually have a human therapist responding to me in real time!Like I said, I am a big fan of Rosebud - I think it's brilliant and I think you will like it too. So, if you want to try it out yourself, click the link here and try it for free.Enjoy!Danielle Twitter / Instagram / Substack Newsletter Original Episodes:Mike SladeDame Stephanie ShirleyJames WiseAnna AndersonJosh DahnSyreeta ChallingerKelsey HightowerJames Vincent

E213｜Your message is more important than your fear of getting it out into the world with Kate Bird

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 28:48

If you've ever felt the fear of putting yourself on social media, you'll totally relate to Kate Bird's story. Before TechPixies, Kate wasn't really on social media and felt hamstrung by an industry where credibility is everything (and you can lose it in a heartbeat).

Dame Stephanie Shirley: From Child Refugee to £2 Billion Business

Danielle Newnham Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 39:39

Today's guest is Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley - a hugely successful tech entrepreneur and now philanthropist as well as author of her memoir, Let It Go. I actually recorded this interview back in 2016 for my book Female Innovators at Work and you can find the full interview on my YouTube channel, thanks to my friends at Bullet Media who filmed it.But now feels like a good time to release this episode on the podcast for several reasons, not least because Dame Stephanie turned 90 last month and it was Ada Lovelace day this week – which is a celebration of all the incredible achievements by women in STEM.And Dame Stephanie is an incredible woman. Having escaped the Nazi regime as an unaccompanied five year old child on the Kindertransport, Dame Stephanie settled in the UK and went on to huge success as a technology and entrepreneurial pioneer when she founded an all-woman software company called F International that pioneered remote working and redefined the expectations and opportunities for working women at that time. It was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion and made 70 of her staff millionaires - but this was against many odds as she describes in this interview – from being a child refugee to dealing with sexism and knockbacks in the industry to the heartbreak of losing her beloved autistic son, Giles. Dame Stephanie Shirley is a huge inspiration to me and after you have listened to her story today, I know she will inspire you too.So please do enjoy my conversation with the amazing Dame Stephanie Shirley. Dame Stephanie Shirley website / book / TwitterDanielle Twitter / Instagram / NewsletterPS Another quick shout out to Wave coaching app - the sponsor of last week's episode. Check them out hereYou can watch this interview on YouTube hereImage via TED

Reconnecting with Your Disconnected Remote Team

The Business Behind Small Business

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 53:03

#61: Let's talk about reconnecting your disconnected team! These days, you may have already decided to go forth permanently with a fully remote team or maybe even a hybrid of some kind. Regardless of which model you have, including a full return-to-the-office model, disengaged employees are not good for business! Today, Sevana and Tiffany talk about the signs of a disengaged employee and what you can do to pull them back into the fold! **We're sorry, Sevana's video had some challenges so here we are.... still a work in progress !! ** Famous Examples - #1. Dame Stephanie Shirley #2. Jack Nilles : https://www.crossover.com/perspective/the-history-of-remote-work **************************** About BBSB - We are two business owners with two very different perspectives on building business, and the business behind that in order to achieve your goals. One of us built to sell, and will continue on the serial entrepreneur path, which means your focus and drive should include very particular tools and tips in order to achieve your goal. The other, is building a generational business, one that can go on long after she's let go of the wheel. This type of business also requires very specific tools and platforms to achieve this goal. Both women have been successful in their own right, but in honesty - haven't scratched the surface! Sponsorship Opportunities - Email us here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠thebusinessbehindsmallbusiness@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website - Check out our website! ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thebusinessbehindsmallbusiness.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Notice - As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. These earnings contribute towards the costs of creating this podcast and we greatly appreciate your support! Disclaimer - We are NOT licensed financial experts, nor do we give financial advice. Anything we share with you here on our podcast, whether it be a personal experience or submission, or advice/tips that have worked for us, or that we believe would work for you should not be viewed as either financial, business, or tax advice. We ask for you to do your research, have open and honest conversations with your company's own support providers and make decisions based upon that. Throughout this broadcast we will share our knowledge and give suggestions and hope you will receive them as part of your overall research to better your own company.

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WHY we started this podcast

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 24:01

After over 200 episodes and almost 4 years of the High Performance Podcast, Jake and Damian take a moment to rewind through the episodes. For any brand new listeners, this is your ultimate guide to the key High Performance moments. Jake and Damian reflect on their favourite guests, biggest lessons and most memorable moments from the very start of the High Performance journey to the most recent episode. To begin, Jake and Damian explore the why behind the podcast. They delve into how their understanding of high performance has evolved over the years, from deep and honest conversations with the world's highest achievers.Listen to the full episodes from the guests mentioned in this episode:Tyson Fury: https://pod.fo/e/14ef0f Steven Hendry: https://pod.fo/e/c12f9 Jonny Wilkinson 2020: https://pod.fo/e/9cca4 Jonny Wilkinson 2022: https://pod.fo/e/12f77d Dame Stephanie Shirley: https://pod.fo/e/16a443 Eddie Howe: https://pod.fo/e/14d4d9 Christian Horner - https://pod.fo/e/cda02 Fernando Alonso: https://pod.fo/e/1e5849 Download The High Performance App by clicking the link below and using the code: HPAPP https://www.thehighperformancepodcast.com/app-link Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#252: From War-Torn Childhood to Tech Billionaire: Dame Stephanie Shirley's Unbelievable Journey

The Spencer Lodge Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 57:43

Imagine this: It's 1939, you're five years old and World War II has just begun. Together with your sister, you're forced onto a train departing Vienna with thousands of other children, to escape unthinkable horror. You arrive in London as a refugee and orphan, riddled with fear and uncertainty – unsure where life will take you next. This is the start of Dame Stephanie Shirley's story – one of the world's greatest tech entrepreneurs who went on to build a 3-billion-dollar empire. Continuing our exclusive series in London for The Spencer Lodge Podcast, Dame Stephanie shares her incredible journey, which led her to become one of the world's most esteemed technology pioneers. In this episode, we delve into her extraordinary life journey, her entrepreneurial success, her definition of happiness, and much more. This conversation has the power to transform your life and change your perspective on hardship and rejection. Tune in now and get ready to be inspired by one of the most extraordinary women in the world. If you'd like to learn more about Dame Stephanie Shirley's story, I highly recommend you read her book, Let It Go. By ordering through the link below, every penny of your donation goes straight to Autistica, the UK's largest research charity. Check it out: https://www.steveshirley.com/let-it-go/ Discussion points: 04:16 More about Dame Stephanie Shirley18:08 What sparked her entrepreneurial journey22:02 Why she chose a computing career30:22 Dame Stephanie's definition of happiness37:48 How autism played a role in her life42:52 The people that inspire her44:17 Why salespeople are frowned upon49:09 How she handled resistance Show Sponsors: Najahi Events: The UAE's leading event promoter https://www.instagram.com/najahievents/?hl=en Socials: Spencer Lodge https://www.instagram.com/spencer.lodge/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@spencer.lodge https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerlodge/ https://www.youtube.com/c/SpencerLodgeTVhttps://www.facebook.com/spencerlodgeofficial/ Dame Stephanie Shirleyhttps://www.instagram.com/damestephanie_/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/DameStephanie/

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3187. 118 Academic Words Reference from "Dame Stephanie Shirley: Why do ambitious women have flat heads? | TED Talk"

English Academic Vocabulary Booster

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 106:02

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Breaking Barriers and Embracing Change

Push to be More

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2023 47:01 Transcription Available

Ever wondered what it takes to leave a secure corporate job and dive into the world of entrepreneurship? In this episode, we're joined by Liane Katz, who did just that. Hear her riveting story of transformation, her candid revelations about personal challenges, and her unique approach to cultivating habits. This isn't just about a career change; it's about challenging norms and making a difference in a male-dominated industry. Don't miss out on this inspiring journey of resilience and innovation!Here's some of the great stuff that we cover in this show:Liane talks about her inspiration, Dame Stephanie Shirley, who had to use a man's name, Steve, to get responses to her business development letters in the 1960s. She admires how Dame Stephanie created a company of freelance programmers, mostly mums working from home, which parallels Liane's own business. Liane discusses her transition from a secure corporate job at The Guardian to entrepreneurship after having children. She credits her parents' entrepreneurial spirit for showing her that this path was possible and fulfilling. Liane continues discussing her messiness, admitting that it's a source of arguments with her partner. She's trying to cultivate tidiness to reduce these arguments and is reading books on how to declutter. This shows her commitment to embracing change in her personal life.Liane shares her approach to incorporating small habits into her life, like doing a 30-second sun salutation in the morning. She believes in making changes super small to make them stick. -----------------------ABOUT LIANELiane Katz is a champion of digital literacy and diversity in tech. From her humble beginnings as a journalist, she embraced the world of coding and technology, leading to a remarkable career spanning 20 years in digital media. After a transformative 12-year stint at The Guardian, Liane took a leap of faith, left her corporate role, and ventured into the world of entrepreneurship. She co-founded MAMA.codes, an innovative coding school for children aged 3-11, designed to empower the next generation with crucial digital skills. Now, MAMA.codes has taught over 5,000 kids to code and is on a mission to widen its impact, all under Liane's dynamic leadership. As she guides MAMA.codes into its exciting digital future, Liane continues to be a passionate advocate for diversity in tech and remains committed to creating a world where every child, regardless of their circumstances, has access to coding education.-----------------------For complete show notes, transcript and links to our guest, check out our website: www.pushtobemore.com.

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Dame Stephanie Shirley: 'Men Told Me There Was No Market For Software Houses. We Proved Them Wrong.'

The Business of Fashion Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 17:22

The pioneering 89-year-old entrepreneur shares her life story as a child refugee who fled Nazi Germany and created a $3 billion technology company. Background: At BoF VOICES 2022, the pioneering 89-year-old entrepreneur Dame Stephanie Shirley discussed her life working with early computers at the London's Post Office Research Station and how, against all odds, she created a software company for — and run by — other ambitious women, valued at almost $3 billion. “You could always tell ambitious women by the shape of our heads. They're flat on top and that comes from being patted patronisingly,” said Shirley, describing the sexist work environments of the day. This week on The BoF Podcast, Dame Stephanie discusses the hurdles she had to overcome as a woman in the technology industry, the growth of her influential company, Freelance Programmers, and warns us about the growing power of giant technology companies.Key Insights:Growing up as a child refugee who fled from Nazi Germany Shirley realised that being able to adapt was the key to surviving and thriving. “I realised that change is often welcome indeed, that I could initiate change. And when it was necessary, that sense of personal empowerment took time to develop. But it has never left me,” said Shirley. Freelance Programmers was one of the first software companies that allowed women, who had long left the workforce to create families, to work from home, she explained. “It was a company of women, a company for women, an early social business, a software house which recruited professionally qualified women who had left the industry,” said Shirley.For Shirley, trying to thrive in a male-dominated field like software development, required a little “subterfuge.” After other businesses refused to respond to her letters signed with her name, “Stephanie” Shirley quickly adapted and began signing them as “Steve.” “If I used the family nickname of Steve … customers would not only read them, but pick up the phone to reply. When they discovered that Steve was actually a woman, they were already half hooked,” said Shirley. According to Shirley, as the Internet develops so does the divide between the corporate world and the common Internet user, further widening the gap between the truth and fiction. “Our reliance on digital technology has placed us in the hands of powerful tech innovators and the giant corporations they spawned … They have the power to influence our daily lives in ways few people understand,” said Shirley.Additional Resources:How Technology Can Power a Better Future: During BoF VOICES, The Business of Fashion hosts Dame Stephanie Shirley who discusses her first company, Freelance Programmers and what it was like working in a male dominated industry in the 1960s. Please watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoOtQdBod9U To subscribe to the BoF Podcast, please follow this link. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Late Fragments with Dame Stephanie Shirley

Late Fragments Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 35:42

In this first episode in a new series, interviewer Chloe Fox talks to Dame Stephanie Shirley about philanthropy, loss and why age is a state of mind.If you would like to find out more about Dame Stephanie's charitable works, please head to www.steveshirley.com. More details about Autistica can be found at www.autistica.org.ukIf you would like a personally signed copy of either 'So to Speak' or 'Let It Go' please email pa@steveshirley.com - ALL proceeds go to Autistica. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Lessons from the Month with Dame Stephanie Shirley, Molly McCann, Ryan Mason and Keir Starmer

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2023 24:30

Jake and Damian reflect on their key-takeaways from the guest that joined the podcast in March. They summarise each episode from the previous month, covering the key stories and greatest lessons from each guest. What was Jake's biggest takeaway? How will Damian be using these learnings in his everyday life? In this wrap-up they discuss the lessons on post-traumatic growth from Stephanie Shirley, dealing with setbacks and Ryan Mason's life changing skull injury and how crucial communication is for Keir Starmer. Listen back to:Dame Stephanie Shirley - https://pod.fo/e/16a443Ryan Mason - https://pod.fo/e/16c19eMolly McCann - https://pod.fo/e/16dd3bKeir Starmer - https://pod.fo/e/16f84a Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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E181 - Dame Stephanie Shirley: From child refugee to the Sunday Times rich list. What I've learned in 90 years

Charles Russell Speechlys Podcast Channel

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 62:44

Dame Stephanie Shirley is a businesswoman, technology pioneer and philanthropist. Currently at the age of 89, Stephanie has had a long career championing women in the workplace and new forms of technology, including being part of the team that programmed Concorde's black box flight recorder. After being born in Germany, Stephanie was brought over to the UK on the Kindertransport during the WWII and lived with foster parents for many years. This turbulent childhood has shaped Stephanie's life and career, teaching her how valuable life is and making her determined to do something good with every day. She discusses this with Jake and Damian in this open and honest conversation, along with the importance of being disruptive and innovative in business, whilst standing up for the people who need it, among much more. In the beginning of her career, she used the pen name ‘Steve' to ensure she was taken seriously by her male counterparts. She pioneered empowering women, disabled people in the workplace by allowing them to work from home, something unheard of in the 1960's.Stephanie shares stories of her childhood, her businesses and her personal life, in this moving and inspiring conversation. If you would like a personally signed copy of either of Stephanie's books (‘So To Speak' or ‘Let It Go'), please email pa@steveshirley.com – ALL proceeds go to Autistica. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Client Conversations Podcast: Dame Stephanie Shirley CH

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 54:39

Managing Partner, Simon Ridpath, and Senior Partner, Bart Peerless, are joined by tech entrepreneur and philanthropist, Dame Stephanie Shirley CH. In this first episode, Dame Stephanie discusses her lessons from the world of business and her life as a philanthropist, having founded two significant autism charities: Prior's Court School for young people with complex autism and Autistica, the UK's national autism research charity. About Dame Stephanie Shirley CH Dame Stephanie is a businesswoman and philanthropist, having pioneered a career in the information technology sector. She started her own business in the early 1960s, Freelance Programmers, staffed by women working from home, which was ultimately valued at $3 billion, making millionaires of 70 of her team members. Given the status quo in the sixties, this all-female business was trailblazing and flourished over the following decades. Since then, Dame Stephanie has established The Shirley Foundation, which is one of the top fifty grant-giving foundations in the UK. She has also founded two significant autism charities: Prior's Court School for young people with complex autism and Autistica, the UK's national autism research charity. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in 2017, a membership limited to only 65 individuals globally, for her services to the IT industry and philanthropy. During the podcast Simon and Bart ask Dame Stephanie thought provoking questions about her life and lessons that she wishes to share with listeners. As well as talking about her journey in the world of technology and her successes, Dame Stephanie talks about her struggles with growing an international organisation. "I started off in a very entrepreneurial way and have tried to remain innovative as an organisation so that some of the things I have done have been shock horror types of things, trying to take the whole company, which is quite sizable and profitable, into co-ownership, that took 11 years, and what I have learnt that most of the things that you do in business take that sort of time. My first charity took 17 years to set up. These things are slow and take a lot out of you." Bart comments: "You are the most significant private donor in the field of autism in the country, possibly in the world." He touches on how Dame Stephanie's changing relationship with her business led to moving towards into the world of philanthropy and how one moves into making a difference in the world. Dame Stephanie replies: "I don't like to be bored, I like to do new things, I like to make things happen, so it's worked out quite well for me. Some of the projects that you have helped me with, such as house purchasing and house selling, which is the normal domestic thing, but also, I started to buy houses on behalf of Charities, including one that I bought for £15 million. These are significant changes of scale as far as I am concerned - as well as growing another business with the school I set up, which is the largest charitable project I did, for £30 million, which took five years." Simon asks Dame Stephanie how she stays with her projects and what role she takes in these causes: "The key thing that I do is set the culture, so it's pretty firm. Even when I've left, I am told that the trustees think, and say "What would Steve do in this situation? And although it's a nice to hear, it's not always a good thing, as things then won't change." If you would like a personally signed copy of either So To Speak or Let It Go. Please email pa@steveshirley.com – all proceeds go to Autistica.

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How a £6 start up was sold for £3 billion with Dame Stephanie Shirley CH

Workplace Happiness Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 31:03

WorkL Founder Lord Mark Price joins the inspirational Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley CH to discuss her remarkable life and career.In 1939 Dame Stephanie arrived at the age of five in the UK as a Kindertransport child refugee from Nazi Germany and went on to found an all-woman software company that redefined the expectations and opportunities for working women at that time. It was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion and made 70 of her staff millionaires. Since ‘retiring' her work has been in philanthropy, with a particular focus on autism and IT.Dame Stephanie was appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in 2017, a membership limited to only 65 individuals globally, for her services to the IT industry and philanthropy.This podcast is brought to you by WorkL. Visit WorkL.co to find a job in the happiest companies, take our happiness test, network and get career support from experts and much much more. Work Happier with WorkL.

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A Life Well Lived and Wealth Well Spent with Dame Stephanie Shirley

The Change Maker

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 37:45

This week on the Change Maker: Dame Stephanie Shirley. Dame Stephanie is a philanthropist and business owner in the United Kingdom. She arrived there shortly after the start of World War II as an unaccompanied child refugee. From those beginnings, she went on to create one of the first woman owned and staffed software companies in the UK to great success. She has since created several charities for causes near and dear to her. You can learn more about Dame Stephanie Shirley and he philanthropic work at: https://www.steveshirley.com To find more information on this show: https://www.augustapodcasts.com/thechangemaker You can watch the video version of our conversation on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/AZGqiXN3qRg

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Cultivating careers and diversity in tech with Gry Stene (#49)

STEAM Powered

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 82:53

Gry Stene loves to share her observations from her 30+ years as an "IT Girl" aka Woman in Tech. When it came to choosing a career, Gry only had a couple of criteria… Firstly, she wanted to help people solve problems and create a better world. Secondly, she wanted to prove that girls were as capable as boys. Given her proficiency in maths and science, information technology (IT) was a very real option, and when she realised that IT was likely to be a key component and foundation for solving pervasive problems across industries globally, the choice was easy. She started her career with a BSc(Hon) of Computation in Manchester, England in the late eighties and has built on that ever since. Through her career, Gry has had the opportunity to design and deliver solutions across many industries, creating the right mix of people, systems, processes and culture. She has been fortunate to work across all continents and is as at home in early stage startups as she is in global conglomerates. Often the only woman in the room, she has a unique perspective on IT, the people in IT, and what we need to do to create diverse and inclusive cultures where people feel they belong. She is driven to ensure that we create meaningful technology and are ethical in our considerations. Gry loves the expression "same same but different", and lives to engage, empower and inspire people to find their place in a digital world. As an original "IT Girl" from the 80s who studied Computer Science and started out as programmer at a time when there were 35-40% women in key roles, she has loved working across continents in customer obsessed roles, and is equally at home in conceptual stage startups as she is in global conglomerates. She is deeply concerned with the downward trend of women in tech, especially as tech creators and inventors, and is on a mission to encourage, enable, empower and inspire more women, girls and other underrepresented people to step into IT! The IT Girls Rock community is part of that mission, as are the projects and initiatives across education, corporate and technology that she designs, develops and delivers through her social enterprise STEAM Engine Global. In our conversation, we talk about Gry's journey to computing, being an IT Girl, and building an ecosystem that cultivates and nurtures careers in tech for women. Show Notes: https://steampoweredshow.com/shows/gry-stene [00:01:11] Gry's worldly early years. [00:02:33] Academic proficiency leading towards mathematics and sciences. [00:03:45] Pursuing sciences further in high school. [00:05:20] Returning and readjusting back to Norway. [00:06:05] Choosing a career path. [00:09:30] Applying 'ikigai' and f inding your purpose. [00:10:05] Gry's motivations for pursuing computation. [00:11:37] Entering the workforce and growing her understanding of the scope of technical work. [00:13:31] Learning you can't be a dev in isolation. [00:15:22] Dame Stephanie Shirley. [00:16:18] #DevThings Segue: Technical Debt. [00:18:24] The need to cultivate diversity in teams. [00:22:46] Observations about gravitating towards roles which accommodate our other aspects. [00:26:49] Prioritisation habits of high performing women. [00:31:29] Standards. [00:35:06] Finding a place for everyone's unique skillsets. [00:36:58] Solving the right problems. [00:40:25] Expanding your thinking about what others' experiences are. [00:58:23] STEAM Engine Global. [00:58:31] Cultivating spaces in the pipeline for creating belonging and nurturing talent. [01:06:15] Following her north star. [01:08:14] Bonus Question 1: What hobby or interest do you have that is most unrelated to your field of work? [01:13:24] Bonus Question 2: Which childhood book holds the strongest memories for you [01:14:27] Bonus Question 3: What advice you would give someone who wants to do what you do? Or what advice should they ignore? Connect with STEAM Powered: Website | YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon

Ep 32: Layers of Cake, Connection & Community, with Esther Bullock

How DOES she do it?!

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 49:09

Esther Bullock started The Goldfinch Kitchen to showcase her talent for creating honest, natural and delicious cakes and patisserie. A former HR professional, Esther started her venture after having her two children, when she turned her passion for baking with natural ingredients into a thriving and successful business. Based in the heart of Surrey, she is renowned for her unique and artistic wedding and celebration cakes, and is a highly commended finalist in the Surrey Life Food & Drinks Awards, a finalise in The Family Network Best New Business Awards, and she has delivered more than three hundred cakes to a wealth of happy recipients! This conversation has a beautiful energy to it, and it was wonderful to hear Esther's joy and passion flow as she talked about creating delectable cakes for special occasions, and I loved hearing about all the layers of connection that occur in her work. This business is personal and the unique experience Esther offers is something very special indeed. Enjoy the show! Connect with Jo: Email me to book a 1:1 Discovery call: jo@howdoesshedoit.life If you are interested in support to grow your business and confidence, learn more here: https://howdoesshedoit.life/group-and-one-to-one/ Join us at one of my upcoming networking events: https://howdoesshedoit.life/networking/ Connect with me on my website How DOES She Do it?!: https://howdoesshedoit.life/ Follow me on Instagram to continue the conversation and get updates about the podcast: https://www.instagram.com/howdoesshedoitlife/ Connect with Esther: www.thegoldfinchkitchen.com https://www.instagram.com/thegoldfinchkitchen/ https://www.facebook.com/thegoldfinchkitchen Book recommendations from Esther: Let it go - Dame Stephanie Shirley https://www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Go-Extraordinary-Entrepreneur-Philanthropist/dp/0241395496 The Discomfort Zone - Farrah Storr https://www.amazon.co.uk/Discomfort-Zone-What-Living-Fearlessly/dp/B07D5HY1PF/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+discomfort+zone&qid=1664481346&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjI5IiwicXNhIjoiMS43MyIsInFzcCI6IjIuMTEifQ%3D%3D&s=audible&sprefix=the+discomfort+zone%2Caudible%2C99&sr=1-1 The Invisible Revolution- Nicola Huelin https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invisible-Revolution-empowered-Mumpreneurs-Inspiration/dp/1910056618/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=25AKQFZJ6359I&keywords=nicola+huelin&qid=1664461380&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjgwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=nicola+huelin%2Caps%2C84&sr=8-2 Quote from Ruth Oshikanlu “It has taken a village to raise the mother who can raise her child and grow her business at the same time.”

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Leadership and Loyalty - 1/2 Dame Stephanie Shirley: From Refugee to IT Icon

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 27:26

What is true resilience? Imagine being stripped away from your birth family due to the circumstances of war? Imagine being shipped off to a country with a completely different language and having to live with strangers. Okay, that's tough enough. Now imagine entering into what at the time is a fledgling industry that wants nothing to do with you because it's a men's club and you are a woman. As if all that's not enough, let's now imagine taking all that on the chin, and you go on to become a Technology Icon who started a software business employing only women in the 1960s. Stay tuned because, over the next two episodes, we sit down with a technology Icon and a true champion of women in technology and leadership since the 1960s, Dame Stephanie Shirley. In 1962 Dame Stephanie founded an all-woman software company that pioneered remote working and redefined the expectations and opportunities for working women at that time. Her company, Freelance Programmers, grew to 8,500 employees, was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion, and made 70 of her staff into millionaires. Since 'retiring,' her focus has been on philanthropy, especially on autism and IT. Over the last 30 years, Dame Stephanie has given away almost $100 million to good causes, primarily in the fields of autism and IT. Dame Stephanie is a workplace revolutionary, and successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent venture philanthropist. She is the first person to drop off the Time's Rich List, having given away too much of her money, an achievement which gives her great pleasure! Website www.steveshirley.com Social Media https://www.facebook.com/DameStephanie https://twitter.com/DameStephanie_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnhartuk https://www.instagram.com/damestephanie Part 1) The Journey, Refugee to Champion for Women Where does Resilience Come From? "Think for Yourself-Not About Yourself" How Trusting Builds Trust Memoirs of a 5 Years Old Refugee Escaping the Nazi's The Compassion of Strangers with a Horrible Message Confronting Today's Lack of Compassion Going from Refugee to Dame Becoming one of only 65 (globally) named as "Companion of Honour" The Entrepreneurial Journey Fighting for Women Pioneering a Remote Workforce in the 1960s

Leadership and Loyalty - Part 2/2 Giving Away $100 Million and Become Wealthier: Dame Stephanie Shirley

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 33:45

What is true resilience? Imagine being stripped away from your birth family due to the circumstances of war? Imagine being shipped off to a country with a completely different language and having to live with strangers. Okay, that's tough enough. Now imagine entering into what at the time is a fledgling industry that wants nothing to do with you because it's a men's club and you are a woman. As if all that's not enough, let's now imagine taking all that on the chin, and you go on to become a Technology Icon who started a software business employing only women in the 1960s. Stay tuned because, over the next two episodes, we sit down with a technology Icon and a true champion of women in technology and leadership since the 1960s, Dame Stephanie Shirley. In 1962 Dame Stephanie founded an all-woman software company that pioneered remote working and redefined the expectations and opportunities for working women at that time. Her company, Freelance Programmers, grew to 8,500 employees, was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion, and made 70 of her staff into millionaires. Since 'retiring,' her focus has been on philanthropy, especially on autism and IT. Over the last 30 years, Dame Stephanie has given away almost $100 million to good causes, primarily in the fields of autism and IT. Dame Shirley received her BSc in 1956 and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1980 Birthday Honours[15] for services to industry; Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to information technology.;[16] and Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to the IT industry and philanthropy.[17] The CH refers to her Companion of Honour – only 65 people in the world have one Dame Stephanie is a workplace revolutionary, and successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent venture philanthropist. She is the first person to drop off the Time's Rich List, having given away too much of her money, an achievement which gives her great pleasure! Website www.steveshirley.com Social Media https://www.facebook.com/DameStephanie https://twitter.com/DameStephanie_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnhartuk https://www.instagram.com/damestephanie Part 2) Giving Away $100 Million and Becoming Wealthier Recruiting on Character and Values Recognizing the New Face of Leadership is Comedic From the Echoes of a Wailing "goodbye" to The Trauma of a Silent "Hello." Building a Company that would Create the Black Box for Concord Dropping off the "Time's Riches" list by giving away over $100 million! When a Workaholic Entrepreneur is Confronted with a Severely Autistic Child Looking the Black Dog of Depression in The Eye and Asking for Help Why the Most Rewarding Work has Nothing To do with Profit. Fighting for Those who are Disregarded.

Leadership and Loyalty - 1/2 Dame Stephanie Shirley: From Refugee to IT Icon

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 27:26

What is true resilience? Imagine being stripped away from your birth family due to the circumstances of war? Imagine being shipped off to a country with a completely different language and having to live with strangers. Okay, that's tough enough. Now imagine entering into what at the time is a fledgling industry that wants nothing to do with you because it's a men's club and you are a woman. As if all that's not enough, let's now imagine taking all that on the chin, and you go on to become a Technology Icon who started a software business employing only women in the 1960s. Stay tuned because, over the next two episodes, we sit down with a technology Icon and a true champion of women in technology and leadership since the 1960s, Dame Stephanie Shirley. In 1962 Dame Stephanie founded an all-woman software company that pioneered remote working and redefined the expectations and opportunities for working women at that time. Her company, Freelance Programmers, grew to 8,500 employees, was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion, and made 70 of her staff into millionaires. Since 'retiring,' her focus has been on philanthropy, especially on autism and IT. Over the last 30 years, Dame Stephanie has given away almost $100 million to good causes, primarily in the fields of autism and IT. Dame Stephanie is a workplace revolutionary, and successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent venture philanthropist. She is the first person to drop off the Time's Rich List, having given away too much of her money, an achievement which gives her great pleasure! Website www.steveshirley.com Social Media https://www.facebook.com/DameStephanie https://twitter.com/DameStephanie_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnhartuk https://www.instagram.com/damestephanie Part 1) The Journey, Refugee to Champion for Women Where does Resilience Come From? "Think for Yourself-Not About Yourself" How Trusting Builds Trust Memoirs of a 5 Years Old Refugee Escaping the Nazi's The Compassion of Strangers with a Horrible Message Confronting Today's Lack of Compassion Going from Refugee to Dame Becoming one of only 65 (globally) named as "Companion of Honour" The Entrepreneurial Journey Fighting for Women Pioneering a Remote Workforce in the 1960s

Leadership and Loyalty - Part 2/2 Giving Away $100 Million and Become Wealthier: Dame Stephanie Shirley

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 33:45

What is true resilience? Imagine being stripped away from your birth family due to the circumstances of war? Imagine being shipped off to a country with a completely different language and having to live with strangers. Okay, that's tough enough. Now imagine entering into what at the time is a fledgling industry that wants nothing to do with you because it's a men's club and you are a woman. As if all that's not enough, let's now imagine taking all that on the chin, and you go on to become a Technology Icon who started a software business employing only women in the 1960s. Stay tuned because, over the next two episodes, we sit down with a technology Icon and a true champion of women in technology and leadership since the 1960s, Dame Stephanie Shirley. In 1962 Dame Stephanie founded an all-woman software company that pioneered remote working and redefined the expectations and opportunities for working women at that time. Her company, Freelance Programmers, grew to 8,500 employees, was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion, and made 70 of her staff into millionaires. Since 'retiring,' her focus has been on philanthropy, especially on autism and IT. Over the last 30 years, Dame Stephanie has given away almost $100 million to good causes, primarily in the fields of autism and IT. Dame Shirley received her BSc in 1956 and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1980 Birthday Honours[15] for services to industry; Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to information technology.;[16] and Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to the IT industry and philanthropy.[17] The CH refers to her Companion of Honour – only 65 people in the world have one Dame Stephanie is a workplace revolutionary, and successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent venture philanthropist. She is the first person to drop off the Time's Rich List, having given away too much of her money, an achievement which gives her great pleasure! Website www.steveshirley.com Social Media https://www.facebook.com/DameStephanie https://twitter.com/DameStephanie_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnhartuk https://www.instagram.com/damestephanie Part 2) Giving Away $100 Million and Becoming Wealthier Recruiting on Character and Values Recognizing the New Face of Leadership is Comedic From the Echoes of a Wailing "goodbye" to The Trauma of a Silent "Hello." Building a Company that would Create the Black Box for Concord Dropping off the "Time's Riches" list by giving away over $100 million! When a Workaholic Entrepreneur is Confronted with a Severely Autistic Child Looking the Black Dog of Depression in The Eye and Asking for Help Why the Most Rewarding Work has Nothing To do with Profit. Fighting for Those who are Disregarded.

Part 2/2 Giving Away $100 Million and Become Wealthier: Dame Stephanie Shirley

Leadership and Loyalty™

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 33:48

Part 2 of 2 What is true resilience? Imagine being stripped away from your birth family due to the circumstances of war? Imagine being shipped off to a country with a completely different language and having to live with strangers. Okay, that's tough enough. Now imagine entering into what at the time is a fledgling industry that wants nothing to do with you because it's a men's club and you are a woman. As if all that's not enough, let's now imagine taking all that on the chin, and you go on to become a Technology Icon who started a software business employing only women in the 1960s. Stay tuned because, over the next two episodes, we sit down with a technology Icon and a true champion of women in technology and leadership since the 1960s, Dame Stephanie Shirley. In 1962 Dame Stephanie founded an all-woman software company that pioneered remote working and redefined the expectations and opportunities for working women at that time. Her company, Freelance Programmers, grew to 8,500 employees, was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion, and made 70 of her staff into millionaires. Since 'retiring,' her focus has been on philanthropy, especially on autism and IT. Over the last 30 years, Dame Stephanie has given away almost $100 million to good causes, primarily in the fields of autism and IT. Dame Shirley received her BSc in 1956 and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1980 Birthday Honours[15] for services to industry; Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to information technology.;[16] and Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to the IT industry and philanthropy.[17] The CH refers to her Companion of Honour – only 65 people in the world have one Dame Stephanie is a workplace revolutionary, and successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent venture philanthropist. She is the first person to drop off the Time's Rich List, having given away too much of her money, an achievement which gives her great pleasure! Website www.steveshirley.com Social Media https://www.facebook.com/DameStephanie https://twitter.com/DameStephanie_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnhartuk https://www.instagram.com/damestephanie Part 2) Giving Away $100 Million and Becoming Wealthier Recruiting on Character and Values Recognizing the New Face of Leadership is Comedic From the Echoes of a Wailing "goodbye" to The Trauma of a Silent "Hello." Building a Company that would Create the Black Box for Concord Dropping off the "Time's Riches" list by giving away over $100 million! When a Workaholic Entrepreneur is Confronted with a Severely Autistic Child Looking the Black Dog of Depression in The Eye and Asking for Help Why the Most Rewarding Work has Nothing To do with Profit. Fighting for Those who are Disregarded. . . Curious to discover how tapping into the Anatomy of Meaning can #actualize your #business, #culture, #Leadership and #tribe DovBaron.com "Those Who Control Meaning for The Tribe, Also Control The Movement of That Tribe" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[Episode 150] What makes a great entrepreneur and other words of wisdom from Dame Stephanie Shirley

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2022 45:46

What makes a great entrepreneur? It's a BIG question for a BIG episode.

1/2 Dame Stephanie Shirley: From Refugee to IT Icon

Leadership and Loyalty™

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2022 27:29

What is true resilience? Imagine being stripped away from your birth family due to the circumstances of war? Imagine being shipped off to a country with a completely different language and having to live with strangers. Okay, that's tough enough. Now imagine entering into what at the time is a fledgling industry that wants nothing to do with you because it's a men's club and you are a woman. As if all that's not enough, let's now imagine taking all that on the chin, and you go on to become a Technology Icon who started a software business employing only women in the 1960s. Stay tuned because, over the next two episodes, we sit down with a technology Icon and a true champion of women in technology and leadership since the 1960s, Dame Stephanie Shirley. In 1962 Dame Stephanie founded an all-woman software company that pioneered remote working and redefined the expectations and opportunities for working women at that time. Her company, Freelance Programmers, grew to 8,500 employees, was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion, and made 70 of her staff into millionaires. Since 'retiring,' her focus has been on philanthropy, especially on autism and IT. Over the last 30 years, Dame Stephanie has given away almost $100 million to good causes, primarily in the fields of autism and IT. Dame Stephanie is a workplace revolutionary, and successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent venture philanthropist. She is the first person to drop off the Time's Rich List, having given away too much of her money, an achievement which gives her great pleasure! Website www.steveshirley.com Social Media https://www.facebook.com/DameStephanie https://twitter.com/DameStephanie_ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnhartuk https://www.instagram.com/damestephanie Part 1) The Journey, Refugee to Champion for Women Where does Resilience Come From? "Think for Yourself-Not About Yourself" How Trusting Builds Trust Memoirs of a 5 Years Old Refugee Escaping the Nazi's The Compassion of Strangers with a Horrible Message Confronting Today's Lack of Compassion Going from Refugee to Dame Becoming one of only 65 (globally) named as "Companion of Honour" The Entrepreneurial Journey Fighting for Women Pioneering a Remote Workforce in the 1960s . . Curious to discover how tapping into the Anatomy of Meaning can #actualize your #business, #culture, #Leadership and #tribe DovBaron.com "Those Who Control Meaning for The Tribe, Also Control The Movement of That Tribe" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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England's Lionesses Quarter Final against Spain; Women's Health Strategy; Women and the Web;

Woman's Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2022 57:15

Today the government launches its much awaited Women's Health Strategy for England. For generations women have lived with a healthcare system that is designed by men, for men. Despite making up 50 percent of the population and living longer than men, women have been under-represented in research, with little known about some female-specific issues, spending a greater proportion of their lives in ill health and disability, with growing geographic inequalities in women's life expectancy. Having spoken to nearly 100,000 women the government say this will reset the dial on women's health. Krupa Padhy speaks to Women's Health Minister Maria Caulfield and Dame Professor Lesley Regan the newly appointed Women's Health Ambassador. Tonight England's Lionesses will take on Spain in the quarter finals. The two teams will go head to head in Brighton, in what will be the first knockout game of the tournament. Although both are strong teams, England and Spain have previously competed against each other 15 times resulting in the Lionesses winning twice as many games as their opponents. England have also been scoring more goals than any team has ever done in the group stage. BBC Women's Sport Reporter, Jo Currie gives us an overview of the brilliant Lionesses taking to the pitch this year. Tim Berners Lee is often credited as the inventor of the World Wide Web. But who are some of the women who played an instrumental role in building the internet and the technology that surrounds it? We hear about Karen Spärck Jones, Sophie Wilson and Hedy Lamarr. And with a fifth of women in the UK experiencing online harassment and abuse, how can the internet be made more friendly to women? Krupa Padhy speaks to Charlotte Webb, who teaches internet equality at University of the Arts London and is the co-founder of the Feminist Internet and to Dame Stephanie Shirley who founded an all-women software company in the 1960s. Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Marie Caulfield Interviewed Guest: Dame Professor Lesley Regan Interviewed Guest: Catherine Burns Interviewed Guest: Jo Currie Interviewed Guest: Dame Stephanie Shirley Interviewed Guest: Charlotte Webb

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Dame Stephanie Shirley... Child Refugee To Billion-Dollar Businesswoman & Most Successful Tech Entrepreneur

SheerLuxe Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 37:22

In Conversation With...Dame Stephanie Shirley is a workplace revolutionary, tech entrepreneur and ardent philanthropist. In 1962 she founded an all-women software company that pioneered remote working and redefined the expectations and opportunities for working women. Her company, Freelance Programmers, was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion and turned 70 of her staff into millionaires. She's also the author of two books – her memoir ‘Let It Go' and ‘So To Speak' an anthology of some of her speeches. Both are available via her website SteveShirley.com – and all proceeds go to her autism charity Autistica. Since retiring, Dame Stephanie's focus has been on philanthropy – over the last 30 years, she's given away almost £70 million to good causes, primarily in the fields of autism and IT. Together, her three autism charities – Autistica, Prior's Court and Autism at Kingwood – employ close to 1,000 people. Here, she joins SheerLuxe Founder & Editor Georgie Colderidge Cole to talk more about her incredible life and career, and the personal reasons which have informed her work with autism and neurodiversity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Dame Stephanie Shirley

Inheritance Tracks

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2022 8:19

Carl Davis, Last Train to Tomorrow and Bach Brandenburg concerto, Number 5.

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Minnie Driver

Saturday Live

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2022 84:08

Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by actor Minnie Driver who talks about her life, career and the lesson's she's learnt from her life so far. We also have Pearl Lowe, the former singer, ex-party girl and recovered addict on her regrets and living in the moment. Actor, director and writer Denis Lawson is perhaps best known for his appearances in classic films such the original “Star Wars” trilogy, but he has years of experience in the West End as a musical theatre actor, winning an Olivier Award for his performance in “Mr Cinders”. He joins us. Listener Michael Pincher contacted Saturday Live about his brush with a whale bigger than his boat in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, and the eventual return of the log book from the life changing sailing trip he took 47 years before. Technology pioneer, businesswoman and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley chooses her Inheritance Tracks: Carl Davis, Last Train to Tomorrow and Bach Brandenburg concerto, Number 5. And your Thank you. Producer: Corinna Jones

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Moment #8: Dame Stephanie Shirley on ERNIE: the first lottery computer

100 Moments That Rocked Computer Science

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2022 28:39

We're back for moment 8! This week Sue is joined by philanthropist, champion of women and one of the most legendary women in tech, ever – Dame Stephanie (Steve) Shirley. Listen in as Sue finds out more about Steve's fascinating work on ERNIE and her incredible story, overcoming stereotypes and many barriers to create a women-centred business on her dining room table that became an organisation worth $3bn. Quentin looks at how these special purpose computers have impacted our lives in so many ways including cyber security, while Kaal explains why these numbers aren't truly random and what we can expect in the future as innovation continues. You can email your suggestions for moments for Sue, Kaal and Quentin to look at using 100moments@durham.ac.uk For those interested in studying Computer Science at Durham University, visit our website to find out more: https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/computer-science/ If you enjoyed this episode please do three lovely things for us - like, subscribe and tell a friend! 100 Moments that Rocked Computer Science is a Why did the Chicken? production for Durham University.

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A Life Worth Living

Lead Like a Woman

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 38:40

Dame Stephanie (Steve) Shirley is a workplace revolutionary and successful IT entrepreneur-turned-ardent philanthropist. In 1962, she founded an all-woman software company that pioneered remote working, upending the expectations of the time. It was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion and made 70 staff members millionaires. Since retiring, Dame Stephanie's focus has been on philanthropy — especially autism and IT. She's brought three significant autism charities to sustainability, which together employ approximately 1,000 people: Autistica, Prior's Court, and Autism at Kingwood. Her TED Talk, “Why Do Ambitious Women Have Flat Heads?” has over 2 million views. She is the Author of two books, Let It Go and So To Speak, and every penny from the books sold goes to Autistica, the medical research charity she founded. In this episode… Women undertake many responsibilities in both their professional and personal lives. These may include being an entrepreneur, business leader, and mother. All of these responsibilities present unique challenges that women have to face and find solutions for. Dame Stephanie Shirley has gone through these phases in her life. A child refugee at five years old, she procured determination and resiliency at a young age. Eventually, Dame Stephanie started a company to help women in the IT space operate in more inclusive and diverse workplaces, became a mother, and started a foundation to provide support to autistic kids. She embraced all the challenges she faced, became stronger and wiser over the years, and continues working toward a more equitable, generous future. In this episode of the Lead Like A Woman Show, Andrea Heuston interviews Dame Stephanie Shirley, an IT entrepreneur and philanthropist, about her life story, entrepreneurship, and philanthropy. Dame Stephanie talks about her motivation to start a software company in 1962, her books, and the importance of value recruitment. You don't want to miss these inspirational, insightful stories.

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Designed for Life - International Women's Day Speech - Dame Stephanie Shirley DBE, FREng, FRSA, FBCS

Designed for Life

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2022 34:58

In this special episode of Designed for Life, we celebrate International Women's Day with a very special speech given by Dame Stephanie Shirley.Dame Stephanie (Steve) Shirley CH is an ardent venture philanthropist with an unrelenting energy for creating positive change. She arrived in England as an unaccompanied child refugee at the start of the Second World War, and in 1962 started a software business from her dining table, which grew to employ 8,500 people and was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion.Motivated to share the rewards of her success with a society that had extended such generosity to her as a child, Dame Stephanie decided to give away her wealth. Now in her late 80s, she is driven by a lifetime of extraordinary experiences and achievements and still dedicates every day to making her life one that was worth saving.We know that you will enjoy listening to Dame Steve's message for a day that is very close to her heart and one that the Design and Technology Association is proud to celebrate with female students and women across the UK. So sit back, relax in 30-minutes of 'me time' and enjoy Designed for Life, celebrating women's achievement across the UK with Dame Stephanie Shirley. PS. If you are inspired to read a signed copy of Dame Shirley's book 'Let it go', please email Lynn@steveshirley.com. As stated in the podcast, it is a unique and inspirational read, and all proceeds from sales made through this link are sent directly to her charity Autistica.

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The golden thread throughout successful brands - Holly's round-up of Series 13

Conversations of Inspiration

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 42:37

Whilst each founder is unique, there is a golden thread that unites them all. In this episode, Holly explores what has driven each brand's success. From triumph through adversity, each founder has faced the highs and lows of life, each experience contributing to their success. Over the next hour, Holly revisits some of the most pivotal moments in each of their lives and how that moment would lead them on to future success. Including conversations with Bobbi Brown, Dr. Willard Wigan MBE, creator of the world's smallest micro-sculptures, female tech pioneer Dame Stephanie Shirley, as well as the nation's sweetheart Nadiya Hussain, Knoops founder Jens Knoop and ultra-athlete Josh Patterson. Follow Holly Tucker MBE and Holly & Co on Instagram. Check out our Holly & Co website.

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The magnitude of what can be achieved when you refuse to settle, with Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley CH, Technology Pioneer, Businesswoman & Philanthropist

Conversations of Inspiration

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 54:52

A child refugee, tech pioneer, philanthropist, businesswoman, mother and true trailblazer, Dame Stephanie paved the way for generations of women to come, by using intuition and action to break ideological views of what women are capable of. In her conversation with Holly she shares the breadth of her experiences, struggles and her unrelenting energy for creating positive change. After escaping Nazi Germany at the shockingly young age of five years old, Dame Stephanie Shirley reflects on her childhood memories, as a young girl growing up in such a turbulent historical period. After battling survivors' guilt for a number of years, Dame Stephanie ‘Steve' Shirley in her own words says that from then on, “I decided to make mine a life worth saving and then just got on with it”. Dame Stephanie's words, actions and legacy encourage each of us to take risks, to challenge the status quo and to rewrite the myths of what women can achieve. Follow Holly Tucker MBE and Holly & Co on Instagram. Check out our Holly & Co website. Dame Stephanie Shirley: Purchase Steve's incredible memoir ‘Let It Go' from Amazon using this link or email lynn@steveshirley.com for a personally signed copy Website: https://www.steveshirley.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/damestephanie_/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/damestephanie_ Sign up to Letters From Steve: https://www.steveshirley.com/letters-from-steve/ You Might Also Enjoy: If you enjoyed this episode you might also enjoy my conversation with Dame Mary, co-founder of Specsavers.

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Dame Stephanie Shirley

Private Passions

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 36:55

Dame Stephanie Shirley arrived in Britain from Vienna as a five-year-old, without her parents. It was 1939, and she was one of 10,000 Jewish children brought by train on the Kindertransport to escape the Nazis. She went on to become one of the most successful businesswomen of the 20th century; in 1962, working from home, she founded one of the first tech-start-ups: an all-woman software company, Freelance Programmers, which was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion, making seventy of her staff millionaires. Since ‘retiring', her work has been in philanthropy, with a particular focus on IT and autism – in memory of her son, who had autism, and who died at the age of only 35. She estimates that The Shirley Foundation has given away £67 million, not least for the establishment of three autism charities. She is the author of two books and is frequently asked to give motivational speeches about women in business and her own life story. She says, “I decided to make my life one worth saving”. In conversation with Michael Berkeley, Dame Stephanie Shirley looks back on an extraordinarily dramatic life. She describes the Kindertransport train, with children sleeping on the luggage racks, weeping for their lost families. She tells the story of her early days in business, and how she took on the name “Steve” to be taken more seriously. She also had a tape recording of frantic typing that she used to play during work phone calls, to disguise the fact that she was at home. And she talks movingly about her son's death and how that changed the direction of her life. Her music choices include Bach, Britten's ‘Ceremony of Carols', Dido's Lament and the ‘Cat Duet' attributed to Rossini. Produced by Elizabeth Burke A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 3

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Dame Stephanie Shirley (REPLAY): On Learning To Love Change

Ctrl Alt Delete

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2022

This is a replay of an episode with Dame “Steve” Stephanie Shirley. I recorded this one in 2019, it was a sunny summer's day in London and we recorded it in a meeting room at Penguin's offices. Dame Stephanie is tech pioneer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She also goes by the name "Steve" which she used to sign business letters to potential clients when they were not responding to her. If you haven't already, go and watch her Ted Talk "Do ambitious women have flat heads?" it is funny and moving and super interesting to hear what it was like being a woman in tech during the 60s. In this episode, we talk about her brilliant memoir Let It Go. In this episode we talk about workplace misogyny, making money, resilience, giving back, and why it's important to always keep learning. Hope you enjoy x See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Bücher für die Weihnachtszeit

Treffpunkt

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2021 57:04

Ob als Geschenk an andere oder für sich selbst, Bücher können gerade über die Weihnachtstage viel Freude machen. Der «Treffpunkt» dreht sich um Bücher, die speziell in diese Zeit passen. Es gibt sie für jeden Geschmack und jedes Alter: Bücher. Sie eignen sich zu Weihnachten als Geschenke – oder um über die Festtage selbst abzutauchen in eine andere Welt. In der Sendung «Treffpunkt» dreht sich alles um Weihnachtsbücher: Was lohnt es sich besonders, in den Festtagen zu lesen oder auch zu verschenken? Hörerinnen und Hörer erzählen in der Sendung, welche Lektüre sie in den Festtagen gerne hervornehmen. Gast in der Sendung ist SRF-Literaturredaktorin Britta Spichiger. Sie gibt Geschenktipps und liefert Ideen zu Büchern, die speziell in die Weinachtstage passen. Die Geschenktipps aus der SRF-Literaturredaktion: * Peter Bichsel. Im Winter muss mit Bananenbäumen etwas geschehen. Insel Verlag 2021. * Barack Obama / Bruce Springsteen. Renegades. Born in the USA. Träume, Mythen, Musik. Penguin Verlag 2021. * Dame Stephanie Shirley. Ein unmögliches Leben. Goldmann Verlag 2020. * Johanna Schaible. Es war einmal und wird noch lange sein. Carl Hanser Verlag 2021. * Viviana Mazza. Stories for Future - 13 Jugendliche, die etwas bewegen. dtv 2020. * Nava Ebrahimi/Sabine Presslauer. Einander. Ein Buch, das Generationen verbindet. Leykam Verlag 2021. Was die Kolleginnen und Kollegen von der SRF-Literaturredaktion schon lange lesen wollten: * André Perler: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Liebe Ijeawele, Wie unsere Töchter selbstbestimmte Frauen werden. Fischer Taschenbuch 2017. * Nicola Steiner: Herman Melville. Bartleby. Tredition 2021. * Felix Münger: Ivna Žic. Die Nachkommende. Matthes und Seitz 2019. * Laura Leupi: Walter Moers. Die 131/2 Leben des Käptn Blaubär. Penguin 2019. * Britta Spichiger: Alan Alexander Milne. Pu der Bär. Gesamtausgabe. Dressler 2009.

POD PEEK - Achieving the Unimaginable with Dame Stephanie Shirley CH

Insight with HReSource

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 6:22

A 5 minute trailer highlighting what proved to be a remarkably engaging and popular podcast. We thought it worthwhile packaging a short preview of this podcast as a taster for this conversation with Dame Stephanie Shirley a true pioneer, groundbreaker and inspirational individual. BIO DAME STEPHANIE SHIRLEY CH is a workplace revolutionary and successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent philanthropist. In 1962, she founded an all-woman software company that pioneered remote working, upending the expectations of the time. It was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion and made 70 of her staff millionaires. Since ‘retiring', her focus has been on philanthropy, especially autism and IT. Her TED Talk has had over 2 million views, and her memoir, ‘Let It Go', is being made into a film produced by BAFTA-winning Damian Jones. ‘So To Speak' an anthology of some 30 speeches from the past 40 years was published in November 2020. Copies of her books can be ordered via www.steveshirley.com – every penny she receives goes to Autistica, the medical research charity she founded. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hresource/message

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#31 - Dame Stephanie Shirley CH: The Generational Technological Gap

Somi Arian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 53:27

Stephanie Shirley CH also known as Steve is an information technology pioneer, a legendary businesswoman and philanthropist, and the author of a fantastic memoir, “Let It Go.” I had the privilege of co-hosting today's episode with another legendary woman and FemPeak's Sherpani, Sue Nelson, who has also been a guest on my podcast previously. In this episode, we discuss three unique and equally important perspectives from a multigenerational view of technology, women's stance in the workplace across history and how to run a successful business in today's day and age.

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S2 Ep18: What we can learn from the drive and enthusiasm of Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley

The #justbloodypostit podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 27:01

When tech entrepreneur Dame Stephanie Shirley started her software business in the 1960s she had trouble getting noticed. People (men) would ignore her letters. So she decided to sign them off 'Steve Shirley' instead. It got her noticed, and the nickname stuck. That's only one chapter in her truly remarkable story (read it all in her autobiography Let It Go). 5 year old Stephanie Shirley arrived in the UK without her parents on a Kindertransport train from Viena, escaping Nazi Europe. The trauma of her childhood has shaped her life and is the reason for all her achievements, "I'm a survivor. I'm also a patriot. I love this country with a passion that only someone who has lost their human rights can feel. My childhood has driven my personality, driven my life and continues to do so. That is where the resilience comes from."Listen to our conversation to find out how she has always used that drive to champion the achievements of other women, to encourage them to put themselves out there and make money. Also hear Steve's thoughts on public speaking marketing a persuasion happiness Thanks always for listening, subscribe so that you never miss an episode!

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Saved from the Nazis, she started a unicorn software company in the 1960s staffed with only women and just £6 - Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley

Secret Leaders

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 48:43

Dame Stephanie Shirley, known as ‘Steve' for reasons explained in the podcast, escaped Nazi persecution before founding a software startup in 1962 with just £6 which provided employment to hundreds of women when they weren't taken seriously in the workplace. “I remember selling a six figure software project to a junior minister, and he was trying to pinch my bottom. It was very hard to maintain a sort of professionalism.” Steve's story is one that reminds us both how much the world has moved on since the early days of her startup, and sadly how little has changed. “I can't believe how today we're still talking about the same sorts of things that I was talking about 50 years ago: feeling undervalued, women's ideas taken and presented by men as their own, women being talked over, women being patronised, women being sexually assaulted.” From coming to England on the Kindertransport in 1939, to falling in love with mathematics, being appalled at pay inequality, founding her own company (Xansa plc, now part of the Sopra Group) in 1962, and navigating the 1975 equal opportunities legislation: “We tried to laugh at the ridiculousness of it all. But all in all, we realised that that was the way the world was going. And now of course, all of business is much more inclusive. But it was a struggle. In the early days, women were second class citizens.” Having retired from the business aged 60 (she's now 88), Steve is now a full time philanthropist, focusing on things she knows and cares about, treating her various charities as businesses. Her advice to listeners? “All the important things that I've done have been either disruptive or long term. Sticking with 11 years for this, 17 years for that, five years [there]. These are not things that are done overnight with a burst of energy.” We chat about: From refugee to entrepreneur Why she had to become Steve to get traction Surviving a nervous breakdown Becoming a good philanthropist Links: Book - Let It Go Book - So To Speak Want to receive our podcast on a weekly basis? Subscribe to our newsletter!

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Dame Stephanie Shirley

The Change Makers: How to Create Better Lives

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 52:16

This week Sir Tom talks with Dame Stephanie Shirley who arrived in Birtiain as an unaccompanied child refugee in 1939 from nazi Germany on the kinder transport. She started what became Xansa plc (now part of the Sopra Group) on her dining room table with £6 in 1962. She is now a successful IT entrepreneur, serial charity founder and ardent philanthropist. She established Shirley Foundation and co-founded the Oxford Internet Institute.

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[Episode 96] Anything is possible. Sherry Coutu on entrepreneurship, angel investment and playing BIG

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 36:21

When we were young, our heroes included the likes of Floella Benjamin, Tony Hart, and Long Distance Clara (yes, we know we're showing our age!).

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13.6 Dame Stephanie Shirley CH, Entrepreneur

How To Own The Room

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2021 32:09

Are you sitting comfortably? Viv Groskop talks to Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley CH, the businesswoman, philanthropist and technology pioneer. They explore why she changed her name - and why she brought her kitchen stool to America to give her TED talk in front of Bill Gates. Dame Stephanie argues that women must learn to ask for money: our input won't be valued if we don't value ourselves. She reveals how she learned a "healthy selfishness" after ending up in hospital, and tells Viv the single secret of success in business and romance... Find out more about Stephanie's work at steveshirley.com Viv's latest book, Lift As You Climb is out now. @vivgroskop

35: Jewish WW2 Survivor, Billion Dollar Tech Mogul, & Inspired Philanthropist // The Story of Dame Stephanie Shirley

From Rock Bottom to Rockin' It

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 64:19

Dame Stephanie Shirley CH is a successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent philanthropist. Having arrived in Britain as an unaccompanied child refugee in 1939, she started what became Xansa plc (now part of the Sopra Group) on her dining room table with £6 in 1962. In 25 years as its Chief Executive, she developed it into a leading business technology group, pioneering new work practices and changing the position of professional women (especially in hi-tech) along the way. Her Dameship in the Millennium honours was for services to IT. She was awarded the Order of Companions of Honour in the Queen's Birthday Honours in June 2017. She served on corporate Boards such as Tandem Computers Inc. (1992-7), the John Lewis Partnership plc (1999-2001) and AEA Technology - previously the Atomic Energy Authority (1992-2000). Her philanthropy is based on her strong belief in giving back to society. She focuses on IT and autism (her autistic son Giles died age 35 in 1998). Dame Stephanie was the first woman Master of the IT livery company; the first woman President of the chartered British Computer Society; and the UK’s Ambassador for Philanthropy in 2009/10. Her charitable Shirley Foundation spent out in October 2018. It made over £67m grants and initiated a number of projects that are pioneering by nature, strategic in impact and significant in money terms. This included three autism charities: Autism at Kingwood (support); Prior’s Court (education); and Autistica (research) which together employ over 1000 staff. In 2001 she co-founded the Oxford Internet Institute which focuses on the social, economic, legal and ethical issues – not the technology – of this network of networks. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & More on this episode please visit our website: RockBottom2RockinIt.com. *** Feedback? Questions? Comments? I would love to hear from you! Contact me at us via: Email (eric@ericgilbertwilliams.com), LinkedIn (@ericgilbertwilliams), Twitter (@ericgilbertw), or Instagram (@ericgilbertwilliams). EP Tags:

Achieving the Unimaginable - Dame Stephanie Shirley CH

Insight with HReSource

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 46:55

Our very special guest for this episode of the HReSource podcast is DAME STEPHANIE SHIRLEY - Pioneering entrepreneur, innovator, problem solver and philanthropist. If you thought home based, flexible working and equality and inclusivity in the workplace were new concepts you might be surprised to hear they were the cornerstone of Dame Stephanie's first company, Freelance Programmers founded in 1962. It was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion and made 70 of her staff millionaires. In this podcast we investigate Dame Stephanie's love of maths, early career in computing, the sparks and obstacles that led to forming the company, a girl named Steve, relationships, partnerships, public speaking on a global scale and ultimate sense of accomplishment in being a hugely successful Venture Philanthropist – not simply offering financial support to causes close to her heart such as Autism, the charity Autistica and specialist schools but in so doing providing the strategic focus and idea generation to help ensure such support delivers successful outcomes. DAME STEPHANIE SHIRLEY CH is a workplace revolutionary and successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent philanthropist. In 1962, she founded an all-woman software company that pioneered remote working, upending the expectations of the time. It was ultimately valued at almost $3 billion and made 70 of her staff millionaires. Since ‘retiring', her focus has been on philanthropy, especially autism and IT. Her TED Talk has had over 2 million views, and her memoir, ‘Let It Go', is being made into a film produced by BAFTA-winning Damian Jones. ‘So To Speak' an anthology of some 30 speeches from the past 40 years was published in November 2020. Copies of her books can be ordered via www.steveshirley.com – every penny she receives goes to Autistica, the medical research charity she founded. Twitter @DameStephanie_ Instagram @DameStephanie_ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hresource/message

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Weekend Woman's Hour: Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, Make-up for Men & the benefits of working with Clay

Woman's Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 56:47

Dame Stephanie Shirley – always known as Steve – tells us about her work revolutionising the workplace and as a major philanthropist. On Tuesday, Leicester University are launching their 'Student Sex Worker Policy and Toolkit'. We hear from Professor Teela Sanders, a Professor of Criminology at Leicester University who explains why she is leading this initiative and the feminist commentator and journalist Sarah Ditum gives us her view. Are men beginning to turn to cosmetics to improve their appearance in the same way as women? Danny Gray, who created the WarPaint make-up range for men believes this to be the case and the make-up artist, Lisa Eldridge, author of Face Paint: the History of Make-Up gives her thoughts. What’s the best way to approach shyness in your child? We hear from Nadia Finer who runs an online programme for shy 7-14 year olds who want to feel braver, and more able to speak up and join in. Is it time to end the idea that being in a couple is the superior way to live? We hear from Professor Sasha Roseneil the author of a new book, The Tenacity of the Couple-Norm. And we discuss the therapeutic benefits of clay with Kate Malone, one of the UK’s leading potters and ceramicists – and Charlotte Clarkson, who’s been getting the chance to try out the medium at her local youth centre. Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor: Sarah Crawley

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Ladies' Loos, Family Secrets, Dame Stephanie Shirley

Woman's Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 46:36

What goes on in the ladies? Office gossip, getting locked-in, the most embarrassing moments, confessing to a stranger, a place for bonding, bullying, and bunking-off? We hear your stories about women’s toilets, with Comedian Shazia Mirza and Historian Claudia Elphick. Dame Stephanie Shirley – always known as Steve – joins Jane to talk about her career-spanning book of speeches So to Speak. Now 87, she’s a successful IT entrepreneur who revolutionised the workplace for women and is now a major philanthropist. She's in demand for public speaking and often starts by giving her own story of arriving here on the Kindertransport in 1939, one of 10,000 Jewish children fleeing Nazi Germany. She says she has done more since that day than she would ever have believed possible. We continue our series on family secrets. Today we hear about a woman in her late forties who has a secret which has affected her life since she was a teenager. And we get the latest about vaccines from GP Sarah Jarvis.

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About next role models

Next Visions - Today's Masterminds about Topics of Tomorrow

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 45:46

Who can we learn from to reinvent business and our economies? Female founders! For their book, Starting A Revolution, Naomi Ryland, managing partner at tbd*, and Lisa Jaspers, CEO of Folkdays, have interviewed some of the most progressive leaders — including Dame Stephanie Shirley and Joana Breidenbach — to share their stories of leadership and changemaking.

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Die Periode ist politisch – mit Special Guest Alexandra Zykunov

Long Story Short - Der Buch-Podcast mit Karla Paul und Günter Keil

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 37:14

Eine Folge voll feministischer Power! Hier erfahrt ihr: Warum die Periode alle angeht; ob Clarice Lispectors Kurzgeschichten als feministisch gelten können; wie Dame Stephanie Shirley in den 1960er Jahren die erste rein weiblich besetzte Softwarefirma gegründet hat. Die vorgestellten Titel: „Periode ist politisch“ von Franka Frei, „Aber es wird regnen“ von Clarice Lispector und „Ein unmögliches Leben“ von Dame Stephanie Shirley. Unser special guest dieser Folge ist Alexandra Zykunov. Sie ist Redaktionsleiterin der Nachhaltigkeitszeitschrift Brigitte BE GREEN und hat auch einen eigenen Podcast gestartet. Ihr findet „Brigitte BE GREEN“ auf Audio NOW und überall, wo es Podcasts gibt.

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A Whole New World

CMI Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 48:16

A conversation between Ann Francke OBE & Dame Stephanie Shirley addressing how the world has changed since the lockdown. Download our Better Managers Manual for more tips and advice: mgrs.uk/2m9

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Ep 7: New ways of working (with Dame Stephanie Shirley)

Business of Software Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 41:16

***Don't forget : Business of Software Europe is on 23-24 March 2020 in Cambridge UK. Get your tickets at businessofsoftware.eu*** Dame Stephanie is 50 years ahead of her time. While remote work is becoming more popular now, Dame Stephanie's company was remote only from the outset. Forget Slack, this was a time when there was still a decade before email was invented and almost 30 years before Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web. In this interview, Mark and Dame Stephanie will discuss some of the lessons she's learned (often the hard way) in starting, building, growing and exiting one of Europe's most successful companies. You will hear why some of her core values - trust, a belief in strong culture, valuing outputs over inputs, a sense of values and determination - are as critical to building a successful business today as they were in the jet age. Recorded at Business of Software Europe 2019. To listen to more BoS Talks, go to businessofsoftware.org/videos --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/business-of-software/message

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E49: Dame Stephanie Shirley: Escaping Nazi Germany and Making £2.3bn

The Diary Of A CEO by Steven Bartlett

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 57:58

In this week's episode of The Diary of a CEO, I chat to Dame Stephanie Shirley also known as "Steve".At the age of 5, Steve fled from Nazi persecution in her hometown of Dortmund and arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, luckily escaping the Holocaust.As a female, Jewish immigrant who wanted to create a software company, the stacks where naturally against her. However, she was determined to succeed and with only £6 in her pocket, she taught herself how to code, created an empowered, female dominated workforce and grew her business so at the time of sale, it was worth £2.3bn.Our conversation was inspiring. Stephanie was doing things 50 years ago that companies are struggling in do in 2020, and this was at a time where females couldn't even open a bank account without their husbands permission.We discussed success, how money is correlated with happiness, facing adversity plus much more. I have taken some nuggets of wisdom from her that I can use in my business life so I am CERTAIN you will learn things as well.

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[Episode 9] Inspirational Speech, Dame Stephanie (Steve) Shirley CH