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The podcast for forward thinkers seeking change. Career, culture, mental health & open-minded conversations. Hosted by Demi Kotsoris
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
This week's guest is Junie she is the Founder of Propel Innovations. Junie has a diverse professional background, having worked in Banking, Education, Health, Events, Hospitality and Not-for-Profits in Canada, India, Mexico, China and Australia. Her passion for innovation, entrepreneurship, strategy and technology is the driving force behind Propel Innovations.
Junie asked herself: “Where are the Black Bill Gates?”. She couldn’t see herself in the tech industry. When she read that an AI has an error rate of 35% of recognizing people like Serena Williams, Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, she wasn’t astonished. Junie decided she’d bring her diversity of knowledge and lived experience by breaking into tech with no tech background to bridge the gap between product and people. Propel Innovations is on a mission to partner with companies to engage with the multi-faceted nature of their audience and in doing so, build greater business.
In the next 5 years, Propel Innovations wants to remove biases in the design and development of tech.
She is so inspiring and her passion for creating change in the world with her own skillsets. I mean, when Junie's not working in Propel Innovations, she's is out training for her next Ironman70.3 - I told y'all she really does it all! This ep really got me thinking about how I can make more of an impact on the world and what small steps I can take.
This episode is perfect for anybody looking for inspo on how to find purpose in not only their work but their life, Junie has played by her own rules and her curiosity and thirst for learning and growing is going to get you to take a small action in your world!
I hope you enjoy this ep as much as I enjoyed recording it!
Challenge:
Look at the list of resources on anti-racism in the below link and choose your medium of learning (reading, video, audio etc.). Pick one of the resources and take time to learn from the people on the list, perhaps you may see how you're contributing to a problem you thought you were working to fight against! I'm keen to learn and grow and see how we can implement what we learn into the MC to ensure we are actively working to be anti-racist!
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic
If you do this weeks challenge please let us know how you go with it and tag us in your stories or send us a DM if you do it we'd love to hear how you went :)
Connect with Junie:
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Propel Innovations
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