The Disruptive Mindset Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the Disruptive Mindset Podcast.
In this series, we'll take a deep dive behind the scenes of executives and leaders in the IT and tech industries.
We'll find out their models for success, lessons they've learnt that we can learn from and ultimately, what makes them disruptive in their businesses and sectors.
Welcome back to The Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
In this episode, your host, Emma Jones, spoke with Samantha Emery, the Deputy Chair and Global Board Director at Swift SC, about diversity and inclusion in the payment sector.
Samantha also shared her perspective on customer-centric technology in financial services.
Tune in to find out more about women’s experiences in the payment space.
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.
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Welcome back to The Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
In this episode, your host, Emma Jones, spoke with Courtney Brown, the VP of Business Development in North America at argodesign, about the importance of creativity, design thinking and adopting disruptive technology.
Courtney also shared her advice for leaders who are trying to develop hybrid skill sets in their teams.
Tune in to discover the secret to staying creative in the tech space.
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.
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In this episode, your host, Emma Jones, spoke with Harvind Bhatti, a seasoned executive in the realms of sales and business strategy, about how companies can reshape their perspectives on growth.
Harvind also shared her advice for businesses who are building an expansion-focused culture.
Listen in to find out build a team that’s ready for success.
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.
Discover more about Disruptive here: Disruptive
Welcome back to The Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
In this episode, your host, Emma Jones, spoke with Brant Cooper, and Author and the CEO and Founder of Moves the Needle, about entrepreneurial behaviour.
Brant also shared his insights on adopting new technology and how remote working is beneficial for the people in your workforce.
Listen in to find out how to make your company more agile.
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.Discover more about Disruptive here: Disruptive
Welcome back to another episode of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
In this episode, your host, Emma Jones, spoke with Dr. Jacqui Taylor, the Founder and CEO of FlyingBinary Ltd, about how data, technology and the Internet of Things are shaping the future.
Jacqui also shared the importance of using data to include younger generations in decision making at a government level, where their voices are often unheard.
Listen in to find out how to use data and technology to create a more inclusive world.
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.
Discover more about Disruptive here: Disruptive
Welcome back to The Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
In this episode, your host, Emma Jones, was joined by Vivenne Artz to talk about leadership in the FinTech industry, touching on Vivenne’s experience as a board member for several leading institutions.
Vivenne also shared her insights on financial literacy for women, and how it is a powerful tool for the future.
Listen in for another excellent episode from a woman in tech.
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.Discover more about Disruptive here: Disruptive
Welcome to episode 19 of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
In this episode, your host, Emma Jones, was joined by Andrew Diaper, the Executive Vice President & Head of Europe at Collabera Digital.
The pair discussed the importance of learning throughout your career, especially if you’re moving into a leadership role and how to define success and conquer fear within your work, leading to some remarkable insights.
They also touched on his recent achievement and that of his team in securing TSB as a flagship account against all odds, and how he's pivoting the company.
Listen in for a fascinating episode!
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.
Discover more about Disruptive here: Disruptive
Welcome back to The Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
This week, your host, Emma Jones, was joined by Micheal Berns, the Director of AI & FinTech at PwC Deutschland. The pair discussed how AI is impacting the FinTech space, as well as Micheal’s advice for small businesses and startups.
Micheal also shared his perspective on how AI will affect the future of the financial services space, giving valuable insights into its uses.
Listen in for a fascinating episode!
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.
Discover more about Disruptive here: Disruptive
Welcome to the final episode of the Beyond Labels mini-series!
In this episode your hosts, Emma and Carmen, spoke to Sophia Carlton, a Fraud & Risk Management Executive at Accenture, about her experience of improving diversity and inclusion in the industry.
She shared her perspectives as a member of the LGBTQ+ community and gave us some practical advice on how to be a better ally.
Listen in to learn more about creating an inclusive industry.
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.
Discover more about Disruptive here: Disruptive
Welcome back to Beyond Labels!
In this episode, your hosts Carmen and Emma were joined by Rachel Spero, an Account Executive at Gartner.
They discussed what it’s like to be part of the Gen Z workforce, how employers can attract this next generation of talent and why shared values are so important to younger candidates.
They also touched on why diversity and inclusion is so important for a healthy company, both internally and financially.
Listen in for some great insights!
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.Discover more about Disruptive here: Disruptive
Welcome back to Beyond Labels!
In this episode your hosts, Emma and Carmen, were joined by Paul Bergin, the Managing Director of the Public Safety Group at Sopra Steria.
Paul shared his journey as a neurodivergent individual, in particular his experiences of having ADHD and how that’s affected his professional life.
Tune in for unique perspectives and some truly insightful conversations!
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.
Discover more about Disruptive here: Disruptive
Welcome to another episode of the Beyond Labels mini-series!
In this episode they were joined by Emma Parkin, who is a Strategic Campaigns Manager at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. She is one of a next generation of leaders who are shaping the workforce of the future.
Tune in to hear her perspectives on attracting Gen Z talent, bringing neurodiversity into the workplace and how to assess potential opportunities.
The Disruptive Mindset podcast is brought to you by Disruptive Search & Selection, a revolutionary tech recruitment company. Disruptive are championing diversity in the tech industry, with a particular focus on empowering women in leadership roles.
Discover more about Disruptive here: Disruptive
Welcome to the Beyond Labels mini-series!
Hosted by Carmen, the principal consultant at the Talent and Change team at Wipro, and Emma, the CEO of Disruptive Search and Selection, this series looks at a range of social topics in the recruitment space, from neurodiversity to gender equality.
In this episode, your hosts, Carmen and Emma, were joined by Maryna Barysheva, the COO at LKI Consulting, to talk about managing Gen Z talent.
She shared her experiences of growing a career as a young leader, the best ways to attract and manage Gen Z talent and her strategy for inspiring the next generation of leaders in the digital era.
Tune in for a fascinating episode!
Welcome to another episode of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast.
This week, your host Emma Jones was joined by Ghela Boskovich, who is a renowned expert in the FinTech field and currently works as the Head of Europe and Regional Director at Financial Data and Technology Association.
In the episode the pair dive into the digital revolution that is shaping the financial sector, how to make the industry more accessible and what we might see in the future of FinTech.
Tune in for another great conversation!
Welcome back to The Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
This week, your host, Emma Jones, was joined by Jaya Satish, who is the Senior Vice President & HR Head of Europe at Mphasis.
The pair sat down to discuss empowering women, growing your career in small companies and Jaya’s impressive professional history.
Tune in for another great episode!
Welcome to another episode of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
This week, your host, Emma Jones, was joined by Denise Garth, the Chief Strategy Officer at Majesco. She is also an InsurTech Influencer who has been making waves in the insurance space for several years.
They took a look at Denise’s background and the women who inspired her at an early age, as well as her advice for other women in the tech space.
Listen in for another inspiring interview!
Welcome to another episode of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
In this episode, your host, Emma Jones, was joined by Milkah Wachiuri, the Chief Growth Officer at Cellulant, to talk about FinTech in Africa.
We dove into the importance of agility in the start-up space, how gender diversity is progressing in the African continent and why FinTech solutions like Cellulant’s are set to transform the way business is done across borders.
Tune in for a fascinating episode!
In this episode of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast, your host, Emma Jones, is joined by the CEO of Nimbla Ltd, Elizabeth Jenkin.
Elizabeth is also a Principal Co-Founder of Lift As You Climb UK, a networking non-profit that supports women in the workplace.
During the episode, Emma and Elizabeth unpack what it’s like to launch a business during COVID, how to juggle your career and motherhood and lots more.
Tune in for another fantastic episode!
In this episode of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast, Emma Jones was joined by Alex Jimenez to talk about all things FinTech.
Together they explore Alex’s background in the finance industry, including his position as the Managing Principal of Financial Services Consulting at EPAM Systems.
They also dive into the role of diversity in the FinTech space, as well as the dangers of generative AI like Chat GPT.
Tune in to another fascinating conversation with two industry leaders!
On Episode 11 of the Disruptive Mindset Podcast your host, Emma Jones, was joined by Denada Ramnishta, who is CEO at iCount and a fascinating female leader in the space.
Denada has led a fantastic career, including roles at companies such as American Express and Pfizer.
In this episode, we talk about how to define success, what advances are being made in diversity within the tech space and what it’s like inside the FinTech industry.
Tune in for another great conversation!
Welcome to Episode 10 of the Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
This week, your host, Emma Jones, was joined by Harshvendra Soin, the Global Chief People Officer and Head of Marketing at Tech Mahindra.
Harshvendra is pioneering radical diversity, equality and inclusion strategies.
He shared his methods and practices in this fascinating conversation.
We hope you enjoy it!
Welcome to Episode 9 of the Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
On this episode, your host, Emma Jones, was joined by Nicolas Parmaksizian, the CEO of Designit.
Designit is a Wipro company who use human-centred technology to create innovative strategy, design and marketing solutions.
Nicolas is a creative leader who seeks to drive transformational change in his industry. He shared his insights on how leaders can shape their companies and internal cultures for the better, as well as how to redefine career success.
Enjoy!
Episode 8 of the Disruptive Mindset Podcast! Your host, Emma Jones, was joined by the brilliant Emily Cooper to talk about all things TA and HR.
Emily is a chartered HR professional with almost a decade of experience in the industry. She’s currently the HR lead at IDEO, an EDI advocate and avid “Allotmenteer”.
We delved into the realities of working in a people-based industry. We cover topics such as how to support your colleagues in similar roles, the importance of vulnerability and how we can change our companies from the inside.
Tune into this great conversation to learn more about life in HR.
On this episode of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast your host, Emma Jones, was joined by Shuchita Shukla, the Head of Talent within GlobalLogic.
GlobalLogic is a company on a mission to create sustainable and responsible digital products.
Shuchita’s background is in talent acquisition, specialising in the tech sector. With almost a decade of experience, she has sourced talent on a global level, from recent graduates to senior executives.
We talk about generational differences in talent priorities and how we can nurture our future by collaboratively teaching our successors.
Tune in for a fascinating conversation!
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work in HR? On this episode of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast we were joined by Jayde Tipper to talk about all things HR.
Jayde has a wealth of experience in leading, organising and supporting people across companies such as Iperium, Hewlett-Packard and Acer, before joining Temenos in 2015. Having worked as a recruiter, HR manager and now Chief People Officer, people are at the heart of Jayde’s career.
As Temenos’s CPO, Jayde says that she works to make every day the best it can be for everyone involved in the company, from colleagues to clients.
When she’s not working, Jayde gives back by volunteering as a mentor at Leaders Plus, as well as advising local schools on their career strategies and sitting as an elected member of the Forbes HR council.
In this episode we talk about the challenges facing talent acquisition professionals during the ‘war for talent’, why it’s important for HR professionals to network outside of their niche and where the recruitment industry is heading.
We hope you enjoy our conversation as much as we did!
On this episode of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast we were delighted to be joined by Silvia Mensdorff-Pouilly, the SVP of Banking & Payments in Europe at FIS.
With an extensive background in the payment industry, Silvia has been voted as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Women in Payments in 2022. She is also an advisory board member of the Payment Association and a founding member of the European Women Payments Network, which promotes diversity within the industry.
We tapped into her expertise for all things payments, discussed the importance of financial literacy and talked about how we can support women coming into and progressing through the industry.
Tune into this episode to hear all of her fantastic insights!
On Episode 4 of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast, your host Emma Jones was joined by a very special guest.
With a long career across sales, strategy and compliance, working in companies such as the UBS Investment Bank and the Deutsche Bank, our guest today is CJ Rinaldi, the CCO at Blockchain.com
We talked about everything from opening your own doors to ensuring that the next generation is prepared to take on the challenges that our dynamic industry will throw at them when it comes down to succession.
Tune in for this fascinating conversation with one of our industry experts!
On this episode of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast, we were joined by Panagiotis Kriaris, the Head of Business Development at Unzer.
He is passionate about technology, banking and sports, and uses similar strategies in both work and play.
Panagiotis has had a diverse and fascinating career across the finance industry that combines Financial Services & Banking with FinTech, Payments, E-commerce and Digital Projects. He now specialises in bringing strategy to FinTech start-ups and e-businesses to drive innovation and growth in the industry.
With such a wide range of experience, Panagiotis has developed an end-to-end understanding of the sector, which we unpack in this episode.
We talked about everything from the economy to happiness, giving you an episode that is jam-packed with insights.
We hope you enjoy!
Identifying transferable skills in candidates is an essential skill for recruiters in today’s workplace. Talent who have the relevant soft skills (or hard skills as I refer to them) are in short supply.
When you meet someone who claims to be strategic, driven and focussed, it sounds too good to be true. Then they evidence it by claiming to be in the top 1% of marathon finishers and using the same strategy whilst wearing brogues that they do in their Nikes.
You might worry that they’re looking for an easy, repetitive experience at work that reflects their Sunday morning training run, but not this guy! He loves to sail the high seas, the rougher the better, and he has the same approach in his oilskins as he does his suit jacket.
He is as fanatical about the Financial Services industry as he is about his leisure pursuits.
That person is this week’s guest, Garry Harrison, Chief Executive Officer at OARO.
In this episode, we talk about why diversity is key to the success of our teams, how happiness can increase productivity and fulfilment, how NFTs play into seamless, ticketless travel and how technology can help us fight climate change.
We hope you enjoy this episode of The Disruptive Mindset Podcast!
We are excited to speak to John Gaunt as our first guest on The Disruptive Podcast!
Growing up, his homeland of South Africa was still in the midst of apartheid so he followed what some would describe as, a rather unconventional career path. After being conscripted into two years of military national service, he went on a global hitchhike for 1 year, followed by attending university.
From this early experience, John enjoyed what he describes as an early gap year on his hitch-hike. He gained an appreciation for a disciplined attitude and a profound inner strength to know that whatever happened, he would be OK and finally get a top-class education.
What was to follow was an enviable career trajectory with our guest.
Proving to be a natural leader in his field of expertise, from his formative career days in Accenture, to now sitting on the board at leading Financial Services digital transformation consulting firm, Synechron.
In this episode, we discuss the digitalisation of the working world, the biggest dilemmas facing businesses, staying connected to your support network and much more!
Enjoy!
Welcome to the Disruptive Mindset Podcast; join me, Emma Jones as we take a deep dive behind the scenes of executives and leaders in the IT and tech industries.
We'll find out their models for success, lessons they've learnt and what makes them disruptive in their businesses and sectors and ultimately find out how it can help up.
Enjoy!