BrainFruits: Engineer your Future Hannah Becher

In this episode, Eleanor Manley, co-founder of Metta Space and I chat about the role of data in building inclusive workplaces.

Eleanor Manley is the co-founder & CTO of Metta Space. She is building tech for gender equality and better workplaces.

In this podcast episode, Eleanor tells us about her role as CTO and her transition to the role of CSO, what steps they have followed to build their digital product, informs us about the impact of harassment in the workspace, and how they are working to reduce this issue.

If you would like to know more about Metta Space, you can visit their website: https://www.metta-space.com/

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Shownotes:


The trajectory of Eleanor from international relations to using Machine Learning to combat misconduct in workplaces   [1.40 min]
The role of machine learning in building inclusive workplaces [Start: 7.20min]
How Metta Space is helping companies to detect, deter and prevent harassment cases  [08.00 min]
Examples of dealing with workplace misconduct [11.20 min]
**How to build a product in the impact tech space  [ 16.00 min]

You can find Eleanor Manley here: https://es.linkedin.com/in/eleanormanley
And Metta Space here: https://metta-space.com/

In the ninth episode of Season 3, Hillary Stevenson  - Energy Enthusiast | Senior Advisor, Crude Markets @Validere talks us through what’s for lunch in the crude market and how to develop and implement a sustainability strategy.

The total value of global carbon markets grew by over 20 percent in 2020—the fourth consecutive year of record growth. Compliance carbon markets (CCMs), where mandatory national, regional, or international regimes trade and regulate carbon allowances, play an increasingly visible role in efforts to reduce emissions.


As the drive to curb global warming gathers pace, carbon markets have become increasingly fundamental to achieving net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions.
One of the central questions top of mind for energy companies revolves around planning for tomorrow in light of the dynamic nature of those markets and technologies today.

This is a great episode if you are interested in to the energy transition and need to develop a sustainable strategy for your company!

Hillary Stevenson is the Senior Advisor, Crude Markets at Validere. With more than a decade of experience in oil market analysis, Hillary works closely with sales, product, services, and marketing to pair Validere solutions with customer needs to remove friction and add value in both supply chain operations and ESG initiatives.

Hillary is a subject matter expert on crude oil trends and their impact on the North American crude oil supply chain, with particular expertise in Cushing oil storage, North American refining, and pipeline networks.

Early in her career at Genscape, Hillary developed and deployed the industry’s first remote sensor surveillance network to provide never-before-seen granularity and transparency into crude oil supply and demand.

Outside of work, Hillary actively participates in community engagement work and volunteers with Clothe the West, a mutual aid organization benefiting BIPOC children. She loves to cook, golf, practice yoga, and play pickleball.

Her vision for the future is one where we have transparency into our energy supply and that our energy supply sustainably supports human prosperity. A future where data and facts inform consumer energy choices.

Validere is a measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) SaaS company that helps energy organizations transform disconnected, incomplete data into clear and immediately actionable pathways to financial and environmental value.

Shownotes:


The trajectory of Hillary into the crude market [Start: 1.40 min]
The forces shaping the crude markets [Start: 4.00 min]
The role of the sustainable energy transition: Crude markets on a diet?  [Start: 4.40min]
What’s the biggest challenge in approaching the energy transition? [09.50 min]
How to plan for tomorrow as a leader in the crude market? [Start: 10.57 min]
What are the three phases of the energy transition? [**Start 16.26 min]
Examples of successful companies leading the energy transition  [Start 24.49min]
How you can become a sustainability influencer  [Start: 32.21 min]

You can find Hillary Stevenson here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillary-stevenson/
And Validere here: https://www.validere.com/about


For the research papers mentioned in the episode:  www.blog.validere.com

In the eighth episode of Season 3, Ella Rytsölä  - Project Manager @ TechVelopment | Co-Founder @ WithPurpose tells us about her Superpower and explains how to get more women into entrepreneurship.

With Purpose is a platform that helps women start, run and grow purpose-led companies. Her background merges business, sustainability and innovation.

Ella is excited about the potential of impact innovation in solving the biggest problems in the world and as a hardcore feminist, gender equality is integrated into everything she touches.

Her vision for the future is that the entrepreneurial landscape is a level playing field for diverse talent.

25% of founders in the Nordics are women, with numbers slightly different between each country. 18% of the total available VC funding goes to female-only teams, while 18% goes to mixed teams & the rest to male-only founded companies

Shownotes:


Start-up trajectory of Ella [Start: 1.00 min]
The superpower of Ella [Start: 1.38 min]
The Role of Venture Capital Firms [Start: 4.27min]
The Role of Start-up Schools like WithPurpose [09.00 min]
Examples of successful ventures  [Start: 10.57 min]
Tools & Tactics to start a successful and purposeful venture  [23.33 min]

You can find Ella Rytsölä here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellarytsola/?originalSubdomain=dk
And WithPurpose here:  https://www.wpurpose.org/

In the seventh episode of Season 3, Irene Selvanathan - CEO and Founder of Neuro-Space brings us to the Moon using the power of Machine Learning.

Irene has over a decade of experience as an Engineer and worked in companies such as FTI Engineering Network GmbH, Exolaunch, and German Orbital System GmbH.

Did you think that Tesla, Google, Uber, etc. were the first ones to heavily invest in self-driving cars? Well, think again!!! In fact, NASA created the technology for autonomous driving for Mars Rovers almost a decade ago. A Machine Learning based navigation and driving system for self-driving rovers helps to explore space at low cost.

Irene's vision with Neurospace is to democratize access to the moon and other planetary surfaces and enable new scientific discoveries and commercial applications.

NEUROSPACE is a Berlin-based NewSpace company founded in 2020 by a group of experienced engineers in the fields of space engineering, software, and physics. The company is developing a new generation of small and affordable rovers for the exploration of the moon and other planetary surfaces. The rovers are based on the CubeSat standard and will be equipped with state-of-the-art machine-learning algorithms for navigation and driving.

Tune in and listen to:


Start-up trajectory of Irene [Start: 1.25 min]
What is a Moon rover [Start: 6.00 min]
How to go into space  [Start: 10.30min]
How to deal with uncertainty [Start: 21.30 min]
Tools & Tactics to get started in Space Tech [23.33 min]

You can find Irene here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/irene-selvanathan/ and Neuro-Space here: https://www.neuro-space.de/

In the sixth episode of Season 3, Kristel Tuul - a certified high-performance coach walks us through the concept of FLOW.

Kristel is a certified women's high-performance coach. Before that, she was the head of digital growth and performance at CHOOOSE, a climate action tech platform, ran her own tech startup as head of sales and marketing, and did door-to-door sales for 6 years in the USA and Canada.

Kristel helps female leaders & entrepreneurs become wildly successful while having more time for themselves. Her approach is science-backed and holistic where she helps women make their mindset, biology, and environment work for them.

Flow is a state of mind in which a person becomes fully immersed in an activity. Positive psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi describes flow as a state of complete immersion in an activity. Being immersed can be defined as a state of focus in which a person is completely absorbed and engrossed in their work.

While in a flow state, people are highly involved and focused on what they are doing.

The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost," Csíkszentmihályi said in an interview with Wired magazine

This is a great episode if you want to learn how to get into a FLOW state and learn to manage your energy and not time.

We focus on


Start-up trajectory of Kristel Tuul  [Start: 1.25 min]
What is FLOW [Start: 6.00 min]
Why we are experiencing Digital Exhaustion [Start: 15.30min]
How to set boundaries at work [17.00 min]
3 simple steps to get into a Flow state [Start: 18.30 min]
Tools & Tactics to use Flow to make a positive impact [28.47 min]

You can find Kristel here: https://www.kristeltuul.com/

I hope you enjoy this episode!

With best wishes,

💛 Hannah

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In the fifth episode of Season 3, Victoria Prantauer, founder in residence with Antler, shares how to design products to empower people.
Viktoria’s vision is to shape a world where economic growth, sustainability, and inclusion are balanced. As an entrepreneur, her mission is to create meaningful products and empower people while also focusing on what lies at the core of our AI-driven future—data. She has a 15y+ business and marketing trajectory with a strong product focus and expertise in building startups and companies from scratch.
After having been diagnosed with Breast cancer, she focused on scaling innovation efforts regarding AI-based products for breast cancer diagnosis and co-founded Hippo AI Foundation to launch an MVP for patient-driven open data projects: viktoriaonezero.org.
Antler is a global early-stage venture capital firm that invests in the defining technology companies of tomorrow. The investor backing the world’s most driven founders, from day zero to greatness.
We are truly inspired by Viktoria’s story and her approach to turning problems into solutions.
This is a very personal episode as we discuss how the democratization of data can determine life choices. We focus on

Start-up trajectory of Viktoria Prantauer  [Start: 2.30min]
How technology can help with breast cancer [Start: 10.30min]
The role of democratization of data for better decision making [Start: 14.30min]
How data stewardship acts as an enabler for the involvement of patients [Start: 18.30min]
How to change awareness and mindset and why data hoarding & data fearing are [Start: 22.30min]

You can find Viktoria here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktoriaprantauer/
I hope you enjoy this episode!
With best wishes,
💛 Hannah
Looking to engineer your future? Visit
💫   www.brain-fruits.net
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