This week's guest is: Lauren Currie OBE She is the Founder of UPFRONT; on a mission to change confidence and support one million women by 2023. Lauren is a Trustee of the Design Council and Pregnant Then Screwed. In 2017, Lauren was awarded an OBE for her services to design and diversity.
As someone who runs a community for women, I see confidence (or lack thereof) coming up often as a reason why women don’t follow through on incredible ideas and well thought out plans, I also see oppression within our system every day and so wanted to find out from Lauren how she has learned to challenge the way we live and function within a society that is not built to support women.
In this episode we cover:
- Design and it’s part in entrepreneurship and innovation
- Systemic oppression and how the system is broken
- How we can use our position or privilege to create positive change
- Why getting it wrong is inevitable
- Activism in business
- We explore the concept of rest and capitalism
- How to take action with confidence
We hope you enjoy!
Find out more about and with Lauren Currie
- Web: Upfront / www.laurencurrie.co
- IG: @_laurencurrie_
RESOURCES:
- Sophie Walker - Five Rules for Rebellion
- The Nap Ministry
- Pandora Sykes - How do we know we're doing it right?
- Basecamp Blowup: Banning Politics At Work
- Koa Beck - White Feminism
- Sheryl Sandberg - Lean In
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