An event to mark International Women’s Day and the Regional Hub 2nd Anniversary on 12 March
The breakfast event took place at WSP offices in Bristol with people arriving from 9am able to network for 30 minutes before the panel discussion started.
The diverse panel made up of Katherine Bright from WSP, Karen Winwood from Holt Recruitment, Rachel Evans, from Unity5, and Latoya McAllister shared details about their current role and their career path to date. Joelle Locko hosted the discussion probing the panel to reflect on various factors which influenced their choices and outlook, including how they kept up to date around technology and technology advancements and there was a great discussion about using AI to not only help you be more efficient but to find out things about yourself, including your own style of leadership. The audience were invited to ask further questions leading to a great debate around interacted by probing further around various topics such as what might you do differently next time to what podcasts they listened to.
People were invited to share what actions they might take from the event and there was a consensus around the need to keep stretching yourself, making the effort to work outside of your comfort zone and build your personal brand. We also had a great discussion around the challenges women still faced and touched on the different outlooks and expectations of the Gen X, Millennial and Gen Z groups.
Thank you to everyone that joined and look forward to seeing you at the next one!
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