S2E3: Climbing the Mountain to Save Yourself and Your Business with Tab Pierce

Tab Pierce on LinkedIn

Key Points From This Episode:

Tab talks to us about his amazing and uplifting “mountain” journey.
The pivot points that took Tab from the bottom of the trough to the way out.
How Tab managed to keep his company going.
The importance of transparency and vulnerability when going through a tough time.
How Tab kept himself going in a sustainable way.
We talk about self-care and why it’s considered a learned skill.
How Tab used meditation and gratitude as part of his healing process.
Tab talks more about what the Refiners Conference is and how it stemmed from his journey.
How Tab’s perspective on tackling adversity has evolved.
More about his second book, Outlast Everything.
How Tab’s experiences changed him for the better.
More about what inspired Tab to organize the Refiners Conference and its goals.
Where you can go to find more information about the conference.
Parting advice from Tab to our listeners.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Tab Pierce

Tab Pierce on Instagram

Tab Pierce on Twitter

Refiners Conference

Karen Worstell

MOJO Maker

Flameproof: How to Flameproof Your Career and Your Life and Handle Adversity Like a Boss

Tanya Janca on LinkedIn

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S2E2: Diversity, Equity and Kindness Toward a More Secure Internet with Tanya Janca

Making the internet a more secure place is a passion that runs deep for today’s guest. Tanya Janca, also known as She Hacks Purple, is the author of Alice and Bob Learn Application Security and the Founder and CEO of We Hack Purple, an online learning academy, community, and podcast that revolves around teaching everyone to create secure software. Tanya has been in the IT software development and security community for over 20 years and has won numerous awards. Tanya is a huge advocate for diversity, inclusion, and kindness. As you will see during today’s episode, that really does shine through in everything that she does and says, with magnificent results. We talk about what inspired her to establish her company, and how her company values impacted the accessibility of her community and platform. She shares personal experiences about being a woman leader in tech and how she stood her ground and stood up for herself against companies trying to bully her. We can’t wait for you to hear today’s show about all this and more, so tune in and enjoy!

Key Points From This Episode:

Tanya gives us an update on everything that she’s been working on since the last time she was on the show.
What drives Tanya to do the work she is doing; establishing her company, We Hack Purple.
What inspired Tanya to write her book Alice and Bob Learn Application Security.
Tanya talks about the community she has established and the encouraging environment it has become.
Tanya shares a personal experience where she stood up for herself as a woman in tech.
Company values and how they impact the accessibility of Tanya’s platform and community.
She explains more about the values and concepts behind her company and community.
Tanya talks about her podcast – the We Hack Purple Podcast – and the heart behind it.
We talk about the many awards that Tanya has received as a Woman in Security.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Tanya Janca on Twitter

We Hack Purple

We Hack Purple Podcast

Alice and Bob Learn Application Security

Karen Worstell

MOJO Maker

Flameproof: How to Flameproof Your Career and Your Life and Handle Adversity Like a Boss

Kristen Knowles on LinkedIn

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S2E4: The Innovation Whisperer: Kristen Pinkston Knowles

Here on the MOJO Maker for Womxn in Tech Podcast, you hear about all kinds of approaches for making a better workplace from the inside out. Today’s guest goes even further. Kristen Knowles believes that a better workplace grows through executives, who do the inner work of connecting deeply to their purpose, and she has the results to prove it. You might say that Kristen’s heart-centered work makes her the tech industry’s “innovation whisperer.” In this episode, she shares a bit more about her background and the work that she does as an international speaker, expert in leadership development, and the President and CEO of Brave Leaders Group. She explains why this important work should start from the top-down and how she helps her clients do the internal work through her one-on-one coaching programs. You’ll also learn about the progress Kristen has observed in creating safe, inclusive, and equitable workplaces and how she believes we can achieve true diversity. Her advice to professional women working in tech is on point, and you’ll find her optimism encouraging, so make sure to tune in today!

Key Points From This Episode:

Hear a bit more about Kristen’s background and how it informed her current role.
Finding corporate clients in tech that were receptive to her heart-centered approach.
Why this kind of work should start from the top-down; get executive leaders on board first.
How Kristen helps her clients do the internal work using one-one-one coaching methods.
The progress that Kristen sees in creating safer and more inclusive environments.
The importance of asking for feedback and receiving it with an open mind.
Why leaders have to exemplify the work they want others to emulate.
Being strong and capable while also staying soft and teachable; finding a healthy balance.
The presence of women and women of color in tech and how Kristen sees that evolving.
Valuing diversity versus showing inclusion and actually having an equitable workplace.
While men are less risk-averse and more likely to value ROI, there is the need to be flexible and adaptable to evolve.
Kristen’s advice for women in tech: deeply connect with your purpose and your why.
The power of being true to yourself, even in the midst of failure.
Kristen asserts that the most important work is the internal work, even if it’s hard; that’s where true transformation lies.

“The most important work is typically the internal work first and we don’t like that and it’s hard. It’s not quick, get rich, easy, fix my problem, but it’s where the true growth and transformation happens.” — Kristen Knowles [0:45:47]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Kristen Knowles on Instagram

Kristen Knowles on Facebook