How can business help solve society’s biggest challenges? Welcome to Series 3 of Take on Tomorrow, the award-winning podcast from PwC that examines the biggest problems facing society and the role business can—and should—play in solving them. This series, we’re welcoming broadcaster and journalist Femi Oke to the show. She joins podcaster and journalist Lizzie O’Leary, and together with industry innovators, tech trailblazers and visionary leaders from around the globe, they’ll explore timely ...
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Episode 63: Dominique Simoneau-Ritchie (Wealthsimple)
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In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Dominique talk about:
- Getting into computers so she could communicate with her friends
- How crappy Dreamweaver was
- Benefiting from IBM programs
- Stepping into project management
- Leaving IBM for a much smaller company...
- Making assumptions about working patterns...with mixed results :)
- How hiring quickly is in tension against achieving diversity
- Practicing giving feedback via "speedback sessions"
- Needing to know the "why" before following the rules
- Asking for her promotions
- Getting ready to garden and an obsession with whole grains
- Painting for 3 weeks
- What's hard about children :)
You can find Dominique on Twitter @dominiquesr and on Medium under her full name.
Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3
100 episodes
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Manage episode 287708820 series 2317207
Content provided by Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller, Rachel Perkins, and Kendall Miller. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rachel Perkins and Kendall Miller, Rachel Perkins, and Kendall Miller or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
In this episode, Kendall, rachel, and Dominique talk about:
- Getting into computers so she could communicate with her friends
- How crappy Dreamweaver was
- Benefiting from IBM programs
- Stepping into project management
- Leaving IBM for a much smaller company...
- Making assumptions about working patterns...with mixed results :)
- How hiring quickly is in tension against achieving diversity
- Practicing giving feedback via "speedback sessions"
- Needing to know the "why" before following the rules
- Asking for her promotions
- Getting ready to garden and an obsession with whole grains
- Painting for 3 weeks
- What's hard about children :)
You can find Dominique on Twitter @dominiquesr and on Medium under her full name.
Special thanks to Mel Stanley for our theme music <3
100 episodes
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