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by Kate Byrne
WomenAdvancing brings you into a world that will leave you feeling so much better. Anxiety be gone! Why? Because we’ll be speaking to real women who have faced real opportunities and blocks and made it through to the other side. WomenAdvancing uncovers hidden gems- trailblazing women who are reshaping the world. We share not only the wisdom and best practices from well established voices, but reveal and uncover those who are on the horizon, leading us into the future. The women you most likely don’t know but should. We’ll be speaking to and engaging with female executives and female Founders through their passion for advancing diversity, achieving women’s income equality, and enhancing women’s careers and lives in their pursuit to have it all. Both a healthy personal life and a robust professional life. Each episode will take place every two weeks available on iTunes, Spotify, Media Village and other podcast platforms. Our conversations will addre
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- 3 days ago37 min
Not Invited? Build Your Own Table: How To Stand Out In A Competitive Industry With Broadcaster, Professor And Business Owner, Kelsey Nicole Nelson
In a competitive industry, do you ever feel like you’re waiting for an invitation that will never come? Stop waiting. The secret to standing out isn’t getting a seat at someone else’s, it’s learning how to build your own table. Meet Kelsey Nicole Nelson, an award-winning broadcaster, professor, and entrepreneur who has mastered the art of not just being seen, but owning the entire space. In this exclusive interview, Kelsey shares her journey of defying the odds by turning every ‘no’ into ‘on’ (game on). Learn how she leverages authenticity, a master-of-all-trades mindset, and a commitment to lifting others to redefine success in high-profile sports media. Discover the power of claiming your voice, controlling your narrative, and becoming the architect of your own career.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Visit katherinebyrne.com
- 2 weeks ago42 min
The Business Of Blooming: Cameron Hardesty On Building Poppy Flowers From Idea To Investment
Floral design is the last big-ticket purchase you are making when planning your wedding. Although it may seem beautiful on the outset, it is downright ugly behind the scenes. When Cameron Hardesty was planning her own wedding flowers, she encountered unclear pricing, rigid minimums, sourcing issues, and manual workflows. After going through such a nightmare, she decided to turn it into a business idea. She joins Kate Byrne to discuss how she became the CEO and Founder of Poppy, a company that’s rethinking floral sourcing, pricing, and logistics using technology, transparency, and deep customer empathy. Cameron explains how she found her sweet spot to thrive in the vast wedding market, what it takes to modernize a legacy business, and how to navigate motherhood and a venture-backed company at the same time.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Visit katherinebyrne.com
- May 5, 202641 min
From Corporate To Impact Tech: Equera.ai Founder Danielle Finch On Career Pivot & Industry Transformation
Are you successful on paper, but feel like something is missing inside? In this episode, we sit down with Danielle Finch, Founder and CEO of Equera.ai. Danielle made the bold career pivot from twenty years of corporate success—including roles at GE, Michelin, and as Director of Customer Experience at HomeToGo—to become a social entrepreneur in the impact tech space.Her story isn’t one of impulsive reinvention, but a thoughtful reorientation from chasing profit to pursuing equity as the ultimate outcome. Danielle recognized that ‘staying is also a choice’ and realized she ‘had to get off her path’ to follow a greater purpose.We dive into how Danielle is leveraging systems thinking to disrupt the extractive tourism industry, turning it into a powerful lever for addressing wealth inequality by redirecting capital back into local communities. Discover how she built a practical runway for her leap and how she redefined success by shifting her focus from the what to the why.If you’re contemplating a big move or want to learn how to find real leverage inside broken systems, tune in to understand what it truly takes to build something that shifts, not just scales.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Visit katherinebyrne.com
- Apr 21, 202642 min
Designing A Good Future: Reimagining Sustainable Design, Waste, And Leadership With Kathryn Soter
Are you overlooking the unseen systems that cost us the most? In the U.S., a staggering 12.2 million tons of furniture waste is discarded annually—enough to furnish 8.8 million one-bedroom apartments. This isn’t just a waste problem; it’s a crisis of sustainable design, mindset, and leadership.Today, we welcome Kathryn Soter, Executive Director of the Good Future Design Alliance, who has spent decades at the intersection of media, design, and sustainability. We dive into how to tackle overwhelming problems with “simple baby steps”, why the focus must shift to residential design (which accounts for two-thirds of US building square footage), and how connecting creativity, cost, and impact is the invisible work of modern leadership.Tune in to learn why the future depends on making the unseen impossible to ignore, and how you can embrace progress, not perfection, to build a truly good future.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Visit katherinebyrne.com
- Apr 7, 202628 min
Success Without Self-Abandonment: Redesigning Work, Wellness, And Ambition With Forbes 30 Under 30 And Founder Of The Clearly Collective, Olivia Cleary
What if the secret to scaling your business wasn’t more hustle, but more humanity? In this episode of Women Advancing, Olivia Cleary, Founder of The Clearly Collective and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, joins us to flip the script on traditional career growth. We’re moving beyond the "more, more, more" mentality to explore wellness as infrastructure—not a reward for hard work, but the very foundation that makes it sustainable. Join us as we discuss how to redefine ambition, set radical boundaries, and design a version of success that supports the human doing the work, all without the cost of self-abandonment. It’s time to opt into a career that actually works for your life.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Visit katherinebyrne.com
- Mar 24, 202635 min
What If Work Worked For Humans? Learning Design, Human Design, And The Leaders Shaping The Future Of Work With Snjezana Slabek
In a world rapidly reshaped by Artificial Intelligence, the conversation often centers on the tools. But what if we shifted the focus to the people?Join host Kate Byrne on Women Advancing as she dives deep with global thought leader Snjezana Slabek into the timely intersection of AI, human-centered learning, and organizational effectiveness. Snjezana—an expert in human-centered AI learning, gamification, and design thinking—reveals why traditional learning and leadership models are failing in the AI era, and how we can adapt, unlearn, and relearn alongside technology.Discover:Why the biggest challenge in the AI era is not technology, but creating organizations capable of continuous adaptation.How gamification and human-centered design turn “consequences” into safe “trade-offs,” encouraging the experimentation vital for innovation.Why the “power of the query” is the new essential skill, shifting our focus from getting answers to asking the right questions.How communities like She STEAMS are empowering women to embrace playfulness, collaboration, and bolder leadership in an AI-driven future.Stop focusing on keeping up with AI and start focusing on leading the loop. Read on to explore how we can build a future where work truly works for humans.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Visit katherinebyrne.com
- Mar 17, 202635 min
The Cost Of Courage: Spiritual Activism, Justice, And Finding Your Voice With Cece Jones-Davis
What is the true cost of courage in speaking up? In a world riddled with resistant systems and uncomfortable truths, Cece Jones-Davis, an extraordinary spiritual leader, artist, and relentless advocate for justice, has consistently chosen voice over silence. Known for her tireless work on the Justice for Julius Jones campaign—a movement that successfully fought against a man’s execution—Cece steps into spaces many of us avoid, armed with both courage and deep compassion.Join us as we explore the journey of a leader who wrestled with her faith, stood firm against political backlash, and discovered that her greatest passions were often fueled by the things she hated. This conversation is an unfiltered look at what it takes to speak truth to power, how spiritual conviction sustains leadership, and the profound, life-altering difference one woman’s voice can make. Read on to uncover the powerful lessons on why, for the sake of justice and your own well-being, the moment for silence is no longer an option.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Visit katherinebyrne.com
- Mar 10, 202635 min
The 2026 Reuters Trailblazing Women Report: The Leaders Shaping The Future With Editor In Chief, Reuters Events Sustainable Business, Terry Slavin
What does leadership look like in a world of climate urgency, rapid tech change, and systemic upheaval? We spoke with Terry Slavin, Editor-in-Chief of Reuters’ sustainable business magazine, The Ethical Corporation, for a deep dive into the 2026 Reuters Trailblazing Women Report. More than a list, it signals where innovation and influence are headed.Key insights from this year’s report:The rise of relational “Trail Finders” connecting finance, business, and civil society.Women-led climate tech teams driving holistic solutions to urban water and heat risks.Breakthrough innovations—like coal-free steelmaking—powered by resilient optimism despite funding gaps and “climate hushing.”Discover the women shaping a sustainable future and the trends every sector and community needs to watch.
About Women Advancing
WomenAdvancing brings you into a world that will leave you feeling so much better. Anxiety be gone! Why? Because we’ll be speaking to real women who have faced real opportunities and blocks and made it through to the other side. WomenAdvancing uncovers hidden gems- trailblazing women who are reshaping the world. We share not only the wisdom and best practices from well established voices, but reveal and uncover those who are on the horizon, leading us into the future. The women you most likely don’t know but should. We’ll be speaking to and engaging with female executives and female Founders through their passion for advancing diversity, achieving women’s income equality, and enhancing women’s careers and lives in their pursuit to have it all. Both a healthy personal life and a robust professional life. Each episode will take place every two weeks available on iTunes, Spotify, Media Village and other podcast platforms. Our conversations will addre
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