Season 5
The Global Interview season 5 is a great mix of creatives, leaders and thinkers from different sectors. Introverts and extroverts brilliant minds. They shared what they like most about their careers and how you can follow in their path.
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Tomorrow is another day.”
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Each day is a chance to do better and work towards our goals, so no need to focus too much on the past, and what could have been, but learn the lesson and move on.”
Catherine Ploue-Smith
Catherine Ploue-Smith
Senior Localization Manager at Smartsheet
Catherine Ploue-Smith has an international professional background, that spans 4 countries and two continents, with 25 years experience across a broad range of industries, including Education, Networking and Security, International Shipping and Forwarding, Software, Consulting and SaaS.
She's multilingual and convinced that the languages of the world, while a barrier in many instances, are one of the greatest, most exciting and unique challenges to connect across cultures and break stereotypes and fear of the others.
“A failure is an event, not a person. When things go wrong, it is so tempting to find someone to blame, either yourself or other people. However, failure is almost always a process error, not a human error. Learn from the mistake and improve the process.”
Paul Doherty
Paul Doherty
Director of Strategy Management Consultants Ltd
During his career, Paul Doherty has set up two language service companies: The Language Technology Centre, which became a $25M business merged into Xerox Language Services, and Multilingual Technology Ltd, which he sold to Berlitz during the .com era.
Since then, Paul has been Managing Director of UK, German, Polish and Slovakian B2B services companies. He has led several European sales teams and has worked as a strategic consultant.
“I would advise anyone looking to start their own business to make sure it is something they are truly passionate about and that they really see the value in it.”
Melissa Snover
Melissa Snover
Founder & CEO of Nourished and Scripted
Founder and CEO of Nourished and Scripted (operated under Remedy Group) Melissa Snover (aka Melissa Burton) is an entrepreneur, visionary, and a trendsetter in the world of food technology and 3D printing. She is passionate about developing innovations which offer solutions to her customers, challenge her competitors, and disrupt current market offerings.
“I'm convinced that anyone can develop their own natural traits into the skills they desire. This is the crux of the growth mindset.
Ask more questions about people. Cultivate your interest in the world and its people. Travel more. Say yes.
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Gina London
Gina London
Chief Executive Officer at Language of Leadership, Ltd
Gina London is a globally recognized leadership communications expert. With clients in five continents, she represents some of the top companies and executives in the world. An Emmy-winning former CNN correspondent and anchor, Gina brings her passion for people and helping leaders tell their stories better to whatever event she is privileged to be a part of.
She is an internationally recognized high energy speaker, facilitator and premier strategic communications expert based in Ireland.
“I love learning, and I love passing that knowledge on to other people. It's those little sparks that make me feel the joy in what I do.”
Amanda Webb
Amanda Webb
Digital and Content Marketing Strategy,
Support for Marketers & Business
Amanda Webb works alongside savvy marketers and business owners to build online marketing strategies that deliver their business goals. Her blog has won awards nationally and internationally, and she just loves to talk about marketing.
When she's not working, she loves watching Dr Who, playing with her cats and going for long cycles in the Irish countryside.
“It is a commitment, unlike any other. All companies, no matter the size, start out small and must work their way up with a lot of patience and persistence. Know that the journey is what matters more than reaching the end.”
Nick Myers
Nick Myers
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of RedFox AI,
TEDx and International Keynote Speaker
Nick Myers is the Founder and CEO of RedFox AI in Madison, WI in the US RedFox AI helps give brands a voice by leveraging the power of AI and voice assistant technologies like Alexa and Google Assistant.
Nick is a TEDx and International Keynote Speaker having spoken across the US and the world in countries like Australia and Thailand; on topics ranging from Artificial Intelligence and the future of work, social media in the era of Artificial Intelligence, and how any organization can give themselves a voice (literally) using voice assistant technologies like Alexa and Google Assistant.
“If you have made
1; 10; 100; 1,000; 1,000,000
beings (people, plants, animals, ecosystems) lives' better because of your existence, then you have been successful.”
Jennifer Kenny
Jennifer Kenny
Speaker, Mentor, Mobilizer and Facilitator on Human Innovation (Technology and Gender Diversity)
Jennifer Kenny speaks, mentors, trains and facilitates Human Innovation, with a specific focus on two of the big levers of innovation: technology and gender diversity. Her work is founded on Systems Thinking and Language Action Design and human-centred Design.
Jennifer has held senior consulting positions with Accenture, Booz Allen and Gartner, senior executive roles with Wells Fargo and Cisco, and was CIO, SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) where she designed and led the enterprise's IT transformation program.
“I can attest to the statement that if you do something you love, you'll never work another day in your life.”
Stuart Lynn
Stuart Lynn
Non-Executive Director, Visiting Professor,
Founder & Managing Director of Stuart Lynn Consulting
Stuart Lynn is a renowned technology business leader and former executive of the Sage Group PLC.
More recently, alongside running his own consultancy business. Stuart is a Non-Executive Director at Newcastle Strategic Solutions Ltd, and a Visiting Professor and Industrial Advisory Board Chair at the University of Sunderland.