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Georgie Hubbard

Not behind. Unpositioned. Career Confidence is for leaders ready to make their next bold move in the age of AI.

Hosted by Georgie Hubbard, career coach, recruiter, Director of CH Talent Solutions, and creator of the Bold Moves Career Accelerator, this show is for senior leaders who've already done the proving and are ready for what's next.

Each episode brings honest conversations with business leaders and women who've navigated real turning points: the restructure, the redundancy, the promotion that went to someone else, the AI shift nobody prepared them for. Real strategy, not just inspiration. The language, positioning, and clarity to make your next move the right one, not just the first one offered.

Whether you're overlooked for a role you know you're ready for, in motion after a restructure, or applying and not landing, this podcast gives you the frameworks and the permission to back yourself, in a market where AI is changing what gets you chosen.

Clarity creates calm. Calm creates confidence. Confidence creates momentum. That's Career Confidence.

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  • Sunday · 27 min

    Want a New Role Before Christmas? Make These 5 Moves Now

    September is one of the most important hiring windows of the year. If you want to make a move before Christmas, this is the time to get strategic. The market is still tight. Recruiters are flooded with applications. AI is increasingly being used to search, screen and shortlist candidates. So sending the same CV to every role and hoping for the best is no longer enough. ___________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ___________ In this episode, I’m breaking down the five-part strategy I’m teaching women inside the Bold Move Career Accelerator right now: Clarity. Network. Positioning. Tailored CV. Visibility. And I’m sharing exactly why each one matters. One woman had applied for a role and heard nothing for four weeks. She reached out to one person she knew inside the company and, within 24 hours, she had an interview and was moved through to the next round. Another woman repositioned her LinkedIn profile and, within roughly 40 hours, a recruiter contacted her about a role she genuinely wanted. This episode is for you if you’re applying and hearing nothing, wondering why your experience isn’t translating into interviews, or simply want a clearer plan to help you land the right role before the end of the year. In this episode: Why September is such an important hiring window How to get clear on the role, company, environment and culture you actually want next Why your network is one of your biggest career assets How to activate relationships strategically without networking feeling awkward Why recruiters are increasingly using AI and LinkedIn search tools to find candidates How to position your LinkedIn profile around where you’re going, not just where you’ve been Why tailoring your CV is now non-negotiable Why five strong applications can be more effective than 50 generic ones How AI is changing screening and first-stage hiring Why visibility is becoming career currency How posting and commenting can create opportunities you never applied for The five-part strategy: clarity, network, positioning, tailored CV and visibility The goal isn’t more applications. It’s more choice, options and the right opportunities. If you want a new role before Christmas, make these five moves now. ___________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ___________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com

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  • September 6 · 44 min

    Why Applying Online Isn’t Enough Anymore: The Network Advantage Senior Women Need in the Age of AI

    The job market is changing fast. More people are applying. AI is increasingly being used to filter applications. New roles are emerging. And some incredibly capable women are finding themselves applying for opportunities they could absolutely do, but never even making it to interview. ___________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ___________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ___________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ___________ Connect with Lou Compagnone: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/ ___________ Connect with Adair Robins: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adair-robins/ ___________ So what actually gets you seen? In this episode, Georgie Hubbard and Lou Compagnoni are joined by Adair, a transformation and diversity leader who has spent much of her career working across technology and helping more women build and sustain careers in the industry. Adair shares her own experience of applying for roles and hearing very little back, until someone in her network referred her. Suddenly, the process moved incredibly quickly. It’s a powerful reminder that in today’s market, your experience matters, your CV matters, but so does who knows you, what they know you for and whether you’ve built relationships before you need them. The conversation also explores why women are leaving technical careers at a higher rate than men, what AI means for women returning from career breaks, why flexibility still matters, and the growing opportunity for women to step into emerging AI and transformation roles. In this episode: Why women are leaving highly technical careers at almost twice the rate of men during mid-career Why age 40 is such a critical point for women working in technology What happens when career progression collides with caring responsibilities Why organisations that want more women need to rethink flexibility, hiring and workplace culture How quickly technology and AI can change while someone is on parental or carers leave Why structured reskilling can rebuild confidence after a career break Why some of the most exciting new AI roles require far more than traditional technical skills Why brilliant women are still being overlooked for emerging AI leadership opportunities Why referrals and relationships can dramatically change your job search Georgie’s experience receiving almost 600 applications for a single role Why relying solely on job boards is becoming an increasingly difficult strategy How to network without becoming someone you’re not Why LinkedIn visibility and personal brand matter more in an AI-driven hiring market How to use AI to improve your CV without removing the stories, personality and impact that make you different Why continual learning needs to become part of your career strategy, regardless of your role One of the biggest takeaways from this conversation? Opportunities come through people, not job boards. You don’t need hundreds of transactional connections or to spend every night at networking events. Start with the people already around you. Former managers. Colleagues. Clients. Stakeholders. People you’ve enjoyed working with throughout your career. Stay connected. Share what you’re working on. Be visible. Help people understand where you’re heading next. Because your network shouldn’t be something you start building when you suddenly need a job. It’s career currency you build long before you need to spend it. With Confidence Georgie 💜 ___________ Resources mentioned Back in the Code — Cohort 2 A full-day agentic engineering course taught by some of Australia’s best engineers, designed for parents currently on or recently returned from parental leave. Melbourne, 24 September: https://events.techcouncil.com.au/agentic_ai_course_cohort2 Back in the Code — Future Cohort Waitlist Register your interest for future cohorts: https://events.techcouncil.com.au/agentic_engineering_waitlist_form Tech Careers Hotline Podcast Featuring women in tech and their career stories: https://techcouncil.com.au/tech-careers-hotline-podcast/ Women in Highly Technical Work Report Tech Council of Australia research on the pipeline and retention of women in highly technical careers: https://techcouncil.com.au/research/

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  • August 30 · 38 min

    The 3-Part Career Strategy Senior Women Need Now: Network, Brand, and Value (Here's How to Start) With Transformation Leader, Maryanne.

    You don't need to be the loudest voice in the room to build a powerful career. You just need to know what you bring, and make sure the right people can find you. ___________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ___________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ___________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ___________ Connect with Maryanne Thomas: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryannethomas/ ___________ This episode is for every senior woman who's been keeping her head down doing excellent work and hoping that's enough. For every woman who knows she should be networking but doesn't know where to start. For every woman who's terrified of putting herself out there on LinkedIn because she doesn't want to look like she's showing off. Maryanne has spent her career jumping before she was ready. From Queensland to Melbourne. From no tech experience to leading transformation programs at Origin Energy and now in retail. From staying invisible to posting on LinkedIn every week, even when it terrified her. From letting her network slip to building it with intention. And from hoping someone would notice her work to making sure the right people know exactly what she brings. This conversation is about the three things senior women need to focus on right now if they want to stay relevant, visible, and in demand: network, brand, and value. It's about why the old playbook of working hard and waiting to be noticed doesn't work anymore. It's about why networking as a woman doesn't have to look like the male version. And it's about the mindset shift that changes everything: you don't need to be perfect, you just need to start. Maryanne shares how she's using AI to build her personal brand without losing her voice. Why she moved to 80% work to be there for her daughter starting prep, and how she's teaching her to be willful, not quiet. Why she signed up for cold water swimming in winter to challenge herself. And the one thing she wishes she'd done earlier in her career: build her network before she needed it. If you've been waiting for permission to start building your visibility, this is it. ___________ In This Episode: 🟣 Why Maryanne has always jumped before she was ready, and how that's shaped her entire career 🟣 From Queensland to Melbourne, from no tech degree to leading digital transformation at Origin Energy 🟣 The three things senior women need to focus on right now: network, brand, and value 🟣 Why Maryanne didn't build her network well enough early on, and what she's doing differently now 🟣 How she's using AI to build her personal brand on LinkedIn, even though social media terrified her 🟣 Why she started posting on LinkedIn this year as her personal challenge, and how it's made her a better storyteller 🟣 The leadership skills that matter most right now: empathy, trust, and the courage to call out what's not working 🟣 Why doing more with less is the reality for every leader right now, and how to navigate that without burning out your team 🟣 How AI is being used in retail to solve inventory problems, and why clean data is the foundation 🟣 Why half of the internet is now created by AI, and what that means for women in tech 🟣 How Maryanne is teaching her six year old daughter to be willful, not quiet, and why that matters 🟣 Why networking as a woman doesn't have to look like the male version, and the WhatsApp group strategy that works 🟣 What Maryanne is doing to stay ahead of the AI era without getting overwhelmed 🟣 The mindset shift from hoping someone will notice your work to making sure the right people know exactly what you bring ___________ If this episode resonated with you, reach out to Maryanne on LinkedIn. Let her know your biggest takeaway. The women who get chosen aren't always the most experienced. They're the ones who are visible, connected, and clear on what they bring. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. Georgie 💜

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  • August 23 · 38 min

    Not Behind. Just Unseen: Why Only 1 in 5 AI Leaders Are Women, And the Skill That Gets You Noticed

    You don't need to be technical to break into AI. You need to understand what makes you irreplaceable. ___________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ___________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ___________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ___________ Connect with Lou Compagnone: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/ ___________ Only 1 in 5 AI leadership roles are held by women. Only 13% of women hold C-suite roles in AI, across 27 countries. We're still chasing our tail on the gender pay gap, still fighting for more women in leadership, and now AI is reshaping the entire workforce with women's voices dangerously underrepresented before the wave has even properly started. This episode is for every woman who's applied for AI roles and heard nothing back. For every woman who thinks she's too far behind, or not technical enough, or doesn't have the right experience. For every woman who's kept her head down doing excellent work and hoped that would be enough. It's not enough anymore. The old playbook doesn't work. The women who get chosen for AI roles aren't always the most technical. They're the ones who are visible, connected, and strategic. They understand AI is a people problem, not just a technology problem. Lou and I catch up after a few weeks apart. She's just back from Stanford, where she completed the AI-Powered Organisation course. I'm back from the UK, where I noticed something striking: AI is everywhere. My parents are using it. My nan is using it. And my brother, a professional golfer with zero technical experience, built himself a website using Claude in three hours flat. He then built one for the new owners of his golf club too, made himself impossible to overlook, and he's now in discussions about a promotion. This conversation is about what happens when you stop waiting to feel ready and start positioning yourself for what's next. Why the most successful AI agent at Stanford wasn't built by the most technical person in the room. Why hurt people hurt people, and how Lou handles the trolling that comes with being a woman speaking publicly about AI. And the one mindset shift that changes everything. Don't try to become someone else. Add AI to what you already know. If you've been waiting for permission to start, this is it. ___________ In This Episode: 🟣 Why only 13% of women hold C-suite roles in AI across 27 countries, and what that means for the future of work 🟣 Lou's experience at Stanford: the AI-Powered Organisation course, and why transformation matters more than technology 🟣 The woman who won the AI agent challenge wasn't the most technical. She was the one who understood the problem. 🟣 Why Lou got trolled online for talking about AI as a transformation role, and how to handle being a woman in the public eye 🟣 Georgie's brother: a pro golfer with zero tech experience who built a website in three hours and positioned himself for a promotion 🟣 Why AI is everywhere in the UK and the US, but Australia is still catching up 🟣 The disconnect between companies hiring for AI roles and not knowing what they actually need 🟣 Why women are finding it harder to break into AI roles, and what you can do about it right now 🟣 How to disrupt yourself before you're disrupted: the one question you need to ask yourself today 🟣 Why technical people are feeling threatened, and what that means for women entering the AI space 🟣 The mindset shift: don't try to become someone else. Add AI to what you already know. ___________ If this episode gave you a takeaway, tell us about it on LinkedIn. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. With confidence, Georgie 💜

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  • August 16 · 27 min

    12 Years Recruiting. I've Never Seen a Job Market Like This (Here's What's Working Now)

    After 12 years in recruitment, I can tell you this: I have never seen a job market quite like this one. And the women who get chosen aren't the ones waiting for things to settle. They're the ones reading the shift early and positioning themselves before the market does it for them. ___________ ✨ Apply for the 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ___________ This episode is for every woman who's been applying for roles and hearing nothing back. For every woman who's wondering why her experience isn't translating into interviews. For every woman who's starting to feel like the old playbook doesn't work anymore. Because it doesn't. The old way was simple: apply online, send your CV, wait for the call. The new way requires something different. You need to be easy to find. Easy to understand. Easy to remember. And easy to choose. In this episode, I break down exactly what's working in the market right now. Why applying online isn't enough. Why your LinkedIn profile needs to be searchable, not just presentable. Why your CV needs to be tailored to every single role, not just updated. And why your network is the most valuable career asset you have, whether you're actively looking or not. I also share the new rules that matter: get explicitly clear on what you want, position yourself for those roles, package yourself correctly on LinkedIn and your CV, activate your network before you need it, and show up visibly so the right people can find you. This isn't about doing more. It's about doing the right things strategically. And if you've been keeping your head down doing excellent work and hoping that's enough, this episode will show you exactly what's missing. ___________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ___________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ___________ Chapters 00:00 The market has changed, and what that means for you 00:23 Why this episode is unfiltered 01:25 Three weeks in the UK, family, and the value of stepping away 03:06 What women have been saying since Georgie got back 03:41 Twelve years recruiting, and a market she has never seen before 04:16 Inside organisations right now: hiring on pause, AI investment, slower decisions 06:34 What used to work, and why it stopped working 06:50 Why your application is not reaching a human 08:33 Rule one: get explicitly clear on what you want next 10:17 Rule two: position yourself for the role you want, not the one you have had 11:22 Rule three: a CV tailored to the job, not your entire history 12:17 Rule four: activate your network before you need it 13:19 Rule five: visibility, and the shift from SEO to AEO 15:16 Easy to find, easy to understand, easy to remember, easy to choose 15:40 The CV test: so what? What changed because you were there? 17:12 LinkedIn is prime real estate: headline, about, skills, activity 19:01 One coffee a week, and why you should never ignore a recruiter 20:01 Nobody is thinking about your post as much as you are 20:45 Interviews: you can always tell who prepared 23:00 Do not wait until you are desperate 23:44 What happens inside Bold Moves 26:20 Final thought, and what is coming next on the podcast What you'll take away The market changed, and it is not your fault. Fewer roles, more competition, and organisations taking far longer to decide. Clarity comes first. You cannot position yourself for something you have not named. Most women can list what they do not want. Far fewer can say what they do. Your LinkedIn is optimised for the roles you want, not the roles you have had. If it reflects your past, you will keep attracting your past. Every line on your CV has to answer "so what?" Responsibilities are what everyone lists. Outcomes are what get you shortlisted. Build the relationship before you need it. One coffee a week with a recruiter, an old colleague or a former manager. Visibility is an investment, not showing off. AI models pull from LinkedIn, YouTube, Reddit and Wikipedia. Being findable now is what makes you findable later. with confidence Georgie 💜

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  • August 9 · 2 min

    36 Free AI Certifications You Can Put on Your LinkedIn

    AI certifications from Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Harvard and 20 other providers, 36 of them completely free, with a certificate you can put on your LinkedIn. Get the full list → https://www.georgiehubbard.com/ai-courses ___________ Georgie and Lou are taking a short break from AI Ready Women. Georgie's back in the UK with family and Lou is travelling for work, and they'll be back on the mic together again soon. Rather than go quiet, they've left you the library. Georgie sends to senior women who know they need to get current on AI and have no idea where to start. Don't start with 45. Start with three. Georgie's shortlist — about seven hours all in: 1. Generative AI Explained (NVIDIA) — one hour, no code, free digital badge at the end. The fastest way to stop feeling behind. 2. Career Essentials in Generative AI (Microsoft & LinkedIn) — three to four hours. This certificate posts straight to your LinkedIn profile, where recruiters are actually looking. 3. AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations (Anthropic) — three hours. Built for women who lead teams rather than build things. How to make AI decisions, not how to write code. One honest note: 36 of the 45 are completely free with a certificate. The rest are free to study but charge for the certificate — they're marked on the page. Why this matters more than it sounds like it should This isn't about becoming a data scientist. After 12 years inside recruitment, the pattern Georgie sees is this: the women who get approached for the roles that matter are not the most technical women in the room. They're the most legible ones, the women whose profile makes it obvious, in seconds, that they've kept up. A named certificate does that before anyone has read a single line of your experience. So pick one. Start it this week. Let confidence catch up. ___________ 🎓 The AI course library — 45 certifications, 36 free 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/ai-courses ___________ ✨ Bold Move Career Accelerator — eight weeks, small cohort, for senior women ready to make the move rather than read about it 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ___________ 📚 The Bold Move (the book) 👉 https://www.theboldmovebook.com ___________ One thing before you go. If this series has been useful, the single best thing you can do while we're away is send this episode to one woman who's been putting off getting to grips with AI. Not a list. One woman. You'll know who she is. Back soon, with some phenomenal guests lined up. Georgie 💜

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  • August 2 · 19 min

    Recruiter Reveals The Hidden Job Market - How to Get Hired Without Applying Online

    Within a matter of minutes, an interview was locked in. Within a matter of weeks, she was in her third stage interview. And she landed the job. That job was never advertised. It never hit a job board. And it's exactly the case in point of how powerful your network is. ___________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator August Cohort ✨ Learn more & apply here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/offer/august ___________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ___________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ___________ After 14 years in recruitment and nine years running my own firm, I can tell you this: 75% of jobs aren't advertised. They go to the people who are doing what most women aren't. They're reaching out. They're visible. They're strategic. If you're applying for jobs online and hearing nothing back, this episode is for you. If you've been keeping your head down doing excellent work and hoping someone will notice, this episode is for you. And if you think networking means awkward small talk at events you don't want to attend, this episode is definitely for you. This is about the hidden job market. It's about the one mistake that's costing you opportunities you don't even know exist. And it's about the three types of networks you need to activate right now if you want to get seen, get hired, and stop sending CVs into the void. I break down the exact strategy I teach inside the Bold Move Career Accelerator: the hot list, the warm list, and the cold list. Who should be on each one. How to reach out without feeling desperate. And what to say to get a response from recruiters and hiring managers in minutes, not weeks. One woman inside the program applied this exact framework and landed a role that was never advertised. Another reached out to two connections at a company, got introduced to the hiring manager, and had an interview within days. This works. But only if you do it. If you've been waiting for the right time to start networking, this is it. If you've been hoping your CV will speak for itself, it won't. And if you've been wondering why other women are getting opportunities while you're being overlooked, this episode will show you exactly what they're doing differently. ___________ In This Episode: 🟣 The one thing 99% of people miss when applying for jobs online (and how to stand out instantly) 🟣 Why customising your CV isn't enough, and the one extra step that gets you noticed by recruiters 🟣 The hidden job market: why 75% of roles are never advertised and how to access them 🟣 The hot list, warm list, cold list framework: who should be on each one and how to activate them 🟣 The real story of a woman who landed a role in three weeks that was never posted online 🟣 How to reach out to recruiters and hiring managers on LinkedIn without feeling desperate 🟣 Why your network is your biggest career asset (and how to treat it like one) 🟣 What to do if you haven't spoken to someone in years and you want to reconnect 🟣 How to turn cold connections into warm ones (and why this matters more than you think) 🟣 The visibility strategy that opens doors: commenting, liking, and being seen without posting every day 🟣 Why being proactive with your network is the new career insurance 🟣 The one mindset shift that changes everything: you're doing hiring managers a favor by making yourself known ___________ If this episode resonated with you, reach out to me on LinkedIn. Let me know your biggest takeaway. Share what you're doing to activate your network. Tell me if you've landed a role through networking or if you're ready to start doing this differently. The women who get chosen aren't always the most experienced. They're the ones who are visible, connected, and strategic. They're the ones who understand that your network is your net worth. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. Georgie 💜

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  • July 26 · 50 min

    How to Break into AI Roles Without Being Technical | Erin Ashton - AI Enablement Lead, EY

    You don't need to be technical to break into AI. But you do need to understand what makes you irreplaceable. This episode is for every woman who's been applying for AI roles and hearing crickets. For every woman who thinks she's too far behind, or not technical enough, or doesn't have the right experience. Georgie and Lou sit down with Erin Ashton, AI Enablement Lead at EY, whose background is organisational psychology, not code. Erin has spent her career solving messy people problems. And it turns out that's exactly what AI needs right now. This conversation is about why bad AI output is the result of human judgment added too late. It's about why organisations can't train their way into a new way of working. It's about the three layers of AI roles, and why the translator layer is where the real opportunity sits. And it's about why the women who feel most uncomfortable right now are actually the ones paying attention. If you've been waiting to feel ready before you start, this episode is your permission to begin messy. ————— ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ This episode covers where the opportunity is. If you want help positioning yourself for it, that's what the Accelerator is for. Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ————— 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ————— Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ————— Connect with Lou Compagnone: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/ ————— Connect with Erin Ashton: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/efogg/ ————— Chapters: 02:21 From organisational psychology to leading AI enablement at EY 03:40 From "AI is replacing me" to "AI is empowering me" 06:22 Eight years of generative AI experience: what companies are getting wrong 10:26 Don't make AI the skill you're good at. Use it to enhance what you already do 12:15 The three layers: builders, translators, and general users 15:51 AI work slop, and why 77% say AI work takes longer to review 17:41 Bad AI output is human judgment added too late 21:18 How Lou taught Claude to be a service designer 22:16 Why Georgie AI took a 50 page system prompt, not one clever ask 24:37 Jobs are blobs: how to break your role into tasks 32:04 Smart delegation or skill atrophy: where's the line? 35:40 You cannot train your way into a new way of working 37:53 The reverse Dunning Kruger effect 39:10 Toolset, skillset, mindset 45:57 Use it every day: the gym app and the family operating system ————— If this episode resonated with you, reach out to Erin, Lou, and Georgie on LinkedIn. Let us know your biggest takeaway. Share what you're doing to break into AI roles without being technical. Tell us how you're using AI to make your work better, not just faster. The women who get chosen for AI roles aren't always the most technical. They're the ones who can translate between the builders and the business. They're the ones who understand that AI is a people problem, not a technology problem. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. Georgie 💜

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  • July 19 · 31 min

    Made Redundant and Back in a Role in 2 Weeks: The Visibility Strategy That Works

    Two weeks. That's how long it took Jodie Coomer to go from redundancy to landing her next role. And it wasn't luck. It was visibility. Jodie spent 12 years climbing the ladder the traditional way. Junior business analyst. Project manager. Portfolio manager. Head of delivery. Linear. Logical. Safe. Except safe doesn't exist anymore. And Jodie knows that now. When the redundancy conversation came, she wasn't completely surprised. But that didn't make it easier. Five days of shock. Tears. Imposter syndrome. The feeling that she'd been dumped. And then something shifted. She remembered the work she'd already done. The LinkedIn profile she'd optimised. The recruiter relationships she'd been building. The visibility strategy she'd been quietly putting in place. Two weeks later, she was in a new role. A fixed term contract. Not permanent. And for the first time in her career, that felt like freedom. This episode is about what happens when you stop waiting for the next rung on the ladder and start building a portfolio career instead. It's about why permanent roles aren't safe anymore. It's about the mindset shift from closed to curious. And it's about the one thing that changed everything for Jodie: visibility. If you've been keeping your head down doing excellent work and hoping that's enough, this conversation is for you. __________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ____________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ____________ Connect with Jodie Coomer: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodiecoomer/ ____________ In This Episode: 🟣 From service desk to head of delivery: Jodie's traditional career path and why that doesn't work anymore 🟣 Why junior roles are disappearing and what that means for the next generation of women in tech 🟣 The moment Jodie got made redundant: five days of shock, tears, and renovating her laundry to process it all 🟣 How past Jodie set future Jodie up for success by joining Bold Moves before she needed it 🟣 Why the safety of a permanent role is false and how contract work opened up the world for Jodie 🟣 The visibility strategy that got Jodie back into work in two weeks: LinkedIn, recruiters, and coffee catch ups 🟣 What Jodie would do differently if she was starting her career today: be open minded, curious, and learn everything 🟣 Why AI won't replace humans but will shift them into higher value work, and why that's exciting 🟣 The groundwork companies need to do before AI can work: clean data, streamlined processes, and human expertise 🟣 How Jodie shifted from closed minded about Agile to open minded about AI, and why curiosity is the career skill that matters most 🟣 What a portfolio career looks like and why Jodie's now excited about contracting instead of permanent roles 🟣 The mindset shift from abundance to lack: why there are opportunities out there if you're willing to see them 🟣 Jodie's advice for women who are fearful: start small, build relationships with recruiters, and network in ways that work for you 🟣 Why Jodie's loving work for the first time in years and what her next chapter looks like ____________ If this episode resonated with you, reach out to Jodie on LinkedIn. Let her know your biggest takeaway. And if you're hiring and looking for someone to lead transformation or delivery, connect with her. She's phenomenal. The women who get chosen aren't always the most experienced. They're the ones who are visible, connected, and ready. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. Georgie 💜

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  • July 12 · 40 min

    Anthropic's Fable 5: Shut Down in 3 Days Worldwide (And the Woman Behind the Twist)

    Sometimes the most dangerous thing about AI isn't what it can do. It's who gets to decide when to turn it off. Anthropic built the most powerful version of its AI model yet, released it to the public, and then three days later, the US government ordered them to shut it down. Worldwide. For everyone. But here's the twist: the security loop that triggered the shutdown wasn't found by a malicious hacker in a hoodie. It centred around an elegant shift in framing, pointed out by cybersecurity pioneer Katie Moussouri, proving that a simple change in perspective can completely bypass a multi-billion-dollar tech filter. In this episode of AI Ready Women, Georgie and Lou unpack the Anthropic drama, the race to build more powerful AI, and what it all means for women trying to stay ahead in a world where the rules are changing faster than anyone can keep up. This is about control. It's about trust. It's about who gets a say in the future we're building. And it's about why women's voices, women's questions, and women's perspectives matter more than ever before. ____________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ____________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ____________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ____________ Connect with Lou Compagnone: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/ ____________ If this episode resonated with you, share it with one woman in your life who needs to hear it right now. Reach out to Georgie and Lou on LinkedIn and let them know your biggest takeaway. Tell them what you're doing to stay ahead of the AI era without getting overwhelmed. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. Georgie 💜 📄 Factual Note for Our Listeners: This episode discusses the global restriction of Anthropic's Fable 5 and references the industry commentary surrounding cybersecurity pioneer Katie Moussouris (CEO, Luta Security). While the initial vulnerability testing was documented by researchers at Amazon, Moussouris became a defining voice of this event by publicly challenging the U.S. government's abrupt policy response. You can read her full compliance analysis and open letters regarding the Fable 5 shutdown via the Luta Security brief - https://www.lutasecurity.com/post/the-fable-5-export-controls-harm-us-cyber-defense

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  • July 5 · 30 min

    From Marketing to AI Leadership: The Career Pivot Senior Women Need to See, with Rebecca Lewis

    Welcome to Real Women, Real Talk, a brand new mini series inside the Career Confidence Podcast where we go behind the scenes with incredible women who are navigating career transitions, redundancies, reinvention, and the AI revolution. No fluff. No filters. Just real, raw, honest conversations about what it actually takes to stay relevant, confident, and in demand in a world that's changing faster than ever before. In this first episode, Georgie sits down with Rebecca Lewis, a former Head of Digital Transformation with over eight years of experience leading AI-driven change in heavily regulated industries including telco, energy, legal, and education. Bec is a single mum, a leader who's known for translating between the technical people and the CEOs, and someone who's made bold career moves without letting fear hold her back. This conversation is about mindset, identity shifts, how to lead through AI disruption, and what it really takes to balance being a mum and having a thriving career. Bec shares what she's doing to stay ahead of the AI era, how she's raising her eight year old daughter to think differently, and the career advice she wishes she'd known five years ago. If you've ever felt like you're behind, if you've wondered whether you can have it all, or if you're trying to figure out how to position yourself for the future, this episode is for you. ____________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ____________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ____________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ____________ Connect with Rebecca Lewis: 🔵 LinkedIn: Connect with Bec on LinkedIn (link in show notes) ____________ In This Episode: 🟣 Why Bec believes if you're in the room, you're there for a reason, and how that mindset shift changed everything for her career 🟣 From digital marketing to Head of Digital Transformation: how Bec built her career across telco, energy, legal, and education, all heavily regulated industries 🟣 Why Bec went back and did a behavioral economics degree to understand why customers do what they do, and how that led her into the AI space 🟣 How Bec led a complete digital transformation at Vocus, taking the business from 20% to 50% digital first, and then did it all over again for service 🟣 Why AI isn't going to replace jobs, but it will change the way we bring ourselves to market and the things we do on a daily basis 🟣 The biggest concern for graduates: they're going to be expected to go from zero to 1,000, and why the education sector needs to prepare them differently 🟣 What Bec is teaching her eight year old daughter about AI, and why she's both embracing it and combating it at the same time 🟣 The human skills that will matter most: curiosity, analytical thinking, and not trusting data on face value 🟣 Why many CEOs and GMs are putting in AI tools just to say they're doing AI, but they're not really understanding what it can do 🟣 Bec's honest advice for women who are fearful of AI: find someone who's been playing in it for a long time and just sit down and talk to them 🟣 The AI tools Bec is using right now: Claude, Figma for wireframing, N8, and CoPilot, and why she's not a huge fan of ChatGPT 🟣 Why Bec believes women are still sitting in the fear space when it comes to AI 🟣 The old career advice that doesn't work anymore: that you have to choose between being a parent or having a career 🟣 The new bold advice: learn what your glass balls, rubber balls, and concrete balls are, and start setting some of those concrete balls down before you burn out 🟣 What Bec loves to do most: translate between the technical people in the room and the CEOs, because they both speak completely different languages ____________ If this episode resonated with you, reach out to Bec on LinkedIn. Let her know your biggest takeaway. Share what you're doing to stay ahead of the AI era. Tell her how you're building your confidence and positioning yourself for the future. And if you're hiring and looking for someone to lead your AI, digital, or transformation strategy, Bec is available and ready for her next bold move. Connect with her. She's phenomenal. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. Georgie 💜

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  • June 28 · 46 min

    "I Got Paid $22 for Weeks of AI Work" - The Hidden Cost of Training Your AI | Julianne Hickey

    Sometimes the most important conversations about AI aren't happening in boardrooms or on conference stages. They're happening in data labelling sweatshops, in schools, and in the quiet moments when we ask ourselves: what are we actually building ____________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ____________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ____________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ____________ Pope Leo XIV just released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, and it's about AI. Not the hype. Not the productivity gains. Not the trillion dollar valuations. It's about protecting human dignity in the age of artificial intelligence. And it's a 42,000 word love letter to the world that centres women's voices, women's labour, and women's leadership. In our first conversation with Julianne, we discussed this encyclical before it was released. Now it's here, Lou has read all 42,000 words of it, and the more he reads, the more women he finds inside it. In this episode of AI Ready Women, Georgie and Lou sit down again with Julianne Hickey, social justice leader, AI governance expert, and one of the spokespeople for the encyclical in New Zealand. Julianne has met Pope Francis twice, worked in Gaza and Palestine, and now leads AI strategy for a major government organisation. And she's also done something most of us haven't: she signed up to work for a data labelling company to see what the AI supply chain actually looks like from the inside. What she found was harrowing. And it's the conversation your organisation isn't having. Yet. This episode is about what happens when we stop asking what AI can do, and start asking what it should do. It's about the hidden workers training AI for a few dollars while someone becomes a trillionaire in the same week. It's about the cognitive disarmament of AI. It's about building a civilisation of love, brick by brick. And it's about why the future of AI isn't just a technical question. It's a spiritual one. ____________ Connect with Lou Compagnone: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/ ____________ Connect with Julianne Hickey: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliannehickey/ ____________ CHAPTERS 00:00 The Pope's AI encyclical is finally here 01:10 From a parish council at 17 to AI governance: Julianne's path 02:10 Magnifica Humanitas: a 42,000 word love letter that centres women 03:35 The call to "disarm" AI: military, economic, and cognitive 08:20 The women named as heroes: Montessori, Bhutto, Maathai, Curie 13:25 Education, curiosity, and the lure of the "perfect machine" 16:10 What keeps Georgie up at night: productivity vs people 20:40 Hannah Arendt's warning: totalitarianism, fact, and fiction 22:00 Why women's caution around AI is a strength, not a weakness 24:30 The tension: demanded AI skills vs wanting to slow down 29:10 Why even Microsoft is maxing out on AI 32:05 The IKEA story: retraining people instead of replacing them 37:45 Inside the AI supply chain: Julianne goes in to see for herself 39:35 "Like a Black Mirror episode": $20, and the woman in Nigeria 43:40 A civilisation of love: what magnificent humanity looks like ____________ If this episode resonated with you, reach out to Julianne, Lou, and Georgie on LinkedIn. Let us know your biggest takeaway. Share what you're doing to protect human dignity in your work. Tell us how you're making sure AI serves people, not the other way around. And if you know an incredible woman working in AI, ethics, governance, or social justice who should be on this podcast, send us her name. We want to amplify women's voices. We want representation. We want you in the room. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. Georgie 💜 #AIReadyWomen #MagnificaHumanitas #PopeAI #WomenInAI #AIEthics #DataLabelling #HumanDignity?

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  • June 21 · 21 min

    The Bold Move I Kept Off Social Media - 8 weeks, one big leap, and coming home to myself

    Sometimes the boldest move is the one you don't announce. The one you make for yourself, not for the algorithm. Eight weeks ago, I left Melbourne. I moved to Queensland. I bought a house. I didn't post about it. I didn't share it on social media. I just did it. And it was one of the hardest, most clarifying decisions I've made in years. This episode is different. It's personal. It's unfiltered. And it's about what happens when your body starts sending you signals that something isn't right, even when everything on paper looks like it's working. I'm recording this from an empty room, sitting on a camp chair, in my new home in Queensland. And I'm sharing the full story of why I left the city, what I learned about values, alignment, and listening to yourself before burnout makes the decision for you. If you've ever felt out of alignment with where you are, even when you can't quite explain why, this one's for you. ____________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ____________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ____________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ____________ In This Episode: 🟣 Why I moved to Melbourne CBD after finishing The Bold Move — and why it was exactly the right decision at the time 🟣 The moment I realised the city energy was no longer serving me, and how my body started sending signals before my mind caught up 🟣 The values exercise that changed everything — health, freedom, and growth — and why living out of alignment with them became impossible to ignore 🟣 How I could stand there teaching clarity and values inside the Bold Moves Career Accelerator while I wasn't living aligned with my own 🟣 Why I kept the entire move off social media — and what that taught me about making decisions for yourself, not for external validation 🟣 Why "peace is productive" became my new measure of a good decision — and how feeling calm and aligned made me more effective, not less 🟣 The one regret from The Five Regrets of the Dying that shapes every bold move I make — and the question I asked when I doubted everything: "would I regret not doing this?" 🟣 What happens when you finally listen to the quiet voice that's been trying to get your attention for months 🟣 Why the bold move isn't always the loud one. Sometimes it's the one you make in silence. ____________ If this episode resonated with you, I'd love to hear from you. Send me a message on LinkedIn or Instagram and let me know your biggest takeaway. Have you ever made a decision that felt right in your body before it made sense in your head? Have you ever had to leave something that looked good on paper because it didn't feel good in your life? The bold move is not always the big dramatic career pivot. Sometimes it's the quiet decision to listen to yourself before burnout makes the decision for you. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. Georgie 💜

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  • June 14 · 41 min

    Why Women's Voices Are Missing From AI (And What It Costs Us All) - with Luli Adeyemo

    The question we all need to ask all the time is: who's missing? Whose voice is not currently represented? AI is reshaping the world. And while the headlines swing between hype and fear, most women are asking just one question: What does this mean for me? This episode is about what happens when AI makes decisions about people's lives and nobody can explain why. It's about accountability. It's about bias. And it's about governance, not as a handbrake, but as the thing that lets us move faster, safely. In this episode of AI Ready Women, Georgie and Lou sit down with Luli Adeyemo, Executive Director of Tech Diversity Foundation, award winning leader with over 30 years in tech, and former BMX world champion. Luli has spent her career asking one question: who's in the room when decisions get made? And right now, when it comes to AI governance, women's voices are dangerously underrepresented. That's not just unfair. It's risky. And it's costing us all. This is the conversation your organisation isn't having. Yet. ____________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ____________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ____________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ____________ Connect with Lou Compagnone: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/ ____________ Connect with Luli Adeyemo: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luliadeyemo/ ♦️ Tech Diversity Foundation: https://techdiversity.org ⭕️ AI Governance Practitioner Course: https://techdiversity.org/ai-governance ____________ CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome to AI Ready Women — today's focus: AI governance and why women's voices matter 2:15 Meet Luli Adeyemo — BMX world champion, tech leader, and Executive Director of Tech Diversity Foundation 5:30 From BMX Bandits to tech: Luli's career journey and why being different became her superpower 12:30 Why diversity in AI is different: the scale, the impact, and the risk are at a level we've never seen before 16:00 The football analogy: why we get diversity in sport but not in business 19:30 The pipeline problem: why women can't thrive in tech if the culture isn't set up for them 23:00 The identity crisis: why people outside tech don't see themselves in it, and why that's our industry's fault 27:00 The Apple Card scandal: gender discrimination wasn't the intent, but it was the outcome 30:00 The dermatology AI tool that couldn't detect melanoma on darker skin. Who's responsible when the algorithm fails? 39:00 The Stanford Agents of Chaos paper: autonomous AI that lied, destroyed systems, and leaked data 42:00 The Alibaba AI that created its own hidden communication channel and started mining cryptocurrency 52:00 Final advice for women who are AI fearful: you don't need to code. You need to understand the questions to ask.

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  • June 7 · 14 min

    The AI Career Risk Senior Women Don't See Coming (And the 4-Question Framework to Fix It)

    Is AI actually a threat to your career — or are you just not reading your market clearly? Here's the 4-question SCAN framework I use with senior women to find out. ⤵️ Most women think the AI threat is whether your job will get automated. But for senior women, women who have spent 15 to 20 years building real experience, that could be the wrong question. A better question: Am I reading my market clearly enough, or am I the last to know that something shifted? After 12 years inside my recruitment business, I can tell you this: the women who get caught off guard are never the least capable ones. They're the ones who were too head down doing excellent work to look up and read what the market was asking for. 👇 Want the scan done FOR you? See exactly where you're exposed and where to position. ⚒️ Scan Tool: https://www.georgiehubbard.com/scan-audit ____________ ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 – The wrong question senior women are asking about AI 0:50 – Why the most capable women get caught off guard 2:15 – Internal feedback vs. market intelligence 3:30 – S: Skills in Demand 5:30 – C: Change Coming 7:15 – A: AI Impact (your "AI-irreplaceable" layer) 9:30 – N: New Problems Emerging 11:15 – The 30-minute SCAN exercise 12:45 – Get your free real-time SCAN ____________ The SCAN Framework: your 4-question career audit for the age of AI: S – Skills in Demand How closely does your current skillset match what employers are actually asking for in roles at your level right now? Not 12 months ago. Now. C – Change Coming How clearly can you see where your function is heading over the next 2-3 years, and what does that mean for someone at your level? A – AI Impact Which parts of your role could AI do adequately right now? And which parts genuinely still require your judgment, your relationships, and your lived experience? N – New Problems Emerging Are you positioning yourself to solve the new problems your industry is now facing? Or are you still primarily known for solving the old ones? ____________ Your Next Step: Before you close this video, open a blank document and write down the four letters: S-C-A-N. Next to S, write down three skills or capability phrases that keep appearing in roles at your level. Ask yourself: do they appear on your LinkedIn profile? Next to C, write down one sentence on where your function is heading in the next few years. If you can't write a sentence, there's a gap. Next to A, write down your three AI-irreplaceable value points. The things you bring that AI cannot replicate. Next to N, write down one new problem emerging in your industry, and one way your existing experience connects to it. That's your SCAN framework. It will take less than 30 minutes and it will tell you more about where you're exposed than any amount of generic career advice ever could. ____________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ____________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ____________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ____________ This is not about fear. This is about being the woman who reads her market clearly before the market has to read it for her. The bold move is not a big dramatic career pivot. It's something quieter and harder. It's the decision to stop operating on the assumption that doing excellent work inside your organisation is sufficient. You need to look up from your desk deliberately, regularly, and read what the market around you is actually asking for. This is how you stay relevant — and chosen — in the age of AI. The women I watch get chosen repeatedly across their careers are not always the most experienced. They're the ones who have the clearest market intelligence. That's available to you. And you can start right now. Georgie 💜

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  • May 31 · 40 min

    The Pope's AI Warning, and Why Women Need to Reclaim Their Agency

    The Pope just signed his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, and it's about AI. His warning to the world: protect the human person before artificial intelligence erodes our work, our relationships, and our agency While tech companies race to build agents and automate everything, the Vatican did something unexpected. It created a commission on AI, not to celebrate the technology, but to protect human dignity. And when Pope Leo XIV presented the document, he did it standing beside a co-founder of the AI company Anthropic. What an unexpected twist. So what does this actually mean for women navigating AI at work right now? In this episode of AI Ready Women, Georgie and Lou sit down with Julianne Hickey, a social justice leader, AI governance expert, and former director of Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. Julianne has met Pope Francis twice, worked in Gaza and Palestine responding to humanitarian disasters, and now leads AI strategy for a major government organisation in New Zealand. This is a conversation about what happens when we stop asking what AI can do, and start asking what it should do. And why the future of AI isn't just a technical question. It's a spiritual one. (Recorded just before the encyclical's public release on 25 May 2026.) ____________ ✨ 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator ✨ Learn more here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ____________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ____________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ____________ Connect with Lou Compagnone: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/ ____________ Connect with Julianne Hickey: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliannehickey/ ____________ CHAPTERS 0:00 Welcome to AI Ready Women, and the Pope's unexpected move on AI 2:40 Julianne's journey: Zimbabwe, Ubuntu, and "I am who I am because of who we all are" 4:15 From London consulting to humanitarian work in Gaza and Palestine: power, dignity, and who gets left behind 7:00 Inside Empire of AI: the extraction problem and AI's concentration of power 8:15 Te Hiku Media: the Māori organisation that built a language model on one GPU, not thousands 10:30 The Pope's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, and human dignity in the age of automation 14:30 The Rome Call and the Builders AI Forum: "What business does the Pope have in AI?" 18:00 What this means if you're not Catholic: agency, power, and why women get left out of the room 22:00 AI agents vs human agency: why the language we use matters more than we think 25:30 The Vatican's AI commission: seven departments, rotating terms, and a cross functional governance model 27:00 Why most organisations treat AI as a tech project when it's a strategic one 30:00 Burnout, fear, and feeling unsafe at work: what leaders get dangerously wrong about productivity and people 32:00 Two companies, opposite bets: cutting graduate hires vs investing in young workers 35:00 Te Whare Tapa Whā: the Māori wellbeing model Julianne uses to stay AI ready 38:00 Final thoughts: making sure AI serves people, not the other way around ____________ If this episode resonated with you, reach out to Julianne, Lou, and Georgie on LinkedIn. Let us know your biggest takeaway. Share what you're doing to protect human dignity in your work. Tell us how you're making sure AI serves people, not the other way around. And if you know an incredible woman working in AI, ethics, governance, or social justice who should be on this podcast, send us her name. We want to amplify women's voices. We want representation. We want you in the room. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. Georgie 💜 #AIReadyWomen #PopeAI #MagnificaHumanitas #ArtificialIntelligence #WomenInAI #AIEthics #HumanDignity.

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  • May 24 · 13 min

    Why Capable Women Get Passed Over at Work - And the 6-Step Framework to Fix It

    Most capable women aren't being passed over because they lack experience. They're being passed over because they can't articulate the problems they solve. After 12 years sitting on the other side of the hiring table, I'll tell you the truth: the women who get chosen aren't always the most experienced. They're the ones with the clearest story. In this episode, I break down the 6-step framework I use inside the Bold Move Career Accelerator to help senior women build a positioning story that makes them undeniable. ___________ 👉 Get your free Market Readiness Score - 90 seconds, 4-signal audit. Find out where your career is protected and where you're exposed: https://www.georgiehubbard.com/market-readiness ___________ In this episode: Why "capable" gets you in the room — but "undeniable" gets you chosen The three career stories most senior women tell (and why two of them are keeping you invisible) The IMPACT™ Framework: my six-step process for turning experience into positioning A real client example — from "I manage complex projects" to two inbound recruiter offers in three weeks The 10-minute exercise you can do today to start building your story ___________ 📚 The Bold Move book: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ✨ 60-Day Bold Move Career Accelerator: https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ___________ Connect with me: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ___________ Chapters: 0:00 — Why experience isn't enough 0:20 — The 3 components of POSITION 1:30 — Why the market rewards legibility, not capability 4:00 — The 3 stories most women are telling 6:30 — The IMPACT™ Framework 9:30 — The 10-minute exercise 10:30 — The bold move 11:00 — Get your free Market Readiness Score ___________ You are not behind. You are not lacking. You are under-positioned. And that is completely fixable. Georgie 💜

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  • May 17 · 51 min

    The Pink-Collar AI Crisis: IBM's CTO Warns Women "Use AI Now or Get Leapfrogged"

    Pink-collar jobs, admin, customer service, reception, teaching, and nursing are overwhelmingly held by women. They're also the roles most exposed to AI disruption right now. And the data shows women are using AI less than men. That's the leapfrog risk. And IBM's Chief Technology Officer for Australia and New Zealand wants every woman listening to understand it before the gap gets bigger. In this episode of AI Ready Women, Georgie Hubbard and Lou Compagnoni sit down with Angelica Veness, the CTO who openly says she can't code, and built her career through human-centred design instead. Angelica breaks down what's actually happening in the AI economy, where women are getting locked out, and the exact steps to move from AI-cautious to AI-curious to AI-queen… starting this week. ____________ ✨60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator✨ Learn More here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ____________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ____________ Connect with Me: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ____________ Connect with Lou Compagnone: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/ ____________ Connect with Angelica Vaness: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelica-veness-9866519/ 🟣 Free AI Learning: https://skillsbuild.org ____________ In Today's Episode: → Why "I'm a CTO who can't code" is a strategic position, not a confession → The pink-collar exposure: which roles are most at risk and why women hold most of them → The leapfrog problem — graduates are entering the workforce already AI-fluent. Mid-career women cannot afford to wait. → Why the gender gap in AI isn't about coding skills anymore. It's about who's typing the prompts. → The "moments that matter" framework for designing AI that makes work better, not just cheaper → How IKEA retrained its entire contact centre as interior designers — and built a $1.4B revenue line doing it → Why rigid hiring practices are locking capable women out of the AI economy — and what needs to shift → How IBM and Food Ladder are using AI to put healthy food in front of hungry Australian kids → The exact starting move: one tool, one buddy, one week. How to begin before you feel ready. If you've been waiting until you feel "AI ready" before you start, this episode is the reason to begin now. ____________ CHAPTERS [00:00] Cold open — "I'm a CTO who can't code" [00:30] Welcome to AI Ready Women [01:50] From gym sales to IBM CTO: Angelica's non-linear path [06:00] Why design thinking is the AI superpower [09:30] The obligation to use AI, not just design it — and why LLMs are learning male questions [12:30] SIGNAL 1: Dr Tara Behan's warning — concentrating pain into the human part of the system [18:30] The moments-that-matter triangulation: executives, employees, customers [20:00] Lou's Uber nightmare: what bad AI design feels like as a customer [22:30] Expertise atrophy — what happens when humans stop using the muscle [25:30] SIGNAL 2: How IKEA reinvented its contact centre as interior designers [30:30] Pink-collar exposure: what women in task-based roles need to do right now [36:00] The hiring problem: rigid briefs are locking women out of the AI economy [42:30] SIGNAL 3: IBM × Food Ladder — AI for good in Australian schools [48:50] AI Cautious → AI Curious → AI Queen: how to make the shift this week ____________ If this episode helped you, the kindest thing you can do is share it with one woman who needs to hear it — and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. It's how more women find the show. Your bold move is waiting. Go make it. Georgie 💜

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  • May 10 · 1 hr 13 min

    The Career Secrets Women Learn Too Late: with 7-Eleven's CEO, UniSuper's CPO & EY's AI Enablement Lead

    There are career lessons that change everything. And most women don't learn them until it's too late. You've worked hard. You've stayed loyal. You've done everything right. But somewhere along the way, the rules changed. And nobody told you. This episode is the live recording from Fearless & Future Ready, our Sisterhood Social event featuring three of Australia's most influential women in business and AI. One of them has never had a set career plan. One spent 26 years at Telstra before becoming a CEO. One is driving AI adoption across 10,000 people. And all three sat in a room and told the truth. This is the conversation most women don't get access to until it's too late. ___________ 🟣 Want to Work With Me? The 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator: https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves ___________ ✨ Grab the Book 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ___________ Connect with Georgie: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️ Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ___________ Connect with Pam Caldwell: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/ ___________ Connect with our Panelists: 🔵 Fiona Hayes — CEO, 7-Eleven Australia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-hayes-a80718b/ 🔵 Julie Watkins — CPO, UniSuper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-watkins/ 🔵 Erin Ashton — AI Enablement Leader, EY: https://www.linkedin.com/in/efogg/ ___________ What You'll Discover: 🟣 None of them felt ready when they got the role. They said yes anyway, and what made the difference wasn't confidence. It was the support network around them. 🟣 The real answer to the question every ambitious woman is afraid to ask, do you have to sacrifice everything to reach the top? Three C-suite women answered it honestly in the room. 🟣 How women stand out during uncertainty, and why the professionals who get noticed aren't always the hardest working, they're the most visible and the most willing to own a problem. 🟣 How these women created roles that didn't exist by making themselves known, speaking up, solving problems nobody asked them to solve, and taking ownership before they were given permission. 🟣 Julie Watkins has never had a set career plan. What she has instead — and why it's worked better than any plan ever could. 🟣 Fiona Hayes spent 26 years at Telstra, including 12 on the executive team, before becoming CEO of 7-Eleven in 2024. What she learned about making yourself impossible to overlook. 🟣 Erin Ashton is driving AI adoption across 10,000 people at EY. What she's seeing inside Australia's biggest organisations right now — and what it means for your career. 🟣 How Australia's biggest companies are thinking about AI — and what it actually means for the women inside those organisations. 🟣 Why your support network is not a nice to have. It is the career decision that changes everything. ___________ Meet the Panellists: Fiona Hayes — CEO & Managing Director, 7-Eleven Australia 26 years at Telstra including 12 on the executive team. Appointed CEO of 7-Eleven in 2024. A leader who built her career by showing up, solving problems and making herself impossible to overlook. Julie Watkins — Chief People Officer, UniSuper Senior executive across sectors, geographies and boards. Has never had a set career plan. Passionate about the role executive women play in shaping the future of work. Erin Ashton — AI Enablement Leader, EY Oceania Driving AI adoption across 10,000 people at EY. Helping organisations move from talking about AI to actually using it with confidence and impact. ___________ If this episode resonated, share it with one woman in your life who needs to hear it right now. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. Georgie 💜

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  • May 3 · 38 min

    What Microsoft's CEO and 7-Eleven's CEO Just Told Us About AI

    AI is changing every career, and the CEO of Microsoft just told us something that should change how you think about yours. Plus what the CEO of 7-Eleven, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, and the Head of AI at EY are really saying about the future of work, AI for women, and staying relevant in the age of AI ____________ ✨May’s 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator✨ Learn More here 👉 https://www.georgiehubbard.com/apply/may ____________ In this episode, Georgie and Lou debrief two major events: Lou's experience at the Microsoft AI Tour, where Satya Nadella delivered a keynote on the future of agentic AI, and Georgie's 10th Sisterhood Social featuring Fiona Hayes (CEO of 7-Eleven Australia), Julie Watkins (Chief People Officer at UniSuper), and Erin Ashton (Head of AI Enablement at EY). What they discovered was fascinating. And a little bit unsettling. Because while some women are confidently experimenting with AI and feeling ahead of the curve, others are quietly falling behind, confused about what tools to learn, overwhelmed by the pace of change, and wondering if they're about to become irrelevant. This episode is about understanding that gap. It's about knowing what's actually happening inside organisations right now. It's about where to focus your energy. And it's about making sure you don't burn out while trying to keep up. ____________ Timestamps 00:00 The CEOs you need to hear from right now 00:45 Inside Georgie's Sisterhood Social: Fiona Hayes, Julie Watkins & EY 03:37 The two types of women in every AI conversation 04:47 Adopting AI vs adapting because of it (Lou's framework) 07:13 Why most organisations are still scratching the surface 11:10 The cognitive load crisis: why AI is leaving women exhausted 15:59 What Georgie's wearable revealed about AI and sleep 18:21 Satya Nadella: AI is the new fax-to-email shift 19:57 The New Zealand Telehealth story: AI holding people while they wait 23:45 Why human skills now matter more than technical skills 25:59 The question that made the whole room go silent 31:15 Microsoft, neural implants, and resisting becoming machines 32:51 Why your zigzag career is your greatest asset 35:05 Why sticking with one AI tool is the smartest move ____________ 📚 The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com ____________ Connect with Me: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/ 🟪 Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard ♦️Website: https://www.georgiehubbard.com ____________ Connect with Lou Compagnone: 🔵 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/ ____________ 🟣 What you'll learn: Why Satya Nadella compared AI to the shift from fax to email — and what that means for your career Adopting AI vs adapting because of it — Lou's framework for where you actually are right now What Fiona Hayes, Julie Watkins, and Erin Ashton (EY) said about staying relevant in the age of AI The cognitive load crisis: why AI is leaving women exhausted, and how Georgie's wearable proved it Why human skills now matter more than technical skills — especially if you don't come from tech The question that made the whole room go silent: can you have a family AND a senior career? Why sticking with one AI tool beats jumping between them The uncomfortable truth: why your zigzag career might be your greatest asset ____________ Your Next Step: If this episode resonated with you, reach out to Lou and me on LinkedIn. Let us know your biggest takeaway. Share what you're learning. Tell us how you're positioning yourself for the future. And if you know an incredible woman working in AI, tech, or digital who should be on this podcast, send us her name. We want to amplify women's voices. We want representation. We want you in the room. The future belongs to the women who are ready for it. Let's make sure that's you. Georgie 💜

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