The Winning Side

Global peace is the foundation block needed by societies to address equality, diversity & inclusion. This dialogue amplifies voice of a Ukrainian artist whose art has transformed to support call for social action. Please join in as a listener to absorb striking realities of our world at war. This international women’s history month was all about breaking the bias. Hard reality is that the month has been overshadowed with a shout out for global peace. As Britain marches to show solidarity for Ukraine The Winning Side podcast welcomes on board Alyona Zhouk, tattoo artist and illustrator, Ukraine. Featuring: Alyona Zhuk, illustrator and  tattoo artist from Kyiv, Ukraine. Temporarily based in Konstanz, Germany. Host & Producer: Sara Hasan, Elected Women's Officer University of Cambridge, Graduate Union (2019), British-Pakistani diversity & inclusion advocate and experienced finance professional.    Key Links shared by Alyona Zhouk - https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-spetsrahunok-dlya-zboru-koshtiv-na-potrebi-armiyi https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/ https://kyivindependent.com Ukrainian English language media  https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-spetsrahunok-dlya-zboru-koshtiv-na-potrebi-armiyi To collaborate, please email hasan.sara@gmail.com Support us by subscribing, sharing review and following: The Winning Side - Linkedin I The Winning Side Podcast - Instagram I The Winning Side - YouTube  

Climate Justice, net zero, range anxiety, carbon offsets, carbon sequestration, sustainability, voluntary markets” is all the ‘blah blah’ jargon that Greta Thunberg rightly calls out. When those with multiple degrees & accreditation’s are struggling to define these terms, let alone implement it, we come to the solid ask of where do we go from here? Join in to hear the inspiring journey of a tech entrepreneur who launched, Geotree, nature based venture at COP26.  Featuring: Jon Pierre, CEO Geotree, tech entrepreneur, advisor to UK space agency & satellite applications Catapult , Former agriculture & biofuel trader and Oxford trained development economist  Host & Producer: Sara Hasan, Elected Women's Officer University of Cambridge, Graduate Union (2019), British-Pakistani diversity & inclusion advocate and experienced finance professional.  Key Themes Covered Theme A: Making Waves - Experience Share Theme B: Making the Business Case  - Need for Innovation & Harnessing Natures Power  Theme C: Be a part of the Solution: Tech Enablers Lens (Geo-Tree Specific) Theme D: The Way Forward  Theme E: The Winning Mantra  To collaborate, please email hasan.sara@gmail.com Support us by subscribing, sharing review and following: The Winning Side - Linkedin I The Winning Side Podcast - Instagram I The Winning Side - YouTube    

If you have a magic wand what would you do? If this got you thinking then that positions us well to navigate the unnatural yet beneficial path of coaching in the new disruptive normal.  Join in to challenge your thoughts and take-away a coaching role play exercise for you and your networks. Featuring: Tasneem Ali. Authentic Leadership Coach at Fervent Living. She empowers organizations and individuals to create an authentic leadership presence, with a special focus on introverts. x2 Free gifts  Ambitious Introverts Guide : https://www.ferventliving.com/f/visibility Complimentary coaching taster session with Tasneem Host & Producer: Sara Hasan, Elected Women's Officer University of Cambridge, Graduate Union (2019), British-Pakistani diversity & inclusion advocate and experienced finance professional.  To collaborate, please email here  Support us by subscribing, sharing review and following: The Winning Side - Linkedin I The Winning Side Podcast - Instagram I The Winning Side - YouTube    

How socially intelligent are you? Well let’s hold that thought and approach a Diversity & Inclusion strategist to discuss her approach to be the change, make the change, leverage the change. Featuring: Kelly Cooper - CEO & Founder Center for Social Intelligence, author of the book, Lead the Change - The Competitive Advantage of Gender Diversity and Inclusion Host & Producer: Sara Hasan, Elected Women's Officer University of Cambridge, Graduate Union (2019), British-Pakistani diversity & inclusion advocate and experienced finance professional.  To collaborate, please email here  Support us by subscribing, sharing review and following: The Winning Side - Linkedin I The Winning Side Podcast - Instagram I The Winning Side - YouTube  

Welcome on board to The Winning Side Season 2 pre-launch e-party !!! Tune in to reflect and share inclusive thoughts.   Support us by subscribing, sharing review and following: The Winning Side - Linkedin I The Winning Side Podcast - Instagram I The Winning Side - YouTube Host & Producer: Sara Hasan, Elected Women's Officer University of Cambridge, Graduate Union (2019), British-Asian diversity & inclusion advocate and experienced finance professional.  To collaborate, please email here  Transcribed Dialogue:  'Invest in Yourself', was the closing dialogue of Season 1 at The Winning Side podcast. I hope you got a chance to reflect on that one.  Well I personally take our dialogues way too seriously and took this time to self invest.    Hello & welcome to the Winning Side suite Season 2 this is your very own host & producer Sara Hasan. Absolutely delighted to be back to voice what matters. To those who are new here let me take a moment to introduce myself. I'm Sara, banker by profession, entrepreneur at heart and passionate about accessibility, equality, diversity and inclusion.   In 2019 I was elected as Women's Officer at University of Cambridge, Graduate Union. It was at the end of my tenure, in 2021, that I realized the need for having a sustainable platform to voice key D&I (Diversity & Inclusion) concerns. Hence came 'The Winning Side'.    I would like to take a moment to thank the University of Cambridge for sponsoring our first dialogue, LIVE event titled 'Women in the Boardroom'. From there on there was no looking back. We got a lot of support from Judge Business School and immense support from the industry.  Some of the dialogues were sponsored by key players such as Crowdfunder UK. It is this kind of support for inclusive dialogues that's really needed in this day an age.    Today as we are returning to office and going back to normal, I would like to take a step back and reflect on key take-aways from last year and a half. I hope you will join me in this journey along with our wonderful guests.   We are in progress in terms of recording dialogues and podcast production. Please do share if there is a specific topic or guest you would like to see featured or sponsored at The Winning Side.    Please do support our creative team by subscribing to our social media links across Linkedin, Instagram and Youtube. There is ongoing conversation happening about the topics discussed on the podcast and that is where the real inclusive conversation happens.   Lets continue this wonderful inclusive journey.   Join the ride!

Are you on top of your priority list? Join us in this panel dialogue hosted by, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Support us by subscribing, sharing review and following: The Winning Side - Linkedin I The Winning Side Podcast - Instagram I The Winning Side - YouTube The panelists featured are Cambridge Executive MBA (EMBA) cohort members and share how they invested in themselves and in creating diverse and inclusive spaces.  Panelists  Becky Cotton (EMBA 2015), Founder of Lumino, a start-up focused on improving access to support for women’s mental health through digital therapeutics Khayala Eylazova (EMBA 2014), Senior Manager at PwC, recent joint winner of Advocate of the Year at the Women in Finance Awards for her work in DEI in the insurance industry Mandeep Gill (EMBA 2020), Head of Service (Safeguarding) for Bracknell Town Council and Elected Director (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) for the British Association of Social Workers Dr Bola Grace (EMBA 2019), Director and Head of R&D Programme for Swiss Precision Diagnostics Special Thanks to Jack Cooper, Marketing & Communications Coordinator at University of Cambridge.  Host & Producer: Sara Hasan, Elected Women's Officer University of Cambridge, Graduate Union (2019), British-Asian diversity & inclusion advocate and experienced finance professional.  To collaborate, please email here   

Join the ‘Women in Business’ dialogue where we attempt to bust the myths and talk all about gender investment gap. Support us by subscribing, sharing review and following: The Winning Side - Linkedin I The Winning Side Podcast - Instagram I The Winning Side - YouTube The Five myths that we bust include: Managing Pushback when turning tables from kitchen to start-ups Handling criticism is challenging Pitching conservatively verses an oversell  Funding diverse product-mix  by a non-diverse investor pool  Featuring: Janneke Niessen & Yasrine Ibnyahya  Janneke Niessen - Co-founder of CapitalT Collective, Venture Capital Fund.                            Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year, 2019                               Yasrine Ibnyahya  - Director, Advanced Concepts & Technologies, Inmarsat                              Investment Chair, OxBridge Angels                 Host & Producer: Sara Hasan, Elected Women's Officer University of Cambridge, Graduate Union (2019), British-Asian diversity & inclusion advocate and experienced finance professional.  To collaborate, please email here 

This organic halt, signified by the year 2020, was one of a kind. Embedded in it, was a unique opportunity, an opportunity to celebrate what really matters and to rethink what really is ‘The Winning Side’, The all inclusive winning side. Who would have thought that the ever increasing pace of life would get a market correction in this extreme form.  The year started with a bang, with a classic countdown across the globe. Each country proudly displaying its fireworks. Global audience taking the liberty of joining in with the excitement of starting a new year, new resolutions and new targets.  Global leaders came together at Davos, for the World Economic Forum, identified key theme as ‘Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World’. These very stakeholders were organically redefined across the course of the year.  In other news, there was an ambitious cohort at University of Cambridge, pursuing Executive Masters in Business Administration (EMBA). They indulged in the ever so popular EMBA’s traditional Red-Blue game. The game was based on the concept of prisoners dilemma, a decision paradox in game theory. In simple terms it offers four decision outcomes and two decision strategies to two parties. The two parties can not communicate but there individual decisions will have a ripple effect. It reflects how rational decision makers may not cooperate even if the outcome leads to a mutual win-win. This is a dilemma that we witnessed LIVE. It magnified over the course of the year, amidst identity politics, Brexit, lockdowns, quarantine measures and Black Lives Movement.  Needless to say the year 2020, is our calling for reflection, rebuilding and reshuffling our priorities.  2020 Highlights and Thank You Note This year The Winning Side re-started (we say re-started, as that is a story to be shared at another time) journey from a LIVE dialogue on Women in the Boardroom at University of Cambridge Library, followed by dialogue on role of diversity & inclusion in leadership at Judge Business school and from there on there was no stopping us. We spread our virtual wings globally. We welcomed diverse perspectives, explored winning mantras and got inspired by our esteemed guests from the French Rivera, Springfield (US), California (US), Iran, Netherlands, Pakistan, Brazil, Nigeria, China, New York (US), Lebanon, Scotland and London (UK).  Here's what this wonderful journey lead to: Rated amongst Top 50 Apple Podcasts. Created a safe space, to amplify eight constructive dialogues on leading change and diversity, equality & inclusion. Collaborated with The Bridge to talk racial equity. Generously backed by sponsors twice, University of Cambridge Library and Crowdfunder Uk. Joined by a community of plus 1000 global listeners, spread across 30 countries. In short we were/are overwhelmed, humbled and obliged by the response of our family, friends, networks and YOU. Join us in 2021 by subscribing to and collaborating with ‘The Winning Side’ podcast. Lets continue this journey, where we come together to celebrate wins, create safe spaces, amplify diverse voices and ask the right questions.  Happy Inclusive Beginnings! Host: Sara Hasan       

Would you like to be remembered as Generation Equality? A generation that understood the social, human and economic imperative of diversity, equality and inclusion. A generation that explored innovation approaches to rebound from the pandemic, uplift communities and nations. If that hits a chord, come lets explore the trillion dollar opportunity, for Women in Business, that remain untapped. Support us by subscribing, sharing review and following: The Winning Side - Linkedin I The Winning Side Podcast - Instagram I The Winning Side - YouTube Featuring: Yvonne Greeves & Jess Gosling  Yvonne Greeves -  Director of Women in Business, Natwest Group                 Non-Executive Director/Trustee at FirstPort, Growth Company                 Business Finance, Scottish Government Boards                 Pivotal role with interventions for Rose Review of Female                 Entrepreneurship Jess Gosling - Cultural Diplomacy @ UK Government                 CEO and Co-founder of Growth & Grace Collective                 PhD in Soft Power @ UCL                 Curator of a bi-weekly segment on Culture, Diplomacy & Innovation                 Examining the transmission of ideas; reach out here               Titled 27th in the Top 100 Women Future Leaders (2020)               Most Influential Women in Tech UK 2020.   Host & Producer: Sara Hasan, Elected Women's Officer University of Cambridge, Graduate Union (2019), British-Asian diversity & inclusion advocate and experienced finance professional.  To collaborate, please email here   

Crowd funding needs a special mention when building back better. This alternative financing of today has immense potential to be the mainstream of tomorrow. Sponsored By: Crowdfunder , UK's number one crowdfunding platform. Link to Crowdfunder platform:  https://bit.ly/35JJw70 Support us by subscribing and following: The Winning Side - Linkedin I The Winning Side Podcast - Instagram I The Winning Side - YouTube Tune in ‘The Winning Side’ dialogue to discuss and explore first hand experiences with mid-pandemic start-ups, challenges for sourcing capital and leading inclusive change. Featuring: Isabel Sachs - Founder I Like Networking                Taha Zamir - Co-Founder Zamir Accountants  Host: Sara Hasan    

The Conversation, is a dialogue that sheds light on racial equity and inherent cognitive biases.  The hosting handle for this dialogue is passed on to 'The Bridge', a discussion forum for and by University of Cambridge, Executive Masters in Business Administration (EMBA), alumni. The forum engages alumni from all cohorts to leverage the expertise of the collective alumni community. Featuring University of Cambridge Executive MBA Alumni:  Ariel Scroggins (Host) I Ghazaleh Youshani (Co-host) I Idris Alimi-Omidiora I Max Bolstad I Sara Hasan Listen, share and comment on 'The Conversation' this Black History Month 2020. Support us by subscribing and following: The Winning Side - Linkedin The Winning Side Podcast - Instagram The Winning Side - YouTube  

At ‘The Winning Side’ suite we aimed at disentangling the less focused ‘D’ embedded in diversity and inclusion. It is disability.  This dialogue explores the interesting connect across different abilities and innovation. It may not have all the answers but it definitely touches on some very relevant asks.   Guests:  Cristiana Camisotti (Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Board Advisor for YSYS & Captur) Zoe Jones (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Lead - Innovate UK) Host: Sara Hasan Theme: Diversity & Inclusion 

When Women Uplift Women, a magical and organic change of dynamics is observed in households, communities, board-rooms and countries.  At The Winning Side suite we invited two inspirational women leaders, Dr. Ghina Halabi and Peju Adebajo, to have a constructive dialogue on supporting and uplifting female talent.  Guests: Peju Adebajo is CEO Lumos Nigeria and awarded CNBS Africa Business Women of the year (2015). She is the former Honorable Commissioner for Agriculture for Ogun state Government. In 2013 she was awarded Harvard Business School Nigeria Leadership award.  Dr. Ghina Halabi is an astrophysicist and leads EnterpriseWOMEN at Cambridge University. She is the founder of 'She Speaks Science' and mentor for United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs. Theme: Diversity & Inclusion Host: Sara Hasan  

A dialogue on fostering diversity & inclusion in leadership roles. In this episode we discuss personal and professional leadership paths explored by University of Cambridge executive MBA alumni and scholars.  This is a graduation special episode dedicated to Cambridge Executive MBA graduating class of 2020 and the new class of 2021.     Live Event Panel Discussion: Executive MBA Women's Networking event by University of Cambridge, Judge business school.  Panelists: Rouha Hussaina (EMBA 2018), Yasrine Ibnyahya (EMBA 2016), Dr. Eugeine Regan (EMBA 2018) & Tariq Shah (EMBA 2019) Host: Sara Hasan Theme: Diversity & Inclusion   

Interactive dialogue with humor experts, Dr. Vanessa Marcié (CEO/founder - Leading with Humour) and Trevor Smith (Chief Happiness Officer - Blue Sky Consulting).  The dialogue taps on leveraging humor to lead during crisis, initiating an engaging workplace banter, setting an inclusive tone for a diverse audience and top tips to ramp-up laughter levels at the workplace.  Theme: Leading Change           

Diversity&Inclusion dialogue Host Sara Hasan Sponsor Rising-Tide