Experience the power of authentic story-telling.
I openly share my truth as an autistic female founder in the tech industry, with engaging and inspiring stories on building products, leadership and inclusivity.
Ignite passion,
inspire change
I’m here to break stereotypes. I’m an autistic woman in tech, and I love sharing my knowledge through speaking at public events - keynotes, lightning talks, panel discussions, community events - and on podcasts.
I speak about the following topics:
Embracing our individual differences to be the best versions of ourself
Looking after your mental health and optimising your energy
Creating inclusive cultures where everybody can thrive
Building great products from the ground up
Amplifying your positive impact as a leader
Levelling up your product career
Past speaking engagements
Neurodiversity Awareness
Ricoh EMEA Women’s Leadership Forum, Oct 2023
Sharing my lived experience of being diagnosed with autism, plus an overview of what neurodiversity is, how embracing neurodiversity can benefit organisations, how neurodiversity intersects with gender, and how businesses can support neurodivergent employees.
Product Tank London, 27 September 2023, Rich Mix in Shoreditch
Speaking to more than 500 product managers about how to become an inclusive leader. We explored my relational model as it applies to leadership, with particular emphasis on developing your ‘self’ as a leader - understanding your values, limiting beliefs, cognitive biases, privilege and power.
Neurodiversity: Talent’s Final Frontier
Women in Travel CIC’s IWTTF conference, 22 June 2023, Google London
Panellist in discussion on neurodiversity in the workplace. Sharing my lived experiences of being late-diagnosed autistic in 2022, the benefits of creating a neuro-inclusive culture, and strategies on how to support neurodivergent people at work.
The Business Of Cambridge Podcast, 23 February 2020, Cambridge
We know how crucial innovation is to the success of a business and the wider economy, but how does it work in practice? Is it simply about the core idea, or about getting the process right? We’re familiar with the phrase, ‘it’s good to fail’, but how do you fail well so there’s a good outcome at the end? And what happens if you run out of money! I joined host Sue Keogh and Cassandra Padbury from Cambridge Consultants to share my insights on how to innovate.
CRAPPY Hour podcast, 13 January 2020, with Bhav Patel
In this episode Bhav talks to Caroline Clark (technical product manager at Simprints) on the challenges of moving from digital product management to physical product management. This episode explores the kinds of things product managers need to think about when building physical products, measuring the success of those products and the skills that can be transferred from web.
CRAP Talks 13, June 2019, Busuu London
A talk on my personal experience of imposter syndrome: what it is, how it manifested and how I overcame it.
Geek Speak: How to become technical as a product manager
Women in Product London, August 2018, Adaptive Lab London
Sharing my personal experience of stepping into technical product management without a CS background.
Codeharbour, June 2018, Holiday Extras, Folkestone
Based on experience of working with other people’s APIs, this talk covered off five key areas to consider when integrating with an external API.