These women make me cry - leadership during the apocalypse.
I have never seen myself as a leader, and definitely never envisioned myself writing an article about leadership. Still, having had the privilege of leading Women in Tech - Gothenburg together with a remarkable group of women through these times of utter upheaval have led me to have a lot of things to say about teamwork and leadership.
Mainly: if you surround yourself with people who share your goals, values and absolute drive to not accept things as they currently are - leading won't be easy, but it will be rewarding.
A year ago, Women in Tech - Gothenburg consisted of 5 ambitious women volunteering their time and energy into creating educational community events. Now, our internal team is 35 women strong - and apart from events we also host initiatives such as:
A mentorship program with Wentors.
A community-creation collaboration with Chalmers University.
A full on Venture studio program currently supporting 4 female-founded tech startups and involving 30+ technical advisors.
A tech newsletter.
A good year for any company, and given that this is not a company and we’ve done all this with literally 0SEK in our bank account is freaking amazing. Add that it’s all been done during a global pandemic and it’s almost unbelievable.
So, now you might better understand my headline. These women do make me cry - of happiness and pride.
Each and every one of them spend whatever little precious time they have left between work and family responsibilities to work for a more fair and equal future tech industry. All of us are indebted to them.
So, to the selfless, remarkable ladies of Women in Tech - Gothenburg: from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
Anali Guzman Molina
Anne-Charlotte Joubert
Pooja Sousthanmath
Shreyashree Sanjevi
Alexandra hegmann
Amina Kadribasic
Amalia Ekman
Jennifer grönqvist
Jenny Lundkvist
Annika von Hofsten
Berta Gomez
Bo Loetsakwiman
Brittany Van Dyk
Cleo Dan
Ellinor otter
Emelie Ottosson
Emilia Kinnunen
Erika pauliukeviciute
Emmelie Strand
Eveliina Hiltunen
Evrim Çakıl
Greta Braun
Kyoko Jansson
Katarina Hellström
Lucia Diego
Madilyn Bystedt
Mandy Pang
Maria Barklund
Maya Peng
Nelia Kleiven
Patricia Mendoza
Shené Abdul
Sara Tiala
Susanna Glenndahl Thorslund
Sreeja Vijappu
Mathilda Ström