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Speech Bubbles with Charlotte Otter

Speech Bubbles with Charlotte Otter

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  • Removing the Fear of AI with Allegra Patrizi

    Removing the Fear of AI with Allegra Patrizi
    Jul 9 2025
    A CEO founds and codes a startup to help execs get comfortable with AI.

    In this episode, Allegra Patrizi (former CEO Virgin Money, Aegon Netherlands, and now founder of Claridora AI) talks to host Charlotte Otter about helping executives get over their fear of AI, teaching herself to code, and making a difference in other people's lives.

    In her long career, Allegra has held a wide variety of senior positions, including group risk director, chief solutions officer, chief technology officer, as well as several non-executive board roles.

    She was the youngest person ever to make partner at McKinsey at the age of 29. Allegra has written cookbooks, competed in international horse riding, inventing competitions for Belgium, and has a pilot's license. She's currently writing a book on her management philosophy - Care, Dare, Share, Lead and Thrive with Heart, Mind, AI.

    In this episode, she talks about listening to fear (including overcoming the fear of coding), making a difference for others by building a legacy, her care, dare, share philosophy, and vulnerability in leadership.

    This is a fascinating conversation with a bold leader whose energy is driving her to make a difference for other executives in understanding and losing their fear around AI.

    This podcast is a companion piece to Charlotte Otter's book We Need New Leaders, published on 3 June by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Find it online or in all good bookshops. Follow Allegra on LinkedIn · Allegra's website · Pre-order Care, Dare, Share · · Join the We Need New Leaders membership site · Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn · Subscribe to Speech Bubbles the newsletter · Link to buy We Need New Leaders
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    45 mins
  • Speaking Out Against the Motherhood Penalty with Sabine Rath

    Speaking Out Against the Motherhood Penalty with Sabine Rath
    Jul 2 2025
    Fix the system, and not the women.

    In this episode, Sabine Rath (change manager, Agile leadership coach, keynote speaker, lecturer, and thought leader) talks to host Charlotte Otter about how Germany's maternity leave system creates the lifetime earning gap, how men taking paternity leave needs to become the norm (even CEOs, imagine!), and how we need to de-gender care.

    Sabine brings a specific lens on the German political and structural systems, but the topics are relevant for working women and men everywhere.

    Charlotte and Sabine are former neighbours in Heidelberg, Germany, and also two of the 8,6% of women with three or more children and in full-time work.

    The system isn't working - for women or for families - and it leaves women with a lifetime earning gap that is impossible to recoup.

    This is a trenchant, interesting conversation with a leader who is passionate about her topic, born out of personal experience, but with firm, critical eye on how the system needs to change.

    This podcast is a companion piece to Charlotte Otter's book We Need New Leaders, published on 3 June by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Find it online or in all good bookshops. Follow Sabine Rath on LinkedIn · · Join the We Need New Leaders membership site · Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn · Subscribe to Speech Bubbles the newsletter · Link to buy We Need New Leaders
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    42 mins
  • Diversity fuels Innovation with Ernesto Marinelli

    Diversity fuels Innovation with Ernesto Marinelli
    Jun 25 2025
    Empathy and collaboration are the tools for our future.

    In this episode, Dr Ernesto Marinelli (Chief People Officer at Aareon Group, LGBTQ+ ally, and leadership expert) talks to host Charlotte Otter about the power of empathy, inclusivity, and collaboration in the age of AI.

    Ernesto's lens on how to lead means he focuses on employee success (not engagement - hooray!), outcomes not processes, and flexible working in order for companies and humanity to progress and prosper. Leadership for him is values and purpose driven.

    He talks about a shift of leadership from command and control (power) to coach and promote (experience) to purpose and autonomy (collaboration and trust).

    Ernesto describes what growing up as a gay man in a small village in Italy meant for him, being an immigrant to Germany, and his wish to represent for others as an LGBTQ+ leader.

    This is a heart-warming episode with a leader who embraces vulnerability, authenticity, and diversity.

    This podcast is a companion piece to Charlotte Otter's book We Need New Leaders, published on 3 June by Practical Inspiration Publishing. Find it online or in all good bookshops. Follow Ernesto on LinkedIn · · Join the We Need New Leaders membership site · Follow Charlotte on LinkedIn · Subscribe to Speech Bubbles the newsletter · Link to buy We Need New Leaders
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    48 mins
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