Join Shelley as she talks with Silvia Candiani, Global Vice President, Telco & Media Industries at Microsoft. Listen in as Silvia talks about her journey from Vodafone to Microsoft Italia and the lessons learned along the way. As well as the importance of vision and purpose in leadership and how she’s bringing to life her mission to utilize technology as a means of delivering positive impact for a better world.

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Silvia Candiani | LinkedIn (guest)

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Join Shelley as she talks with Deepak Jose, Global Director of Demand Analytics at Mars. Deepak talks about the role of data and analytics in purpose-led consumer goods like Mars, business planning for generations not quarters and how the Japanese concept of “Ikigai” has influenced his life and career.

Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn (host)
Deepak Jose| LinkedIn (guest)

"Mars and Microsoft work together to accelerate Mars’ digital transformation and reimagine business operations, Associate experience and consumer engagement"

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Join Shelley for this extended episode as she talks with Eva Archer-Smith about her career as an executive coach. Eva goes all the way back to her very first job and how experience as an executive in both the oil and airline industries led her to become an executive coach. Learn about her lessons learned along the way, why she believes everybody should walk through life open-minded and open-armed and her purpose to help people rediscover the joy and courage in their work.

Episode Chapters:
02:45 – My first job
08:50 – Lessons learned
11:22 – 2 things I’m noticing
12:38 – Experience is a good teacher
16:00 – The skill of asking
20:50 – School thinking
21:36 – A Farmer’s Story
25:46 – The transition to coaching
31:40 – Coming to terms with reality
32:50 – Neuroscience findings
37:51 – Fun Five

Shelley Bransten | LinkedIn (host)
Eva Archer-Smith| LinkedIn (guest)
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Watch all episodes on Microsoft Cloud's YouTube channel: Taking Stock Live - a conversation with Shelley Bransten