Our mission is to ignite cultures in the corporate and scale up world to enable diversity and gender equality to be woven into the everyday fabric of leadership and business — where it’s not reserved for one day a year, but lived and led every day.
These monthly conversations are about moving beyond buzzwords, having honest dialogue, and creating real momentum around gender equality and diversity.
Whether you’re here as a leader, a colleague, or simply someone who cares, your presence matters. Because equality isn’t just a women’s issue — it’s a leadership issue, a business issue, a human issue. And change starts with conversations like this one.
Join us on the 8th of every month at 16:00 CET (+GMT 1) - Live on Zoom – for an interactive session where bold ideas meet practical steps. Those live events bring together change-makers, leaders, and curious minds.
If you believe change doesn’t happen once a year, but every hour of every day – this event is for you.
But what happens when the noise dies down? Because real progress isn’t made on a single day.
It’s made in the quiet, consistent choices:
👂 how we listen
💬 how we speak up
🤝 how we lead — every day, in every room
< 5%
of Fortune 500
33%
less paid
Globally, women earn about 77 cents for every dollar earned by men
130
years behind
At the current rate, it will take over 130 years to achieve full gender parity
Discover the trailblazing leaders and experts who have already stepped into Real Talk, Real Change. Hear their unfiltered insights, real-world stories, and bold perspectives — and find out how to access past recordings so you don’t miss a moment of the movement.
Real change doesn’t happen in boardroom statements or glossy reports — it starts with brave, messy, honest conversations. That’s why we created Real Talk, Real Change: a space where leaders, subject matter experts, and conscious professionals come together to share not just theories, but real experiences from business life. These are voices from the inside — leaders who have navigated the complexities of culture, inclusion, and leadership first-hand. No empty slogans. No performative pledges. Just powerful insights, unfiltered stories, and the courage to challenge the status quo — live. Join us if you’re ready to move beyond talk and drive true impact where it matters most.
Curious who’s already joined the conversation? Scroll down to explore our past speakers — bold leaders, strategists, and trailblazers who have shared unfiltered insights from the frontlines of business and culture. Missed a live session? No problem. You can discover each guest’s story and find out how to access the recordings below. Let their experiences inspire you to think deeper, lead braver, and act with intention.
In UNCOMPLICATE EQUITY NOW – Real Talk, Real Change, we go beyond the glossy statements and performative posts. We ask the uncomfortable questions, unpack the unspoken dynamics, and challenge leaders to think — and act — differently. Whether you’re a seasoned executive, a rising leader, or someone passionate about inclusion, these live conversations are for you. Join us on Instagram and be part of a community that’s ready to create real impact — not just headlines.
🔍 Why self-leadership is the foundation of lasting cultural change
🌱 How small, consistent actions create real shifts in workplaces and systems
🧠 The challenge of reconciling personal identity with leadership roles — especially for women
🗣 The discomfort around celebrating Women’s Day and how to turn that tension into thoughtful action
Angela is clear about one thing: inclusion is not a value statement — it is a strategic obligation. A serial entrepreneur, speaker, and business developer with more than two decades of experience, Angela operates at the intersection of commercial performance and human progress. As founder of HRM Affärsutveckling, she has built a trusted ecosystem of interim leaders, board professionals, coaches, and advisers, defined by integrity, sharp judgement, and long-term thinking.
Angela is known for challenging narrow requirements in executive search and leadership development, and for insisting on broader perspectives as a professional duty. She is frequently sought out for her ability to ask the harder questions — particularly when organisations default to familiarity over potential. Her leadership voice is shaped by experience in male-dominated environments and recognised for its clarity, courage, and relevance where strategic decisions are made.
And for the February session Angela brings her business partner – Charbel Gabro.
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Charbel Gabro speaks with authority rooted in lived reality — and he does so where decisions are made. Unapologetically.
Arriving in Sweden from Syria as a child, his early life was marked by exclusion, frustration, and destructive patterns that demanded a turning point. Charbel chose responsibility over resignation and rebuilt his life through discipline, direction, and a commitment to contribution.
Charbel is a social entrepreneur and the founder of Samtalsringen, a non-profit organisation – going on 10 years – that has developed a dialogue-based methodology for young men in underserved communities.
Today, he is one of Sweden’s most sought-after speakers on inclusion, integration, and human encounters. He is trusted for his ability to dismantle stereotypes, de-dramatise cultural differences, and shift perspective with precision and credibility. His work spans national media, public dialogue, and social initiatives recognised for delivering lasting impact; not rhetoric, but change.
Ebba Laurin is one of Sweden’s most experienced voices at the intersection of strategic leadership, change, and business model innovation. With more than 25 years of experience spanning startups, global corporations, and academia, she brings rare depth — combined with sharp practical relevance — to leadership in complex and uncertain environments.
Her career includes senior roles in early internet startups in the 1990s and large-scale transformation work at Ericsson during the 2000s, where she worked with strategy, innovation, and organisational change in highly complex systems. For the past 15 years, Ebba has also been active in academia, teaching highly diverse student cohorts at some of Sweden’s leading universities.
Today, Ebba works with executives, entrepreneurs, and organisations navigating volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Her focus is on self-leadership, co-creation, collective intelligence, and leadership capability when old playbooks no longer apply. She is known for learning processes that are research-based, deeply practical, and often described as unconventional, engaging, and effective.
A core conviction in Ebba’s work is that no leader navigates complexity alone. Strong leadership requires preparation, reflection, and the courage to face reality head-on — not simplify it away. She also explores the thoughtful use of AI as a tool to deepen critical thinking and learning, rather than as a shortcut around leadership responsibility.
Ebba is currently preparing several online programmes focused on leading oneself and others through uncertainty and change, alongside her ongoing work in education, advisory, and leadership development.
Carolina Lahdo is a tech entrepreneur, investor and one of the most forward-driving voices for equitable capital in Sweden’s startup ecosystem. She believes opportunities are created — not stumbled upon — and she is shaping the structures that allow more women to build, grow and lead companies with real impact.
With a background in finance, she has seen how capital flows are often shaped by outdated norms rather than merit. That insight became her catalyst. Today, Carolina is engineering modern bridges between talent and capital — bridges designed to unlock potential, broaden access and accelerate innovation across the ecosystem.
Together with her partner, she is building a fast-growing community of nearly 2,000 female founders. It acts as a living infrastructure where networks, experience and capital meet with one purpose: enabling women to scale the companies shaping tomorrow.
Beyond entrepreneurship, Carolina is a mother of four and a leader who shows that ambition and family are not opposing forces but a shared source of strength. Her “why” is rooted in creating a future where women don’t have to choose — where leadership, ownership and opportunity are accessible on equal terms.
Gosia bridges what the worlds leaders often try to separate:
performance and presence, ambition and alignment, achievement and inner peace.
Internationally certified and recognised for her award-winning impact across Europe, Gosia supports leaders and organisations in cultivating emotional intelligence, resilience, and conscious growth.
Her signature method — INNER Synergy™ — blends practical tools with deep personal insight, helping leaders reconnect with themselves so they can reconnect with the people they serve.
Her work echoes a truth reinforced by global research from McKinsey and Harvard Business Review:
the state of the leader sets the state of the system.
When leaders restore their energy and inner clarity, entire cultures shift.
In the November session we explored:
• how self-connection powers sustainable performance
• why emotional regulation is now a strategic leadership skill
• the hidden cost of leading from depletion
• micro-habits that recalibrate leaders in real time
• what it takes to build cultures where wellbeing and high performance coexist
Louise is based in Stockholm, Sweden and is the author of My Inner Voice – What Happens When You Listen Beyond Logic (Lassbo Publishing), where she explores intuition as a guiding force in both life and leadership.
At the heart of Louise’s mission lies a belief in conscious living — that when we listen beyond logic, we lead from a place of truth, integrity, and ease.
She also works with individuals and organizations who understand that true leadership begins within. Her work centers on inner development as the foundation for self-leadership, well-being, and sustainable change.
With a deep respect for human connection, Louise creates spaces where reflection and presence meet growth and clarity. She helps people reconnect with their inner compass — strengthening self-esteem, courage, and trust in one’s own voice.
As certified ICF coach and trained massage therapist, Louise has dedicated her professional life to helping people realign with themselves — physically, emotionally, and mentally. Her entrepreneurial background adds a grounded perspective to her coaching, bridging inner work with practical change.
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Helga Beer, joining us from Devon, England on 8 Septembe. She is a bestselling author and storyteller whose journey offers a profound lens into gender equity, resilience, and neurodiversity. When a single experience at Glastonbury triggered years of crippling travel anxiety, her world shrank to a small corner of England. It was a lived expression of what too many neurodivergent women understand all too well: being misunderstood, judged, or forced to conform to spaces that were never designed for them.
But Helga’s story didn’t end there. Through writing, she reclaimed her voice—and showed us a truer kind of equity. One that doesn’t require women to “get over it” or “act normal,” but instead invites us to create environments where difference is held and honoured.
Today, Helga is featured in the international bestselling series Start Over – Turn Any Loss Into a Sensational Comeback (Vol. 2), where her memoir-style storytelling reframes anxiety and neurodivergence not as limitations, but as sources of insight, empathy, and strength.
Our August guest last, joinig our monthly Instagram Live, was Natalie Senior Multicultural Copywriter | DJ | Mentor | Cultural Storyteller who joined us live from Oakland, California
Born to immigrant parents with roots in Colombia and Palestine, Natalie Leal brings a richly layered perspective to the conversation on equity and representation. Her multicultural lens isn’t just personal — it’s deeply professional.
As a Senior Multicultural Copywriter in the streaming audio space, Natalie is on a mission to challenge tired tropes and reframe how diverse audiences are portrayed in media. She crafts narratives that reflect the full humanity, nuance, and everyday realities of those too often simplified or sidelined.
Her drive? To honour the depth and diversity of the audiences that fall under the “multicultural” umbrella — through every effort, every word.
She’s not just shaping copy. She’s shifting culture.
Beyond the page, Natalie brings her full-spectrum energy to everything she does — from mentoring bilingual students to gig as DJ , dancing freely, and grounding herself with her beloved dog by her side.
As she powerfully puts it:
– We [Latinos] are full humans — we don’t just exist for these celebrations or big moments. We exist every day and we occupy a range of spaces, workplaces and lifestyles.
On 8 July, Fredrika Erlandsson joined our 3rd Equity Edit of Real Talk, Real Change.
Founder of VOCA Mentorship and a transformative force in retail, e-commerce, and consumer goods, Fredrika has spent over 25 years scaling global brands, transforming company cultures, and leading large teams through both steady growth and turbulent change. She knows that true change isn’t about ticking boxes — it’s about creating real alignment at every level.
As she powerfully states, “Inclusion isn’t a side project – it’s a business strategy. Diverse teams don’t just feel better, they perform better.”
Fredrika doesn’t just discuss strategy — she lives it. As the founder of VOCA, a mentoring platform for senior leaders, and soon-to-be author of The Power of Alignment – Strategy Made Simple, she is on a mission to turn big visions into bold, actionable results.
Together, we will explore what it really takes to build inclusive strategies, create cultures of alignment, and lead teams that truly thrive. Expect unfiltered insights, practical takeaways, and perspectives that move beyond the performative and into real, lasting impact.
On 8 June, we welcomed Harriet Bodö as our guest for the second edition of Real Talk, Real Change.
An Executive Coach, leadership strategist, and Advisory Board member, Harriet works with senior leaders and teams to drive transformation at the critical intersection of people, performance, and purpose. With an impressive international background in iGaming and an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential, she brings a powerful mix of strategic clarity and deep human insight.
Harriet joined us to share her experiences guiding leaders through agile transformation, hybrid work challenges, and high-stakes cultural shifts — always with a focus on building psychological safety, real inclusion, and lasting impact. Known for her direct communication style and clear vision, she empowers organisations to lead with confidence, adapt with agility, and create environments where innovation and well-being can thrive together.
Fluent in Swedish, Finnish, and English, Harriet’s Nordic edge combined with her global perspective sparked a lively and eye-opening discussion. We explored what it truly takes to lead through change, champion gender equity beyond lip service, and build cultures that move beyond performative gestures.
This session continued our commitment to raw, unfiltered dialogue — with leaders who don’t just talk about change but live it every day.
On 8 April, we launched the Real Talk, Real Change series globally with our premiere guest: Sherry Double (IG: @thecomebackwarrior).
A true powerhouse in FinTech and Real Estate, Sherry has redefined what it means to rise from the ashes and lead with unstoppable courage. Her mission is to help high-performing women become forces of innovation in their own lives — because, as she says, “When women rise, they don’t just recover – they reinvent the world.”
Sherry joined us live from Dubai to share her extraordinary journey: from launching her own brokerage and co-founding a disruptive FinTech startup to surviving a life-threatening medical crisis that completely transformed her identity. Her rebirth inspired the creation of her Fireproof Framework™ and Phoenix Protocol™, designed to help women turn adversity into authority.
We connected through the Start Over Movement and as co-authors of the Start Over – Turn Any Loss into a Sensational Comeback book series. Our shared mission? Turning adversity into agency and stories into strategies for real change.
Together, we explored intuitive leadership, reinvention, and what equity looks like beyond the hashtags — in business and in life.
This premiere set the tone for the series: no fluff, no filters — just honest, powerful conversations with leaders who truly walk the talk.
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