What happens when you bring together a line-up of women talking in an engaging way about their current research and a room full of women extremely committed to transforming lives and societies through their work?
Here’s what happens: a wonderful event celebrating all women in leadership and their powerful narratives organized by DCU Business School, Let’s Lead! DCU Leadership Development for Women, and the Dublin City University Women Impact Network.
What do you need to make that happen? Brilliant women leaders with great ideas like Katie Keogh and Melrona Kirrane; a group of wonderful colleagues like Niamh Daly, Pamela Sharkey Scott, Prof Maura McAdam, Julie Byrne, and Andrea Dermody; someone who really knows how to make things run smoothly and make everyone feeling welcome like Karena Flynn Thai; and also someone who keeps everyone on topic and invests time and energy to make the event a success like Eoghan Stack. And, of course and above all, the brilliant women who were at the event with their stories and their leadership styles: we all have something to learn from each of them!
So…our secret recipe? Great people and a great commitment and enthusiasm to transform lives and societies!
I spoke about AI, time, and the virtues: one of the participants even got a superhero cape during my talk! We live in an era where AI seems to open unlimited possibilities, but we still have limited time so we need to develop our superpowers, the virtues, to be able to choose what really matters and make it happen. The AI era is the age of character, of our investment to become the best version of ourselves and find our way to contribute to the good of society.
Marta Rocchi, PhD 