BeamReach & Beyond

Hey there. My name is Olla Jongerius and I´m your host of our new episode of BeamReach and Beyond in Season 2. This episode is dedicated to the lessons learned from Sailing around the world and the role of Inclusion and psychological safety in it.

 Joining us today is one amazing individual whom I have the privilege of calling a good friend: Uwe Allgäuer. Uwe is an Austrian entrepreneur and a passionate advocate of the location-ind...

 Hey there. My name is Olla Jongerius and I´m your host of our new episode of BeamReach and Beyond in Season 2. This episode is dedicated to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Art world. 

 Today we have a very special episode as we have not one, not two, but THREE fantastic speakers: Roxana Halls and Dr Marie-Anne Mancio from London and Joana Simões Henriques joining us from Lisbon.

In this episode, we discussed the importance...

This episode is dedicated to Global Security and Law Enforcement. Joining us today is Manuel Amarilla, a global security advisor who will share his 30 years of experience of working in police, military, Interpol and United Nations.

Manuel completed more than 40 field missions and market surveys with cross-country records in Americas, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Oceania and Europe. 

He is a ground operational specialist in diplomatic...

 Joining us today is someone I´ve followed and admired from afar for quite some time: Aidy Smith. So you can only imagine how excited I got when Aidy very quickly agreed to participate in this episode despite his very busy schedule and high profile. So yeah, forgive me for a bit of a girlfan vibe during the episode :)

Aidy Smith is most known as the host of the show 'The Three Drinkers'. He  is a wine and spirits presenter with a k...

This episode is dedicated to AI and how it intersects with the topic of Social Inclusion.

 Joining us today are two brilliant folks: Aubrey Mnisi dialling from Cape Town and Yasemin Efiloğlu, dialling from Berlin, while I am recording this from Bansko, Bulgaria.

In this episode, we covered a wide range of topics like:

• what is The European AI Act and what does it do to ensure that AI systems are safe, transparent, and respect fu...

Welcome to our fourth episode of BeamReach and Beyond. This episode is dedicated to Digital Transformation & Inclusive Society.  And joining us today are Elizabeth Kiehner from Nortal , Wail Daoud from enpact and Hatem Abuelezz from Creativa Innovation Hub - Mansoura , who will share their rich experience of working in digital transformation from all over the world.  

Today we will tackle the following questions:

• Who holds ...

Welcome to our third episode of BeamReach and Beyond. This episode is dedicated to Higher Education.

And joining us today are Eileen Petzold-Bradley from Nova Southeastern University, Stephan Schmuck from ESCP and Charlotte Stewart Buckinghamshire New University, who will share their rich experience of working in higher education across the US, Germany and UK.

In this episode, we discuss how expectations from students to have diver...

Welcome to our second episode of BeamReach and Beyond. 

Join us as we explore the Healthcare industry and its relevance to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. And joining us today is the brilliant Ricky Somal, who is a Deputy Director of Organisational Development at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, who will share his rich experience of working in healthcare for more than 15 years.

In this episode, we discuss the benefits of...

Welcome to our very first episode of BeamReach and Beyond. This episode is dedicated to the Travel and Hospitality industry. And joining us today are Rosina Budhani with Hospitality & Diversity, Uwern Jong with OutThere, and  Alexandra Vukolova, Aviation industry expert, who will share their views and experience.

In this episode, we discuss why there is such an urgent need to disrupt the industry, how can cultural intelligence ...

Welcome to our fifth and last episode of Season 1 of BeamReach and Beyond. This episode is dedicated to the Fashion industry.

And joining us today are Elena Fadul with Inca Noir, Theona Ioana Sarateanu with Teluric and Nadine Schratzberger  with Montreet, who will share their rich experience of working in fashion across Finland/Colombia, Germany, Austria, and Romania.

In this episode, we discuss cultural appropriation in fashion, o...

Great minds think differently. Welcome to BeamReach & Beyond, the podcast that aims to burst the corporate DEI bubble, embrace interdisciplinary thinking & learn from other industries. From fashion to healthcare, AI to performing arts, digital transformation to the music industry, we will learn from everyone, aiming to understand how inclusion & diversity is all around us, reflecting our society & making our experie...