
Belinda Parmar
Belinda Parmar OBE is the founder of social enterprise Little Miss Geek and the CEO of the consultancy Lady Geek. Belinda is a Young Global Leader 2014 of the World Economic Forum.
Belinda is the author of three books: The Empathy Era, Little Miss Geek (first edition) and Little Miss Geek (second edition).
She sits on the advisory board for the UK government's 'Your Life' campaign focused on encouraging women to become technology pioneers.
Belinda is one of Fortune's "55 most influential women on Twitter and was appointed OBE for services to the UK's technology industry in the 2014 Birthday Honours.
Belinda Parmar OBE is the founder of social enterprise Little Miss Geek and the CEO of the consultancy Lady Geek. Belinda is a Young Global Leader 2014 of the World Economic Forum.
Belinda is the author of three books: The Empathy Era, Little Miss Geek (first edition) and Little Miss Geek (second edition).
She sits on the advisory board for the UK government's 'Your Life' campaign focused on encouraging women to become technology pioneers.
Belinda is one of Fortune's "55 most influential women on Twitter and was appointed OBE for services to the UK's technology industry in the 2014 Birthday Honours.
Access Denied
This presentation challenges the convention that large budgets are needed to address the problem by highlighting the evidence of changing small things 'nudges' to help women feel like they belong and access to the tech industry is no longer denied.
The Empathy Revolution in Business
The traditional corporate culture values of hierarchy and status are outdated. Businesses must demonstrate empathy to their customers and staff to survive.
This talk is based on Belinda's second book: The 'Empathy Era' and gives practical 'empathy nudges' which result in a more profitable, more productive business. It also benchmarks the leaders in Empathy as shown with The Empathy Index.
Don't 'Pink it & Shrink it'
If you want to get women to fall in love with your brand, don't 'pink it & shrink it.' Focus on 3 things: Emotion, Reassurance and Authenticity.
This talk is based on examples of where brands have been successful at engaging women and shares twenty years of research understanding what makes women tick. And it's not kittens and knitting!