#7 Double D - Diversity & Digital Transformation

"Diversity is at the core of digital transformation,”
says Alexandra Borchardt - and this is a woman who
knows what she’s talking about: the managing editor of leading
German newspaper the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, she is now a senior
media consultant, Honorary Professor for Leadership and
Digitalisation at TUM School of Management and Senior Research
Associate at the Reuters Institute in Oxford.


"What digital transformation really is, is cultural change,” she
tells MyCollective founder and CEO Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier in
today’s podcast. “And that #culturalchange is often lacking
because of a lack of diversity. Digital transformation is dealing
with constant change. So that requires completely new leadership
skills. It requires adaptability, listening… Not only by women,
but by everyone."


A mother of two herself, she also has advice for #workingparents
trying to balance leadership positions with parenthood: “Stop
trying to be perfect!” After all, “leadership… is about
improvising and dealing with what you have, and as a parent you
do this all day long, because you have certain ideals, then
things don’t work out the way you want them to work out, so then
you adjust, you experiment.” 


"You’ll never be the perfect mom. So just be yourself. Be a role
model. And encourage your kids to be themselves.” 


Speaker: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Borchardt - Journalist,
Media Adviser and Professor for Media Transformation


Interviewer: Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier -
Founder @MyCollective


Music: sponsored by @Michaelkadelbach


Photograph: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Borchardt 


Graphic & Production: MyCollective


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