the WoW - the World of Work!

What a better way to celebrate Women's Day & Week than to dedicate a special WoW to the Women of the World! Through our voices we share the words and work of women who have inspired us so we can honour them, thank them and remember them in this special occasion. Their strength, courage and struggles are what make the world of women so intense and what continues to drive the need for awareness and change especially in relation to human rights, access to education, domestic violence and gender parity.
This has been a fantastically enriching community experience: each speaker chose freely the text and quote they wanted to record and sent it to me. I then curated the production of the episode creating sounds and music as I was putting the clips together and following the emotions. I am grateful for their participation and willingness to take part of this!

The speakers and their chosen female author, artist, writer, philosopher or influencer, are:
Dorota Grabowska => Tamara de Lempicka & Michelle Obama
Federica Traverso => Natalia Ginzburg & Elif Shafak
Andrea Bressan => Mia Martini & Mary Shelley
Chiara Covone => Susan Jeffers
Xi Xi Jia => Anjali Sud
Nieves Tortosa => Coco Chanel
Vasco Teixeira => Jane Fonda
Gloria Zhang => Brene Brown
Petra Blume => Brene Brown
Irina Bouras => Simona Halep
Francesca Ceccherini => Hannah Arendt
Anat Wulff => Golda Meir
Germana Barba => Virginia Woolf

All rights reserved to the original authors of the texts and quotes that are being recited.
For the song of Mia Martini, I took the liberty of freely translating and interpreting it from Italian to English to better render the full meaning of the lyrics.
Original music score by Paola Granati

What is the WoW - the World of Work!?

We have entered a new era that is transforming all aspects of our lives and work is no exception! It is in these moments of great transformation that we must think differently when we talk about work and move away from the notion that work equals job, equals employment.
It is more than that! It defines who we are, what we do, how much money we make, how we live, who we know, how we feel, what we learn, even where we live, the people we hang around with. It can bring status, fulfilment, achievement as well as frustration, burn-out, disenchantment. When we stop seeing work as simply employment and look at it as a world of opportunities where we can put our talents to work in areas we are passionate about, the perspective changes!
This is what this podcast is all about. Exploring the world of work from different perspectives with guest speakers who share their stories, and views on how their world of work has changed and what we can expect to see in the future. It is bringing to the table different disciplines and professions with the mission to bring the concept of work closer to people and people closer to work with a WOW!
Subscribe to the WoW on your favourite podcast platforms and watch the episodes on Paola Granati You Tube channel.