Cindy Gallop on why female role models are just as critical for men as they are for women
Cindy Gallop is our guest in episode #12 of The Role Models Podcast.
Cindy Gallop is a former advertising executive turned startup entrepreneur, consultant, and public speaker.
With a background in brand building, marketing, and advertising, Cindy founded the co-action software company IfIRanTheWorld and is currently focused on building and funding MakeLoveNotPorn, a venture in the emerging #sextech category, a category in tech that she says is ready for disruption.
“What is keeping the playing field unequal is that men get hired, promoted, and funded on potential and women get hired, promoted, and funded on proof.”
Before starting her own companies and growing her consulting and public speaking business, Cindy was an advertising executive where she spent almost two decades with leading advertising agency BBH (Bartle Bogle Hegarty) where she first opened the Asia-Pacific, then the North American offices.
“Every single industry will be far better off when men learn from female role models. Many senior men in every industry believe that men have nothing to learn from women and that men do not see women as role models and they could not be more wrong.”
Cindy is a believer that diversity drives innovation. As a champion and advocate for gender equality and diversity she uses every opportunity to challenge the status quo with pragmatic and actionable insights on how to make any industry more diverse and not only in the aspects of gender but also in race, sexuality, disability, and age.
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