Today I'm doing a solo episode sharing some pretty big news and some thoughts on how to bring in more acceptance and adaptability when we're in times of transition. When change enters our life we often try to just carry on with our familiar rou

Bringing your whole self to your career with Prasanna Ranganathan, Diversity & Belonging Leader and Storyteller

Feb 16th, 2022 58m 28s

On today's episode I'm talking to Prasanna Ranganathan (B.A., J.D., LL.M.) (he/him) he’s worked as a lawyer, diversity and inclusion consultant and lead, speaker, and social media strategist and he is currently the Senior Lead of Diversity and

Leadership and personal growth with Loren Padelford, COO at Podium

Jan 26th, 2022 58m 30s

On today's episode I'm talking to Loren Padelford, COO at Podium. Previous to that he was the GM of Revenue and the VP of Shopify Plus for 7 years which is where we both met. He's also a dad and a self-proclaimed space and physics nerd, as well

How I decided to quit my job

Jan 5th, 2022 18m 13s

In this episode I talk about how I came to the decision to quit my job and the six month process involved to finally make the leap. Host:@amandahwoodWork with Amandah: Coaching Website

Why I can't stop talking about self-compassion

Nov 7th, 2021 18m 7s

This episode is dedicated to self-compassion and why it's so crucial. I share a blend of my own personal experience and research on how self-compassion doesn't just make us feel better, it also makes us better people and more productive. Links:

What if this were enough?

Nov 4th, 2021 26m 51s

Hello friends, I'm back and we're getting right into it. In this episode I'm sharing my own story: what I've learned since I started Ways We Work all those years ago, and what I've been up to since. But really this is a story about grief, burno

Following your curiousity, and changing careers with Cat Lee, VC at Maveron

Aug 16th, 2019 48m 16s

This week my guest is Cat Lee. Cat is a venture capitalist at Maveron, a company that funds seed and early-stage consumer companies. Before moving into the VC space, Cat was the head of Culture at Pinterest and before that held roles at both Pi

Product Management from two perspectives with Abi & Penny from Foursquare

Aug 7th, 2019 55m 5s

This week I'm joined by two amazing guests Penny and Abi who are both Product Managers at Foursquare. We covered their very different paths into product management and tech, the ways they've navigated their careers so far and how well defined c

What diversity and belonging work really means and making space for yourself even as you build for others with Shavonne Hasfal-McIntosh of Shopify

Jul 24th, 2019 1h 1m

This week my guest is my friend, colleague and manager Shavonne, or as she's better known as, Shav. Shav is the lead of the Diversity & Belonging team at Shopify and in her spare time, she sits on multiple boards and is involved in several non-

Balancing growth with the belief you are enough right now with Lily Rogers & Amena Agbaje

Jul 11th, 2019 1h 13m

This week's episode is a discussion between myself and two of my colleagues and friends Lily and Amena. I reached out to both of them to get their perspective on how you can continue to grow and evolve in your career and other areas of your lif

Finding balance in the culinary industry with Jannell Lo, private catering chef and food blogger

Jun 19th, 2019 31m 58s

This week my guest is Jannell Lo, she’s a chef at J&P Grocery in Kitchener, Ontario, a private catering chef on the side and runs the food blog MyBFisGF.com - which she describes as gluten free cooking inspired by asian classics and Canadan com

Learning to balance career and life while living far away from your home country with Katie Philo

May 29th, 2019 55m 10s

This week my guest is Katie Philo, she's the Content Manager at BritBox (Created by BBC Studios & ITV) and the host of the podcast When I Grow Up where she unpacks people's career paths and how they've arrived where they are currently in their

How to live in sync with your menstrual cycle with Claire Baker, women's life and menstrual cycle coach

May 16th, 2019 49m 33s

In this episode I'm talking to Claire Baker, she's a women's coach based out of London who specializes in helping women live more in sync with their menstrual cycle. She's been coaching women 1 on 1 all over the world how to work with their cyc

Disconnecting your identity from your job with Tom Creighton, designer, podcaster and builder of cool things

Apr 26th, 2019 44m 7s

This episode I'm talking to Tom Creighton, he's currently a design lead at Delphia, a data-focused startup based out of Toronto. He previously made other cool things at companies like Wealthsimple and Shopify. He's passionate about growing the

Slowing down to speed up with Mic Berman, executive & leadership development coach

Apr 14th, 2019 59m 48s

This episode I'm talking to Mic Berman, Mic is an executive coach, and is currently spending a lot of her time building up great leaders in some of Canada's best tech companies. She's held executive roles in companies like Yahoo, Mozilla and Fr

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Welcome to the Ways We Work podcast!

Apr 14th, 2019 21m 31s

In this first episode, Amandah gives some context on how Ways We Work began as an online publication focused on sharing honest conversations about what makes work meaningful for people. She shares why she decided to turn the site into a podcast

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