Women Lead
Join Nadia Koski, a digital media industry leader and creator, in authentic and empowering - also occasionally hilarious - conversations on Women Lead.
Women Lead is a podcast dedicated to the important leadership topics, challenges, and achievements that professionals, particularly women, experience in the workplace. Through in-depth discussions with guests, Nadia explores what it takes to build your career, lead with empathy, and help the next generation of young leaders rise to take the reins in their industries.
Based in Florence Italy, Nadia Koski brings more than sixteen years of experience as a team leader and global content director at an international digital media and ad tech organization, as well as a background in fashion and artist management, publishing, and digital startups. The podcast explores unique insights from all voices in the global media space, in a refreshing format meant to inform, inspire, and make you laugh.
Women Lead
Leadership Lessons and Alpine 'Real Talk' with Alma Lipa & Carolin Kunert
In this special double-feature episode recorded amidst the alpine buzz in Lech Zürs, Austria, during The Digital Distillery: Mountain Edition and HORIZONT Snowmasters, host Nadia Koski sits down in the cozy Hotel Platinhoff for some fireside chats with two trailblazing women shaping innovation and leadership across industries.
You'll learn about: building internal and external mentorship networks, leadership styles for introverts vs. extroverts, sustainable design and local supply chain, what it takes to launch a startup, and the learned resilience to pivot into something new.
Alma Lipa, CDMO DACH L’Oréal, shares her 20-year journey through the beauty industry, from launching Urban Decay in Germany to leading L’Oréal's digital marketing strategy across DACH. She opens up about mentorship, ambition, building strong teams, and why passion and people are at the heart of real success.
Alma's Top Takeaways:
- Loving the brands you work with makes the difference.
- Don’t wait to ask for mentorship—reach out early and often.
- True leadership is about generous guidance and collective growth.
- Identify your strengths and share those with your mentors.
Carolin Kunert, Innovation Manager HEAD, opens up about her career journey from welding her first product prototype as a design student to founding a successful (and sold) startup. Carolin’s story is one of rapid iteration, bold decisions, and learning through doing. Now leading innovation at HEAD, she’s implementing agile processes and fostering cross-team collaboration across the company.
Carolin's Startup Wisdom:
- “If everything is under control, you’re moving too slow.”
- Launch fast, learn fast—test your ideas and get to market.
- Think twice before taking VC money, it’s not the only path to growth.
DISCOVER & CONNECT
Connect with Alma Lipa on LinkedIn
Connect with Carolin Kunert on LinkedIn
Discover your strengths: CliftonStrengths Assessment
Learn more about the HORIZONT Snowmasters 2025 edition.
Learn more about upcoming The Digital Distillery Events.
Discover Lech Zürs, Austria
Discover Hotel Platinhoff
Get in touch with Obsession - Germany’s Top Event Agency
Produced and Hosted by Nadia Koski
Engineered by Phil McDowell
Project Lead Dennis Kirschner
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