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Georgie Hubbard
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  • Career Confidence

    What Microsoft's CEO and 7-Eleven's CEO Just Told Us About AI

    03/05/2026 | 38 mins.
    AI is changing every career, and the CEO of Microsoft just told us something that should change how you think about yours. Plus what the CEO of 7-Eleven, Microsoft's Satya Nadella, and the Head of AI at EY are really saying about the future of work, AI for women, and staying relevant in the age of AI

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    In this episode, Georgie and Lou debrief two major events: Lou's experience at the Microsoft AI Tour, where Satya Nadella delivered a keynote on the future of agentic AI, and Georgie's 10th Sisterhood Social featuring Fiona Hayes (CEO of 7-Eleven Australia), Julie Watkins (Chief People Officer at UniSuper), and Erin Ashton (Head of AI Enablement at EY).

    What they discovered was fascinating. And a little bit unsettling. Because while some women are confidently experimenting with AI and feeling ahead of the curve, others are quietly falling behind, confused about what tools to learn, overwhelmed by the pace of change, and wondering if they're about to become irrelevant.

    This episode is about understanding that gap. It's about knowing what's actually happening inside organisations right now. It's about where to focus your energy. And it's about making sure you don't burn out while trying to keep up.

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    Timestamps

    00:00 The CEOs you need to hear from right now

    00:45 Inside Georgie's Sisterhood Social: Fiona Hayes, Julie Watkins & EY

    03:37 The two types of women in every AI conversation

    04:47 Adopting AI vs adapting because of it (Lou's framework)

    07:13 Why most organisations are still scratching the surface

    11:10 The cognitive load crisis: why AI is leaving women exhausted

    15:59 What Georgie's wearable revealed about AI and sleep

    18:21 Satya Nadella: AI is the new fax-to-email shift

    19:57 The New Zealand Telehealth story: AI holding people while they wait

    23:45 Why human skills now matter more than technical skills

    25:59 The question that made the whole room go silent

    31:15 Microsoft, neural implants, and resisting becoming machines

    32:51 Why your zigzag career is your greatest asset

    35:05 Why sticking with one AI tool is the smartest move

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    ๐Ÿ“š The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com

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    Connect with Me:

    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/

    ๐ŸŸช Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard

    โ™ฆ๏ธWebsite: https://www.georgiehubbard.com

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    Connect with Lou Compagnone:

    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/

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    ๐ŸŸฃ What you'll learn:

    Why Satya Nadella compared AI to the shift from fax to email โ€” and what that means for your career

    Adopting AI vs adapting because of it โ€” Lou's framework for where you actually are right now

    What Fiona Hayes, Julie Watkins, and Erin Ashton (EY) said about staying relevant in the age of AI

    The cognitive load crisis: why AI is leaving women exhausted, and how Georgie's wearable proved it

    Why human skills now matter more than technical skills โ€” especially if you don't come from tech

    The question that made the whole room go silent: can you have a family AND a senior career?

    Why sticking with one AI tool beats jumping between them

    The uncomfortable truth: why your zigzag career might be your greatest asset

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    Your Next Step:

    If this episode resonated with you, reach out to Lou and me on LinkedIn. Let us know your biggest takeaway. Share what you're learning. Tell us how you're positioning yourself for the future.

    And if you know an incredible woman working in AI, tech, or digital who should be on this podcast, send us her name. We want to amplify women's voices. We want representation. We want you in the room.

    The future belongs to the women who are ready for it.

    Let's make sure that's you.

    Georgie ๐Ÿ’œ
  • Career Confidence

    Ex-Shopify Leader's Warning - AI Brain Fry: Why Women Are Burning Out Faster

    26/04/2026 | 42 mins.
    The people struggling at Shopify weren't behind on the tools. They had lost the ability to think clearly.

    We're doing more than ever before. But there's a cost. And women are paying it first.

    Rachel Garrett spent seven years inside Shopify's AI transformation leading 800 people across 12 countries through one of the most aggressive AI adoptions any company has ever run. What she found changed how she thinks about work entirely.

    In this episode, Rachel joins Georgie and Lou to talk about AI Brain Fry, the cognitive burnout that's quietly hitting the highest AI users hardest. Why the judgment layer is now the most valuable skill you have. And why the future belongs not to those with the best tools, but to those with the most humanity.

    This is the conversation your organisation isn't having. Yet.

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    Learn More here ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves

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    ๐Ÿ“š The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com

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    Connect with Me:

    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/

    ๐ŸŸช Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard

    โ™ฆ๏ธWebsite: https://www.georgiehubbard.com

    ๐ŸŒ€Pivotr: https://www.pivotr.com

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    Connect with Lou Compagnone:

    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/

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    Connect with Rachel Garrett:

    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-garrett-38717522/

    โ™ฆ๏ธWebsite: https://herefortherightreasons.com/

    โญ•๏ธ AI Level -Up Course - https://skillsbuild.org/ai-level-up

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    In Today's Episode:

    ๐ŸŸฃ Why Anthropic is now hiring people with humanities backgrounds over technical skills, and what that signals about the future of AI careers.

    ๐ŸŸฃ AI Brain Fry: the new term from BCG describing the mental fatigue, fog, and slower decision-making caused by cognitive overload from excessive AI use.

    ๐ŸŸฃ Why marketing, HR, IT, and finance professionals are experiencing the highest rates of AI Brain Fry, and what that means for women in those roles.

    ๐ŸŸฃ The paradox of AI: how it promises to ease our workload but is actually creating burnout at unprecedented rates.

    ๐ŸŸฃ Why the action layer has been replaced by AI, but the judgment layer must remain sharp, and how that's creating entirely new cognitive demands on senior leaders.

    ๐ŸŸฃ Why 95% of people think they're self-aware, but only 10โ€“15% actually are, and why that gap is costing organisations billions.

    ๐ŸŸฃ The business case for humanity: 22% higher revenue and 34% higher profitability from leaders who are self-aware.

    ๐ŸŸฃ The concept of consciousness hygiene, why social media and AI are hijacking our inner world and what to do about it.

    ๐ŸŸฃ Rachel's story of how shortening her workdays actually led to promotion after promotion at Shopify, not career stagnation.

    ๐ŸŸฃ Why 70% of AI transformations fail because of people and process, not technology.

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Open โ€” what Shopify's AI transformation really did to people

    00:45 Welcome to AI Ready Women โ€” today's theme: Humans First

    01:30 Meet Rachel Garrett โ€” 7 years inside Shopify's AI revolution

    05:15 How AI showed up inside Shopify โ€” and what nobody expected

    07:00 Signal 1 โ€” Anthropic is hiring for humanity, not technical skills

    09:10 How leaders should be supporting exhausted teams right now

    11:10 The Human.AI framework โ€” the 7 dimensions that actually matter

    12:20 Signal 2 โ€” AI Brain Fry and the BCG report changing everything

    13:25 The judgment layer โ€” why senior roles just got cognitively harder

    15:15 Georgie's honest confession โ€” doing more, resting less

    16:10 What actually works for decompressing your brain

    19:55 Signal 3 โ€” Is AI hijacking your consciousness?

    22:00 The bath house moment โ€” are we too addicted to dopamine?

    23:50 The stress stat that reframes everything

    25:20 Seasons of work โ€” how to structure for sustained performance

    31:15 Practical micro-moments to protect your cognitive performance

    35:25 Why stopping work made Rachel get promoted faster

    37:25 Rachel's honest AI tool recommendations

    40:20 Final thoughts โ€” humans first, always

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    Your Next Step:

    If this episode resonated with you, reach out to Rachel, Lou, and me on LinkedIn. Let us know your biggest takeaway. Share what you're doing to protect your cognitive performance. Tell us how you're building your human operating system alongside your AI skills.

    And if you know an incredible woman working in AI, tech, or digital who should be on this podcast, send us her name. We want to amplify women's voices. We want representation. We want you in the room.

    The future belongs to the women who are ready for it.

    Let's make sure that's you.

    Georgie ๐Ÿ’œ
  • Career Confidence

    The 4 LinkedIn Signals That Get You Found by Recruiters (And the silent mistake most women don't know they're making)

    19/04/2026 | 8 mins.
    Most ambitious women haven't touched their LinkedIn profile in years โ€” and then wonder why opportunities aren't coming their way.

    They think they need to post more, apply more, hustle harder. But that's not the problem.

    After 12 years in recruitment, reviewing thousands of profiles, I can tell you: recruiters can't find you. And when they do, your profile is telling them the wrong story.

    In this episode, I'm showing you the 4 signals that actually determine whether you show up in recruiter searches, and what to do when you don't.

    By the end, you'll know exactly how to check your own LinkedIn visibility score in 60 seconds.
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    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn Visibility Tool

    Find Out Why Recruiters Scroll Past You ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.georgiehubbard.com/linkedin-audit
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    โœจGrab the Book
    ๐Ÿ“š The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com
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    Connect with Me:
    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/
    ๐ŸŸช Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard
    โ™ฆ๏ธWebsite: https://www.georgiehubbard.com
    ๐ŸŒ€Pivotr: https://www.pivotr.com
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    What You'll Discover:

    ๐ŸŸฃ Why your LinkedIn profile is probably working against you, and how to fix it before it costs you your next opportunity.

    ๐ŸŸฃ The 4 LinkedIn Signals Framework: Clarity, Keywords, Signal, and Delivery. What they are, why they matter, and which ones you're most likely missing.

    ๐ŸŸฃ Signal #1: Clarity. Does your profile immediately communicate who you are and what you do? Not just your job title or company, but your actual value.

    ๐ŸŸฃ Signal #2: Keywords. Does your profile contain the language that recruiters are actually searching for? Why internal jargon and company specific titles are making you invisible.

    ๐ŸŸฃ Signal #3: Signal. Does your profile communicate the seniority level you're targeting? Why your profile needs to be written for the role you want, not the role you have.

    ๐ŸŸฃ Signal #4: Delivery. Does your profile say what you deliver, not just what you do? The difference between describing tasks and demonstrating impact.

    ๐ŸŸฃ Why 80% of profiles fail the visibility test, and how to know if yours is one of them.

    ๐ŸŸฃ The real story of a senior woman with 15 years of experience who hadn't heard from a recruiter in over a year. What was wrong with her profile, what we changed, and why two recruiters reached out within three weeks.

    ๐ŸŸฃ How to access the free LinkedIn Visibility Tool that scores your profile across the 4 signal framework and gives you a personalised diagnosis in under 60 seconds.

    ๐ŸŸฃ The three questions you need to ask yourself right now to know if your LinkedIn profile is holding you back.

    ๐ŸŸฃ Why this isn't about capability, it's about packaging. And packaging is fixable.
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    Open your LinkedIn right now. Look at your headline. Ask yourself: Does it say what I deliver or just what I do? If a recruiter searched for someone like me, would these words come up? Does this sound like the level I'm ready for, or the level I'm at?

    If you answered no to any of those questions, your profile is probably working against you. And the good news is, it's fixable.

    Use the free LinkedIn Visibility Tool in the link below. Paste in your headline and the first few sentences of your about section, and get your personalised diagnosis in under 60 seconds.

    The right opportunities are out there for you. But if your profile isn't visible to the people making the decisions, they will never reach you.

    You are not behind. You are just under-positioned. And we can fix that.

    Georgie ๐Ÿ’œ
  • Career Confidence

    AI Futurist: AI Is Deciding Who Gets Hired And Most Women Don't Know Why

    13/04/2026 | 48 mins.
    If you're not positioned correctly on LinkedIn, no good about section, no optimised title, you will not come up. And that means you do not exist in the job market.
    The way we're discovered has changed overnight. And most women haven't been told.
    In this episode, Georgie and Lou Compagnone sit down with tech pioneer and futurist Melissa Clark-Reynolds, who's been working in AI since the 1980s, to discuss the invisible crisis unfolding right now for women in the workforce.
    AI is already deciding who gets seen, who gets hired, and who gets left behind. This conversation is about making sure it's not you.
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    ๐ŸŸฃ Want to Work With Me?
    The 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator: https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves
    ____________
    โœจGrab the Book
    ๐Ÿ“š The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com
    ____________
    Connect with Me:
    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/
    ๐ŸŸช Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard
    โ™ฆ๏ธWebsite: https://www.georgiehubbard.com
    ๐ŸŒ€Pivotr: https://www.pivotr.com
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    Connect with Lou Compagnone:
    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/
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    Connect with Melissa Clark-Reynolds:
    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaclarkr/
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    In this episode, we cover:
    ๐ŸŸฃ Why Google is dying and what AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) means for your visibility right now
    ๐ŸŸฃ The exact sites AI searches first, and why most women aren't on them
    ๐ŸŸฃ The 3 things every woman should do THIS WEEK to show up in AI search results
    ๐ŸŸฃ Why LinkedIn is no longer optional, and what recruiters are actually looking for
    ๐ŸŸฃ The bias baked into AI image generation, recruitment tools, and language models
    ๐ŸŸฃ What it actually costs women to "armour up" in male-dominated environments, and when to walk away
    ๐ŸŸฃ The courses and certifications that will keep you relevant as AI reshapes every industry
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    Your Next Step:
    If this episode resonated with you, reach out to Melissa, Lou, and me on LinkedIn. Let us know your biggest takeaway. Share what you're learning. Tell us how you're positioning yourself for the future.
    And if you know an incredible woman working in AI, tech, or digital who should be on this podcast, send us her name. We want to amplify women's voices. We want representation. We want you in the room.
    The future belongs to the women who are ready for it.
    Let's make sure that's you.
    Georgie ๐Ÿ’œ
  • Career Confidence

    [DELETED ON YOUTUBE] Why Smart Women Are Invisible To AI (And Don't Even Know It)

    12/04/2026 | 48 mins.
    If you're not positioned correctly on LinkedIn, no good about section, no optimised title, you will not come up. And that means you do not exist in the job market.

    The way we're discovered has changed overnight. And most women haven't been told.

    In this episode, Georgie and Lou Compagnone sit down with tech pioneer and futurist Melissa Clark-Reynolds, who's been working in AI since the 1980s, to discuss the invisible crisis unfolding right now for women in the workforce.

    AI is already deciding who gets seen, who gets hired, and who gets left behind. This conversation is about making sure it's not you.

    ____________

    ๐ŸŸฃ Want to Work With Me?

    The 60 Day Bold Move Career Accelerator: https://www.georgiehubbard.com/bold-moves

    ____________

    โœจGrab the Book

    ๐Ÿ“š The Bold Move: https://www.theboldmovebook.com

    ____________

    Connect with Me:

    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiehubbard/

    ๐ŸŸช Instagram: http://instagram.com/georgielhubbard

    โ™ฆ๏ธWebsite: https://www.georgiehubbard.com

    ๐ŸŒ€Pivotr: https://www.pivotr.com

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    Connect with Lou Compagnone:

    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loucompagnone/

    ____________

    Connect with Melissa Clark-Reynolds:

    ๐Ÿ”ต LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissaclarkr/

    ____________

    In this episode, we cover:

    ๐ŸŸฃ Why Google is dying and what AEO (Answer Engine Optimisation) means for your visibility right now

    ๐ŸŸฃ The exact sites AI searches first, and why most women aren't on them

    ๐ŸŸฃ The 3 things every woman should do THIS WEEK to show up in AI search results

    ๐ŸŸฃ Why LinkedIn is no longer optional, and what recruiters are actually looking for

    ๐ŸŸฃ The bias baked into AI image generation, recruitment tools, and language models

    ๐ŸŸฃ What it actually costs women to "armour up" in male-dominated environments, and when to walk away

    ๐ŸŸฃ The courses and certifications that will keep you relevant as AI reshapes every industry

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    Your Next Step:

    If this episode resonated with you, reach out to Melissa, Lou, and me on LinkedIn. Let us know your biggest takeaway. Share what you're learning. Tell us how you're positioning yourself for the future.

    And if you know an incredible woman working in AI, tech, or digital who should be on this podcast, send us her name. We want to amplify women's voices. We want representation. We want you in the room.

    The future belongs to the women who are ready for it.

    Let's make sure that's you.

    Georgie ๐Ÿ’œ

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About Career Confidence

Go From Stuck to Unstoppable. Hosted by Georgie Hubbard, Recruiter, Director of CH Talent Solutions, Founder of Pivotr, Author of The Bold Move and co-founder of the Sisterhood Club, Career Confidence is the go-to podcast for ambitious professionals ready to take control of their careers. Each week, I dive into real, honest conversations with inspiring leaders, career changers, and bold thinkers to help you gain clarity, build confidence, and take action in the direction of your dreams. Whether you're pivoting industries, pushing for a promotion, or just feeling stuck, this show will give you the tools, insights, and courage to make your next bold move. ๐ŸŽง New episodes every week. ๐Ÿ”— Subscribe and join the movement toward a braver, more fulfilling career.
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