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Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Nov 30, 20231 min read
A very special edition of ‘Working Women’
This is the last issue of what for us has been an iconic magazine to hit newsstands before Emotion Verlag hands over to its new owners....
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Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Nov 27, 20231 min read
A change of perspective: being on the jury of the Public Value Award
As a start-up founder myself, I really loved being able to sit on the jury at the Public Value Award for Startups 2023 and gain a new...
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Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Nov 13, 20231 min read
HerCareer: Finding friends at the epicenter of gender diversity
It was so much fun to be back at herCAREER last week — it’s so much more than the careers fair that it’s billed to be, thanks to...
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Oct 18, 20232 min read
#34 THE VALUE OF MOTHERS - why it’s time for a new perspective, with Anne Theiss
Anne Theiss wrote a book while she was pregnant with and then nursing her baby - her new novel, “Die Abwertung der Mütter - Wie überholte...
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Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Unleashing the power of parenthood
We have exciting news! We have decided to open up our parental leave programme to make it available for everyone ❤️ It was always my...
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Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Sep 24, 20232 min read
Retaining talent: a triple-whopper for scale-ups
Munich is a melting pot of startups right now because it's Bits & Pretzels time, and one of the hottest topics for the 5,000 founders,...
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Sep 22, 20232 min read
OMR Interview - Three questions to Ricarda Engelmeier
Recently, our founder Ricarda Engelmeier was interviewed by OMR. "Three questions for Ricarda Engelmeier" appeared in the OMR5050...
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Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Sep 21, 20232 min read
The business case for founders to take parental leave
Thousands of tech founders from the world will be descending on Munich for Bits & Pretzels these days, and speaking to some of them this...
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Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Sep 20, 20232 min read
Why they growth story is not enough & start-ups need more empathy
It’s the Bits & Pretzels founders festival in Munich the next days and with 5,000 founders, investors, and industry leaders coming...
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MyCollective Team
Sep 18, 20232 min read
Every child needs a future
That’s the topic of this year’s Children’s Day. It got us thinking at MyCollective how we as a team - and also as a collective of parents...
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Sep 13, 20232 min read
#33 DIVERSITY ROLE MODEL - the perks of being a working parent with Isabel Hochgesand
Isabel Hochgesand's meteoric career took her from Managing Director and Procurement VP at Procter&Gamble to Chief Procurement Officer at...
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Dr. Ricarda Engelmeier
Sep 10, 20231 min read
How can AI boost diversity?
Last week I spent a few days at the DLD Conference focusing on circularity and AI. The thought in the back of my mind was - if AI is...
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Aug 31, 20231 min read
Rise & Lead Awards
We made it to the final round in the 2023 Rise and Lead Women Awards 🙌 This award recognises initiatives and companies that champion...
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Jun 29, 20232 min read
Why we have to campaign to end Ehegattensplitting (& better things we could do with the extra cash!)
Germany is one of just a handful of countries around the world where - since 1958 - couples have been able to declare their income...
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Jun 14, 20232 min read
#32 How to use new work tools as life hacks with Christoph Magnussen
"The underlying concept of our modern, very fast communication tools is to lower the transactional cost per bit of communication.”...
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May 25, 20232 min read
A conversation with TwentyThirty Magazine about the secret superpower of parents
You all know that I believe that parents can change the world ✊ The experience of parenting makes us great managers, delegators, empaths,...
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May 17, 20232 min read
Why everyone benefits when women take supervisory board positions
I recently spoke with two fantastic Supervisory Board Members – Ann-Kristin Achleitner and Manuela Rousseau – to ask them if there’s a...
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May 3, 20232 min read
#31 How the part-time trap became a visibility trap - with Antonella Mei-Pochtler
Antonella Mei-Pochtler has combined parenthood with an incredibly successful career - a linear trajectory first, taking her to the top...
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Apr 12, 20232 min read
#30 Game Changer - what women's football can learn from business with Ariane Hingst
This was the podcast that turned me into a football fan ⚽️🙌💙 Ariane Hingst is arguably one of Germany’s most successful soccer players....
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Mar 29, 20232 min read
#29 Balancing new work and face time - the importance of staying in touch with Tanja zu Waldeck
Tanja Dr. Prinzessin zu Waldeck turned her sitting room into an office just after she had her first baby - she used the space for her...
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