NuBank
Imposter Syndrome
“Anita, I've just participated in your talk at Nubank and I'm so grateful to be able to be inspired by you! Thanks for your words and for sharing your strength.” - Gabriela Nunes Coelho
“The Impostor Syndrome talk was amazing and I saw myself in many situations that you described. Thanks for being part of Nubank!” - Letícia Paixão
Dec. 16, 2020
“Thank you for your session with RSO @ Google this morning. So many great insights and tools.” - Erika Brunke
Dec. 2, 2020
ServiceNow Workflow Interview
“Anita Sands on what a COVID-era boardroom expects of you” - Riva Froymovich
Dec. 1, 2020
Allstate
Awareness, Belonging, Curiosity, and Drive
“Great talk this morning with the Allstate Services Business Team. It was a great way to start the week back from some time off. Looking forward to learning and sharing mire. Thank you for taking the time to meet with us and share your insights.” - Charlie Breit
“Thanks for the great insights during today’s Allstate call. Loved the anecdotes you shared and your ABCD framework.” - Tejaswini (Wini) Hebalkar
Nov. 30, 2020
Enterprise Ireland - Big Ideas Event
Awareness, Belonging, Curiosity, and Drive
“Was a really great presentation today with Enterprise Ireland, thank you for your insights!” - Alan Power
“Loved listening to you at BIG IDEAs EI event just now - really inspirational and valuable insights into executive and non-executive leadership…” - Loretto Callaghan
“As one of the start-ups presenting today, I just wanted to drop you a line to thank you for the words of wisdom (and warning). So much of it struck a chord and I really enjoyed listening to you.” - Barry McCann
Nov. 25, 2020
Creativity, Innovation, and Design - Guest Lecture
Cultivating Belonging at Princeton
Nov. 23, 2020
Marketplace LIVE - WIW
Women in the Workplace Report
“Such a powerful message put across so well and really engaged everyone who was on…Loved that piece about leaving nothing of ourselves at the door and call people in.” - Robert Shepard
Nov. 19, 2020
IMAGE Media Business Summit - PWC
Entrepreneurial Finance - Guest Speaker
Diversity & Value Creation, Women Leading in Tech
“Thank you so much for sharing your insight and experiences Yesterday in Paul's class. I have learned so much despite the limited session time.” - Sarida Songatikamas
“Thank you so much for imparting your words of wisdom on diversity, inclusion, and resilience. It was a blessing to be able to hear and learn from your experiences!” - Evelyn Chu
Nov. 12, 2020
Home Captain
Fireside Chat
“Another inspiring conversation with you this morning! Thank you for taking the time to talk with us at Home Captain.” - Kim Mellick
Nov. 12, 2020
Communique International
Global Women - New Zealand
Nov. 5, 2020
ServiceNow - Inspiration Exchange
Building Team Resiliency through Simplification
“Thanks for the great session on building team resiliency - "embrace the humanity of work". I watched in awe of your ability to flawlessly handle the tech issues and still provide a wonderful synopsis of material. Many great tips! Looking forward to more sessions like these.” - Amy Hagelin Dananberg
Oct. 29, 2020
ThoughtWorks Away Day
Thriving in Ambiguity
“Great talk today with Alia. You can tell that the talk was good when the Zoom chat is silent. Literally, nobody was chatting while you two were talking. That's pretty amazing for a large group of ThoughtWorkers.” - Tim Quillen
Oct. 23, 2020
Digital Realty
MasterClass on Belonging
“Dear Anita, I immensely enjoyed your ‘The Power of Belonging’ presentation for the Women’s Leadership Forum at Digital Realty.” - Eva Kolar
“Thank you for joining our Masterclass today at Digital. Your words were a breath of fresh air and you are truly an inspiration.” - Diana Park
Oct. 21, 2020
ThoughtWorks Podcast
Awareness, Belonging, Curiosity, and Drive
Oct. 20, 2020
Propel Performance Group Session
Awareness, Belonging, Curiosity, and Drive/Thriving in Ambiguity
Oct. 19, 2020
NEA - Venture Capital
Oct. 5, 2020
Teradata - Speaker Series
Thriving in Times of Disruption, Ambiguity and Change
“I was positively impressed by the talk that you shared with the Teradata team today, thanks for the points of view, and understanding current and future scenarios, amazing content and approach to onboard high performance and continue envelopment.” - Asael Maldonado
Sep. 8, 2020
ThoughtWorks - Executive Roundtable
6As of Success for Women + Awareness, Belonging, Curiosity, and Drive
Aug. 28, 2020
Nubank - Leadership Summit Q&A
ME/WE/GO
“Anita, I've loved your talk today at Nubank's Summit. Thank you so much for that, it was inspiring.” - Renzo Andrea Montuori
Aug. 25, 2020
Capital Group - Thriving in Ambiguity
Awareness, Belonging, Curiosity and Drive
“Nice job today with the interview. I especially liked your final roll up: Improvement is movement without judgement. I expect to see this on a Wisdom Card.” - Chris Howard
Aug. 20, 2020
Beyond Board
Thriving in Ambiguity
"Soft skills matter most in hard times" - Dr. Anita Sands
Aug. 5, 2020
Women In Enterprise - Master Class
Belonging
Jul. 23, 2020
Bank of New Zealand
Technology's Influence on Society and Democracy
Highly insightful talk (without slides!) on the dynamics and challenges from tech and social media to democracy from @DrAnitaSands in #otautahi #chch” - Ben Reid
Mar. 12, 2020
Bank of New Zealand
The 6As of Success for Women
“Top class career advice for women in a 5 minute read. Brilliant Anita.” - Sinead Mahon
Mar. 11, 2020
Tech Meet Up - Wellington
Disruption, change and the power of belonging
“Life experiences, socio-economic circumstances, adversity, the importance of belonging, all help shape who we are in our work life and are important factors for innovative solutions. @DrAnitaSands engaging conversations with entrepreneurs @CreativeHQ this afternoon in Wellington.”
- US Embassy NZ (@usembassynz)
Mar. 10, 2020
Startup Garage - Wellington
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace
“Can’t say I’ve ever been more captivated by a speaker than the session with Anita Sands.” - Warkina Tujuba
“Thank you for sharing your incredible thought-provoking insights with us. You are welcome here anytime.” - Jacky Laverty
Mar. 10, 2020
US Embassy NZ - Wellington
Lunch - Chat - Meet and Greet
“Many thanks for inspiring us at Creative HQ in Wellington! What particularly resonated: creating a culture of psychological safety, embedding unconscious bias into design, and ‘culture add, not culture fit.’ Keep up the amazing work.” - Ben Briggs
Mar. 10, 2020
Fulbright, NZ - Wellington
Diversity inclusion and belonging
“I left your talk absolutely buzzing, it was so interesting and inspirational!” - Rebecca Bonnevie
Mar. 10, 2020
Local business leaders - Business Hawke's Bay
Disruption, Leadership, and Culture
“Wow Anita you brought such a powerful message today around diversity particularly for women, inclusion in our workplaces and beyond, and our need for belonging. Your insightful vision for the future both the potential good and bad has left me plenty to think about. Thank you.” - Helen Wildbore
Mar. 9, 2020
WIN Executive Briefing
Winward Innovation Quarter Digital Disruption and Change Leadership
“You’ll get a lot of great insights and importantly, practical real-world uses from Anita. I had the pleasure of participating in this session yesterday.”
- David Sherwin
“It was one of those sessions that provided exploration and understanding just at the right time… Anita - you’re a powerhouse and I could have listened to you speak for days!” - Helen Littlewood
Mar. 5, 2020
Global Women/IWD - The Auditorium, Auckland War Memorial Museum
Diversity inclusion and belonging
“Anita Sands was the highlight of the evening for me. She delved into the diversity and inclusion issue (or solution as she sees it!) with a fresh perspective.” - Shelby McKendry
“Signing off for the night with some straight fire from @DrAnitaSands – ‘We will know we have reached true equality when there are mediocre women at the top.” - Amy Potter
Mar. 4, 2020
Auckland City Council
Women's Leadership & Belonging
“Thanks @DrAnitaSands for inspiring and empowering speech on #IWD2020 with #internationalrelations @AklCouncil. Hope to see you back in NZ soon and good luck at #Princeton.” - Irish Consulate (@irlnz1)
Mar. 4, 2020
Shine - Auckland
Breakfast & Belonging
“I heard you and Alia speak yesterday as the event hosted by Shine. I was CAPTIVATED by both your honesty to share your stories and the much-needed reminders for becoming a better leader. Your Irish spirit certainly shines through in your telling of stories and it’s nice to see a female leader who also may not take herself so seriously and authentic.” - Cath Carlsen
Mar. 4, 2020
Radio New Zealand
AUT - Project Connect Auckland University of Technology
Technology's influence on society and democracy
“We are truly blessed in Ireland and across the globe with intelligent, strong, and inspiring women! Thank you @DrAnitaSands for sharing your insights with us this evening! #IWD2020” - Faran Foley
Mar. 3, 2020
The Project TV Show
Tech's influence on democracy
“Really good succinct presentation about #fakenews on @TheProject_NZ well-done @AUTuni for bringing Anita to NZ.” - Bill Macnaught
Mar. 2, 2020
Working Mother's Corporate Network/KPMG - The Grid, Auckland
6As of Success & Belonging for Women
“Thank you for your talk last week at KPMG, Auckland. I found it incredibly thought-provoking, and especially enjoyed your analogy regarding Rosie being the biggest market disruptor you’ve come across - hilarious.”
- Georgina Kingsley-Smith
Mar. 2, 2020
New Zealand Herald
“Diversity is not a problem - It is a solution.” - Dr. Anita Sands
Mar. 2, 2020
KPMG - The Grid, Auckland
Building cultures of belonging
“The message of belonging is so spot on and great companies know how to do this well. Thanks for spreading the wisdom!” - AJ Thomas
Feb. 20, 2020
Global Women - Auckland
Career Workshop
“It was, again, flippin’ enlightening and an absolute pleasure to spend yesterday evening with you and your go-bag of wisdom. I churned out some serious levels of notes. Thank you for taking that time to be with us, we really appreciate it.” - Jada MacFie
“Thanks again for your insightful and personal discussion tonight. It was a pleasure to share in your wisdom and to hear your journey. I have taken with me many gems to start implementing.” - Helen Seymour
“Truly a brilliant perspective on navigating change. Thanks for sharing!” - Amy Cronk
Feb. 19, 2020
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group - Auckland
Women and the future of work
Feb. 18, 2020
Queen's University Belfast - Mary McAleese Inaugural Lecture
Women, Diversity, Future of Work
“Thanks so much for such an engaging and passionate lecture. This point and your closing remark really struck me and will definitely stick with me for a long time!” - Aine Doran
Feb. 10, 2020
30% Club
Gender diversity on boards
“Diversity is a business imperative: powerful message from the brilliant @DrAnitaSands, #30pcCultureChange.” - David Magee
“A rousing keynote from @DrAnitaSands "Diversity is not a problem it is a solution..no degree of diversity and inclusion will succeed without belonging....boardrooms become the echo chambers of some and the silence of others..." #30pcCultureChange.” - Jules Coogan
Feb. 6, 2020
Arthur Cox Centenary
The Future of Work
“As leaders come up, are we spending our time closing doors to rooms that no longer exist.” - Dr. Anita Sands
Jan. 23, 2020
Career Mastery Kickstart 2020
Belonging
Thank you for being part of the summit this year, @DrAnitaSands! Thousands of people learned from you and now are on their way to a stronger 2020. Thanks again! #CMK2020.” - May Busch
Jan. 6, 2020
Pure Storage Equality EMEA
Women in Tech
Dec. 5, 2019
Diligent - The Corporate Director Podcast
Boards & Governance - Episode 15
“This episode is jam-packed with Insights from @DrAnitaSands - who has a knack for sharing governance truth in the catchiest way - & the latest research on directors' attitudes re stakeholders from @DILInstitute @StanfordRock @StanfordCorpGov - listen in!” - Dottie Schindlinger
Nov. 2019
Coupa Software - Empower Panel
“ ‘If you can’t have a challenging conversation with a person, you end up talking about them.’ - @DrAnitaSands’.” - Coupa Software
Nov. 20, 2019
Global Women - San Francisco
Career, Tech, Boards
“Kiaora Anita. There are not many people who can connect to 31 strangers hearts, minds and souls with such clarity, canour and confidence as you did. In so doing, you role modelled the gift of stepping into a room and bringing your truth and that is what lights up the room for others to see. We appreciate you Anita as we walked in as strangers but 90 minutes later, walked out as friends... Nga mini Jo” - Joanne Nicol
Oct. 25, 2019
Women at Pure Storage + Rise - ERG Event
#WisdomCards
“Anita Sands, you are truly remarkable and we loved hearing you speak about your Wisdom Cards. I had several favorite quotes, but one that stood out the most to me was, ‘It’s not walk a mile in their shoes, it’s walk a minute in their heart.’ #PureWisdom #purestorage #WomenatPure #AnitaSands.” - Morgan Steph
Oct. 24, 2019
Paradigm Shift - Thoughtworks
Digital Disruption & Belonging
Fantastic talk by @DrAnitaSands at @thoughtworks #ParadigmShift: words of experience as we look to enable #DigitalTransformation with the right culture.“ - Charles Lewis
Oct. 13, 2019
AIB Client Dinner
Ireland as a Digital Society
“We lauded disruption as a strategy, but failed to recognise it as a consequence...technology, democracy & humanity can be like strands of a rope, stronger when woven together” In a brilliant speech, @AIBBiz Dinner, @DrAnitaSands calls for another #MansionHouseMoment.” - Mark Redmond
Sep. 16, 2019
Women in Tech - Dublin
“Diversity is a business imperative. If women don’t speak up, our silence will be coded into the future. Great talk by @dranitasands on how women can effectively speak out using the “6As of Success” #wintechseries.” - Miriam Hand
Sep. 13, 2019
All State Event
6As of Success for Women
“Fantastic insight, Anita. Great mentorship for us women professionals. Appreciate you sharing your wisdom.” - Andrea Haviley
“I attended your talk yesterday at WomenInTech and I must Say you gave such an inspirational talk. Takeaways for me is definitely starting young with my two girls to ensure they keep there voice, as I feel as I progressed in my career that I did lose my voice. I am going to move forward and remove the fear of speaking up.” - Hannah Irvine
Sep. 12, 2019
Credit Suisse
Careers, Culture, Change & Tech
“Really enjoyed my visit to Credit Suisse in Dublin last week where we chatted about career paths, change, the impact of tech in business and society, belonging and the #Wisdomcards!” - Dr. Anita Sands
Sep. 11, 2019
Work Human - Women's Network
Women in Tech - 6As of Success for Women
“Thank you for visiting us yesterday Anita. I know myself and my colleagues can't stop talking about it and how inspirational you were.” - Jessica Breen
Sep. 3, 2019
Work Human
Scaling an SW Company & DIBS
“ ‘Diversity is the seed, inclusion is the crop, belonging is how you harvest it.’ -@DrAnitaSands #workhuman.” - Mike Wood
Sep. 3, 2019
Stanford Directors' College
Gender Equity & Boards
Jun. 24, 2019
SAP/Gentry - Women in Tech
Inspiring and passionate talk by @DrAnitaSands @Gentrywomenintech about #womenintech staying in, standing up and speaking up.” - Mireille Helou
Jun. 20 2019
University of Limerick MBA - Silicon Valley
Career Pivots/Artificial Intelligence
Jun. 5, 2019
Unqork - New York City
Women in Tech
"Being a woman in tech is about far more than being a #woman & it's about far more than being in #tech...” - Unqork (@unqork)
May. 29, 2019
Pure Storage Women - Power of 3
Career Advice & Pure Storage
“If you are going to invest in one thing, invest in the art of communication.”
- Dr. Anita Sands
“Inspired by @PureStorage‘s own women board members speaking on a panel about urgency, resiliency, and how to support each other. #womenatpure #womenintech #purestorage.” - Betsy C.
May. 20, 2019
Deloitte - Director Onboarding Academy
Boards/New Directors
May. 9, 2019
Princeton Public Lecture
Disruption and Tech in Society
“@DrAnitaSands discusses issues at the cross-currents of business & society; digital disruption, gender equality, & organizational value systems.” - Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Ed
Apr. 25, 2019
Princeton Entrepreneurship Class
Diversity, Disruption & Careers
“‘When companies create a culture where employees don't feel like they belong it is kryptonite for transformation, change, or innovation.’ -@DrAnitaSands.” - Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Ed
Apr. 25, 2019
Accreate CHRO Event
Belonging
“Ironically, the opposite of Belonging is fitting in.” - Dr. Anita Sands
Mar. 28, 2019
Amazon Web Services - International Women's Day Panel
Women in Tech/Gender Equality
“Use our voice for good @DrAnitaSands we need technology shaped by all humans #AWSinCommunities #BalanceforBetter #InternationalWomensDay.”
- Tech Week Ireland (@TechWeekIRL)
Mar. 8, 2019
PwC Board Event - Dublin
Governing in an Era of Change
“@DrAnitaSands talks about Boards dealing with change #InternationalWomensDay @PwCIreland.” - Geraldine McGinty
Mar. 7, 2020
Queen's University of Belfast
Student and Graduate of the Year
“A campus where students belong is a campus where Faculty do their best work, and students flourish. Inspiring words from @DrAnitaSands , one of the #graduates and #students of the year celebrated tonight.” - Kara Bailie
Mar. 6, 2019
Women in Tech - Belfast
A voice for good
"What an inspiring day at the @wibni #womenintechbelfast conference. Delighted to be a part of it. Quote of the day from @DrAnitaSands ‘speak up; your silence is being coded to the future’." - Liberty IT
Mar. 6, 2020
Pure Storage Women's Leadership Event
Panel with Pat Wadors (CHRO at ServiceNow) and Sue Taylor (CAO at Facebook)
Feb. 5, 2019
Pure Storage Sales Kick Off
Pure Storage Next Chapter
“Awesome, inspirational chat! We’re lucky to have you!”
- Mark Fleming
Feb. 5, 2019
St. Bridgets Day Event - Irish consulate in San Francisco
Women in Leadership
“The Irish were the original social network” - Dr. Anita Sands
Feb. 1, 2019
Symantec - Early Career/Employee Event
Young Careers/Career Advice
"We're still buzzing from the energy at PIVOT hosted @symantec HQ by our ERG, SNAP!" - Susan Cooney
Jan. 23, 2019
PwC Board Event - San Francisco
Disruption in the boardroom
Jan. 16, 2019
Open View Podcast - Anita Sands (ServiceNow): You Got on Your First Board. Now What?
2020 Women on Boards
Heidrick's Partners Meeting
Digital Disruption in the Boardroom
Oct. 25, 2018
All Turtles Podcast Episode 37: On board with Anita Sands
Entergy
Leadership in an Era of Change
Oct. 16, 2018
William Fry Client Meeting
Reputational Risk in the Boardroom
Sep. 27, 2018
PwC Partners Meeting - Dublin
Digital Disruption
Sep. 27, 2018
Queen's Belfast CSIT 16th International Conference
Privacy, Security and Trust
Aug. 28, 2018
ServiceNow
Inspire Team
Jul. 18, 2018
Stanford Directors' College
Digital disruption in the boardroom
Jun. 24, 2018
One Million by One Million Podcast
Samsung - Distinguished Speaker Series
Digital Darwinism
Jun. 12, 2018
University of Limerick MBA Students
Career Success
Jun. 7, 2018
Pure Storage
Female VP Luncheon
Jun. 5, 2018
ServiceNow
Global Leadership All-Hands
May. 16, 2018
PowerShift Panel
Belonging
Apr. 16, 2018
Ascend
Board Readiness
Apr. 6, 2018
Accompany
Leadership Fireside Chat
Apr. 5, 2018
Morgan Stanley - Deer Valley
Panel w/ CEO Amy Chang & Ron Codd - Boards
Feb. 18, 2018
Silicon Valley Directors' Exchange Panel
Boards Role in Managing Culture
Feb. 15, 2018
Enterprise Ireland Panel
Women - Global Ambition
Feb. 14, 2018
Fenwick and West Diversity Event
Diversity in the Boardroom
Feb. 12, 2018
Datastax Leadership Series
Leadership and Careers - Employee Event
Feb. 7, 2018
ServiceNow Sales Kick-Off
Diversity and Inclusion
Jan. 18, 2018
AIB
Disruption & Diversity
Jan. 9, 2018
Dublin Institute of Technology - Women's Event
6As of Success for Women
Dec. 13, 2017
Arthur Cox - Partners Meeting
6As of Success for Women
Nov. 30, 2017
Ernst & Young - Women's Network
Panel/Key Note
Nov. 22, 2017
Ernst & Young - Rising Stars - Dublin
Career Advice
Sep. 21, 2017
Morgan Stanley - Deer Valley
Boards in an Era of Change
Jul. 26, 2017
Inspirefest 2017 - How we will lead in 2020: Executives and Boards
Inspirefest 2017 - Leadership: A personal journey
Stanford Directors' College
Boards Role in Managing Culture
Jun. 26, 2017
Ernst & Young - EOY - San Francisco
Digital Disruption
Jun. 2, 2017
University of Limerick - Leadership and Careers
Leadership/Careers
May. 24, 2017
Silicon Valley Directors' Exchange
Board diversity
Apr. 20, 2017
Pure Storage
Interns Fireside Chat
Oct. 19, 2016
Irish Network USA Conference 2016 - San Francisco
Fireside Chat with Sarah Friar
Sep. 16, 2016
John Hancock - Future of Financial Services
Technology and Women
Jul. 19, 2015
American Chamber of Commerce - Ireland
Independence Day Luncheon
“Inspirational words from @DrAnitaSands at @AmericanChamber #July4 lunch last week.” - Roisin Cahill
Jul. 3, 2015
New York Women's Forum
Digital Disruption
May. 7, 2015
Women in Business NI
Personal Change
May. 14, 2014
International Women's Forum - Berlin
Digital Disruption
May. 22, 2014
Communitech Tech Leadership Conference
Innovation and Change Panel
May. 29, 2014
Symantec
Female Board Directors - Fireside Chat
Oct. 2013
Women of Concern Luncheon
Equality and Poverty
May. 2012
Dreamforce Conference
Nov. 2011