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This week's guest is: Lauren Currie OBE She is the Founder of UPFRONT; on a mission to change confidence and support one million women by 2023. Lauren is a Trustee of the Design Council and Pregnant Then Screwed. In 2017, Lauren was awarded an OBE for her services to design and diversity. As someone who runs a community for women, I see confidence (or lack thereof) coming up often as a reason why women don’t follow through on incredible ideas and well thought out plans, I also see oppression within our system every day and so wanted to find out from Lauren how she has learned to challenge the way we live and function within a society that is not built to support women. In this episode we cover: Design and it’s part in entrepreneurship and innovation Systemic oppression and how the system is broken How we can use our position or privilege to create positive change Why getting it wrong is inevitable Activism in business We explore the concept of rest and capitalism How to take action with confidence We hope you enjoy! Find out more about and with Lauren Currie Web: Upfront / www.laurencurrie.co IG: @_laurencurrie_ Linkedin RESOURCES: Sophie Walker - Five Rules for Rebellion The Nap Ministry Pandora Sykes - How do we know we're doing it right? Basecamp Blowup: Banning Politics At Work Koa Beck - White Feminism Sheryl Sandberg - Lean In To find out more about this podcast and to nominate a guest visit www.foundflourish.co.uk/podcast. Join the conversation using #bossingitpod and tagging us @foundflourish on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin. More about Found & Flourish Found and Flourish is a growing network, online membership, media & events platform, aimed at empowering the next generation of entrepreneurial women and impact driven change-makers to launch, grow and scale their businesses. Join us by visiting www.foundflourish.co.uk. Connect With The Hosts Lara Sheldrake Website Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Coni Longden-Jefferson Website Instagram Twitter LinkedIn