Author: Diane Vanasse, VP of Marketing Communications, Credo
Roughly 20,000 years ago glaciers significantly changed the Earth’s topography during the Ice Age, and in 2024 Lisa Su made history as the first woman to be named CEO of the Year by Time Magazine. Time also named Caitlin Clark as their 2024 Athlete of the year. Caitlin is elevating the WNBAs profile, while at the same time acknowledging that we need to continue recognize bias and privilege. I don’t think anyone can argue that both women have been agents of change.
Aspiring to be an agent of change can be daunting – a term I choose over “frightened”. It’s okay to feel daunted, but we must stay bold. When Jodi Shelton brought 30 women to Nasdaq on November 14th to ring the closing bell in celebration of the GSA’s 30th anniversary it was a BOLD decision. Nasdaq staff claimed it was the most women they had ever participate in the bell ceremony in their history.
On the same day, Sylvia Acevedo, board member for both Credo and Qualcomm, did a video interview with Nasdaq discussing the need to properly train and prepare the workforce of the future. Particularly important as we embark on the first stage of the AI revolution – a stage I think of as “surpassing the old order”. Sylvia’s comment that “you can’t just have half of the population contributing” stuck with me. AI is a massive change agent for our industry, and it won’t be held back.
Let’s look forward to 2025 as we continue to be bold agents of change! Please check out the interview with Sylvia here: