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The Dangerous Women PodcastThis podcast claims the Dangerous Woman mantle one incredible, dangerous businesswoman at a time. Author: Sophy Norris
Our podcast claims the Dangerous Woman mantle, one incredible, dangerous woman at a time. The Dangerous Women Collective is a community of professional women where achievement is celebrated, mutual support is unquestioned, and womens contribution to economic, social, and technical progress is championed. The Dangerous Women Collective podcast is the public voice of our community. Its a forum to hold in-depth conversations with brilliant women who have a strong story to share about how they have navigated the world of work and life and what we can do together to lift one another up. And Dangerous Women know as well as anyone that we live in an increasingly fractured and targeted world, and how important it is to protect ourselves on and offline. Thats why we are honoured to announce ESET as our new sponsor. As one of the worlds leading cybersecurity brands and Europes top vendor, trusted by over half a million businesses worldwide, we know we are in safe hands. We will be hearing more from ESET as the series progresses, and of course, their fabulously dangerous UK Head of Marketing Jules Berriff appeared on Series 2. In Series 3, we will continue to explore the careers and stories of eight of the most dangerous women around from menopause advisors to agency founders, women sharing their story of resurgence after redundancy, and leaders of world-famous businesses. Their stories shed light on winning in todays world, with both zest and style, often in extraordinarily complicated circumstances. Their lead by example fearlessness is both inclusive and empowering. Dangerous Women share their tales of derring-do to inspire and engage everyone who recognises the power of zig versus zag. We dare you to listen! The podcast is hosted by Sophy Norris, co-founder of the Dangerous Women Collective, and is sponsored by ESET, providing Next-Gen Digital Security for Home and Business. Language: en Genres: Business, Marketing, Personal Journals, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Series 5, Episode 3 - "Early, Ugly and Often". Sophy Norris in conversation with Sarah Thomas PhD, Group CMO and EVP Capgemini
Episode 3
Tuesday, 24 March, 2026
This week's guest is Sarah Thomas PhD, Chief Marketing Officer and EVP of Consultancy giant Capgemini. Sarah is an experienced B2B marketing and communications leader with a passion for innovation, creativity, and technology. She has spent her marketing career in global roles within the business services and technology sector. Before her role at Capgemini, Sarah led the Brand-led Employee Experience practice for award-winning brand consulting, design and experience agency, Landor and spent a significant part of her career at Accenture, where she held senior Marketing and Communications leadership roles, including Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for the Accenture Operations business. Sarah has a scientific background, gaining a PhD in molecular biology at Warwick Uni, becoming a virologist, and specialising in the HIV virus in the 90s, at the height of the epidemic, and fear. It is unsurprising that Sarah is a passionate advocate for STEM education for girls and is a champion for growing the next generation of innovators. In this episode, we cover what it means to become and be a leader, and how to craft our own careers. Areas we discuss include: The importance of leaving every door open as we work our way up our careers Perusing our passions and leaning into intuition to discover what is right for us Proactively running towards something, instead of running away Why speed is as vital as perfection, "good enough" is so important Don't be all things to all people Learning by doing and curating mentorships Being curious, rolling our sleeves up, owning our careers Support bold decision-making and always have your team's back Why a low boredom threshold is a good thing Telling people what they need to hear, not what they want to hear Why hiring for mindset is important, and defines an ambitious career Why it's so important to be inspired, and the flywheel of work and hobbies Work should be fun The power of cheerleading Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsarahthomas/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophy-norris/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/capgemini/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-alligator-pi-agency https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryambanikarim/ TED Talk - Life's an obstacle course - here's how to navigate it https://www.themessypartspodcast.com/ Instagram - @nickd_rebelcoach
