#10 - Interview with Anne Kjaer Bathel - The ReDI School of Digital Integration

Interview with Anne Kjaer Bathel – CEO and Co-founder of the ReDI School of Digital Integration (recorded March 2021)Anne is a 2006 graduate from KaosPilot in Denmark, a hybrid of a business and a design school. From 2006-2009, she worked as a corporate social responsibility consultant. In that capacity, she developed and implemented Samsung Electronics’ award-winning corporate social responsibility strategy for Scandinavia. In July 2010, Anne moved to Japan, where she spent 2 years researching open social innovation and received the prestigious Rotary Peace Fellowship. In 2012, she moved to Berlin to set up the Berlin Peace Innovation Lab, which is associated with Stanford University. The lab focuses on how technology is facilitating emerging and measurable social change toward global peace. In 2015, in response to the refugee crises, Anne co-founded ReDI School of Digital Integration, a vocational training program teaching programming and tech skills to refugees and marginalised people. ReDI is currently teaching 1700+ adults and kids per year. 65% of these are women and girls. Anne was recognised by Edition F as one of "25 Women" revolutionising German industry and by Handelsblatt as "Mutmacher of the Year"(2018). She was awarded Best Female Social Entrepreneur of the year in Germany 2020.Today Anne talks to us about her journey and how she co-founded the ReDI School. Anne Kjaer Bathellinkedin.com/in/anne-kjær-bathel-7b7a9037 ReDI School | Digital Integration (redi-school.org)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz0mlDELSo0Enjoy the podcast! Angelina