Meaningful Conversations with Annyse
Meaningful Conversations with Annyse
Podcast Description
Meaningful Conversation is a heartfelt series of discussions led by Annyse Balkwill, featuring inspiring female leaders from the water industry and beyond.
With warmth and compassion, Annyse and her guests explore the possibilities for a future shaped by equity and inclusion, envisioning a world we want our sons and daughters to thrive in. Together, they delve into what our homes, systems, and organizations could look like if they genuinely valued and embraced women of all backgrounds.
By stepping into a space of imagination, these conversations allow us to pause, reflect, and uncover our true desires. In this creative state, we unlock the potential to envision—and ultimately create—a future that reflects the power of inclusion and possibility.
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The show focuses on equity, inclusion, and the future of women in leadership roles, with episodes that explore innovative ideas in the water industry, like the PFAS Management Company's approach to environmental challenges and personal stories of female leaders shaping inclusive systems.
Meaningful Conversation is a heartfelt series of discussions led by Annyse Balkwill, featuring inspiring female leaders from the water industry and beyond.With warmth and compassion, Annyse and her guests explore the possibilities for a future shaped by equity and inclusion, envisioning a world we want our sons and daughters to thrive in. Together, they delve into what our homes, systems, and organizations could look like if they genuinely valued and embraced women of all backgrounds.By stepping into a space of imagination, these conversations allow us to pause, reflect, and uncover our true desires. In this creative state, we unlock the potential to envision—and ultimately create—a future that reflects the power of inclusion and possibility.
In this episode of Meaningful Conversations, Annyse speaks with Victoria Edwards – former concert pianist, founder of FIDO Tech, and CEO of K622 Tech. Victoria is using acoustics and AI to revolutionise how we detect and manage water loss, and she brings one of the freshest perspectives in the global water conversation.
Victoria drew the Endurance card and what unfolded was a powerful discussion about what it truly means to be a custodian of water, why real collaboration needs a commercial backbone, and how the sector must urgently reposition itself as the most compelling career destination on the planet.
In this episode we cover:
- Why ”custodian” is a more powerful framing than ”owner” and what it demands of all of us
- How FIDO built catalytic communities around stressed watersheds, including the Colorado River Basin
- Why commercial constructs are not a compromise — they are the engine of lasting impact
- AI in water: the difference between a precision tool and ”Wikipedia on steroids”
- The talent crisis in water and the seatbelt law analogy that reframes how we solve it
- Why everyone knows the price of oil but almost nobody can tell you the cost of water
About Victoria Edwards: Victoria Edwards is the Founder Emeritus of FIDO Tech and CEO of K622 Tech. A winner of the Earth 05 Prize and member of the UK's Future Fifty, she specialises in innovative models for accelerating technical responses to the water crisis and building cross-sector catalytic communities at scale.
Mentions
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