Julia Pahina on pushing boundaries with courage and empathy

Julia Pahina is a self-declared ‘walkout’ and ‘trailblazer’. An award-winning social entrepreneur in the space of technology and Artificial Intelligence, she is dedicated to transforming the technology sector through digital equity and diverse representation, specifically by creating pathways for Pacific peoples. Pahina mentors others to build their own autonomy, agency and self-determination, and to remain guided by their values, their culture, and what she calls ‘Ancestral Intelligence’.This episode offers the energising story of a passionate and dedicated leader whose early career in the corporate world led her to a place that’s much closer to home, physically and emotionally.---This episode is part of ‘Voices of Aotearoa New Zealand’, a collection that features the stories of six acclaimed New Zealand change-makers and their personal journey of ethical leadership. Together, these stories offer a great breadth of voices that reflects Aotearoa New Zealand’s diversity: leaders from various cultural backgrounds and upbringings, who are anchored in different communities, and who are making a positive difference to Aotearoa’s future by shifting the dial in various sectors of the economy. By sharing these real-life stories in a way that is humble, authentic and meaningful, we aim to demystify ethics, and make ethical leadership a concept we all become more fluent in, and a skill we all become more nimble with. What ELS? is a podcast by the Brian Picot Chair in Ethical Leadership | Aritahi,  at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. It is curated and produced by advisory firm Pocketknife.