Age is not just a number with Sudha Singh, Founder, The Purpose Room

So, age and ageism. Where do I start? Recognition of the issue comes I guess with lived experience and empathy. I truly believe that the intersectionality of my age and ethnicity were a barrier to my progress in the industry here in the UK. 6 years back when I was making my way back into the country after a longish stint abroad - I don't believe there were women who looked like me at leadership levels in the industry (feel free to disabuse me if this is just a notion and not a fact). In this episode of The Elephant in the Room podcast I talk 👉🏾 About Serena Williams (go on have a listen to what I have to say about this legend) 👉🏾 Hitting a roadblock and finding my purpose @50 and why all women need to start giving more thought to their careers; 👉🏾 Ageism in our industry; 👉🏾 Negative perceptions and myths about people over 50; 👉🏾 A global demographic megatrend and links to the SDGs; 👉🏾 Why organisations should stop taking a siloed approach to engaging with current and potential talent from an inclusion perspective; 👉🏾 The importance of challenging traditional representation of over 50s in the media that perpetuate harmful stereotypes and devalue their contribution I believe that age is not just a number - it is about my backstory; my life experiences; failures and successes. We should not allow a number to define who we are or become a barrier to living life to its full potential. And how brilliant is it that I have not mentioned the absence of 50's in Industry awards even once during the podcast? What are your thoughts on the matter?