TLC Mentorship Summit - Meet our Mentees (Part 1)!

Hi TLCers!

Back in June, the TLC hosted the first-of-its-kind TLC Mentorship Summit at the Experimentation Elite conference. Industry leaders we all know and love (Lukas Vermeer, Abi Hough, Ruben de Boer, and Els Aerts) served as our mentors while six brave mentees took the stage after receiving speaker coaching in the weeks leading up to the day by Michael Aagaard. They were asked to share something a little different with us. We didn't want case studies or talks we had all heard before. No - we asked them to tell us why they loved experimentation - and make us fall in love with experimentation all over again. And we asked them to tell us something about themselves - and what made them unique through that lens. And they only had 10 minutes to do so!

Then, they had to stand up there - in front of that intimidating (and inspiring) panel of mentors - and answer questions about themselves and their talk - for another 10 minutes! And guess what happened? They killed it, y'all! They were so great that the audience wanted them to have more time, and many folks said that their talks were even more interesting than the talks they saw the next day on the main stage. They were "different", "unique", "validating".

So, we wanted to give them a chance to do these amazing talks again - and without the stress (and constraints) of 10 minutes. 

So please welcome these amazing speakers to the TLC stage with open arms and a warm TLC embrace! Our first speakers in part 1, Sept 13:

• Vignesh Lokanathan - Zombie fingers & empathy in the workplace (Our grand prize winner!)
• Eltine van der Veer - Experimenting with experimentation
• Stephen Situ - Embracing a culture of data-guided decisions

• Georgiana Hunter-Cozens - Recruiting outside the bubble
• Marina Ostrowski - The superpower of diversity