FinTech Magazine - January 2022 | Page 22

Shân Millie and Kate Bohn are the co-founders of Bright Blue Hare – an agency that offers practical transformation support for intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs in the fintech and insurtech space .

» Kate : Piglet – Winnie the Pooh ’ s closest friend – the original green jumper wearing version . Although he is a " very small animal " of a generally timid disposition , he tries to be brave and on occasion conquers his fears . Here ’ s to us all doing that as children and grown-ups .

» Shân : Her name was Emma and she was a hockey ace in the fifth form when I was a first year ( so 11 years ’ old ). In a weird twist of fate , through marriage we were related at one point , many years later .

» Kate : “ If you need to ask the question , you already know the answer .”

» Shân : “ To make change happen , you have to start where people are at .”

» Kate : The Last Lecture – Lessons in Living by Randy Pausch , who was a Computer Science professor at Carnegie Mellor . He wrote the book following the extraordinary response to his ‘ last lecture ’ – given to his students in the final weeks before his death from pancreatic cancer . The title of the event was “ Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams ” and he wrote the book to capture the thoughts he offered on the importance of overcoming obstacles , of enabling the dreams of others and seizing every moment .

» Shân : I just finished The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler : Leading Millions into the Abyss by Laurence Rees . To understand what makes Leadership work , you have to look at Fellowship , and how our species makes choices – for good and ill – about those we choose to trust and believe in .

» Kate : The internet . While the downsides have been well documented , the ability to remain connected with friends and family around the globe is an extraordinary privilege . The connection is either real time , or nearly so , and there is no commitment to those awful blue airmail letters of old .