Aicha Zerrouky, UK Corporate Partnerships Director at Headspring Executive Development, a joint venture of the Financial Times and IE Business School, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about diversity and inclusion in leadership education and training.

• Aicha's non-linear journey to Headspring

• What is Headspring? What is its mission?

• Examples of some programs or projects: FinTech plus Santander, BBVA or Societe Generale.

• Headspring offers many leadership programs – can you teach leadership, or one needs to be a natural-born leader?

• What would be your most critical advice on leadership to founders who lead businesses growing from start-ups to scale-ups?

• What about managing a business in a downturn?

• Why is diversity and inclusion good for businesses and especially start-ups? 

• How does it impact the product development in FinTech you have been working with? 

• Favorite business book: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

• The best way to reach out: Headspring Executive Development on LinkedIn