Global Nomad’s World co-founder Lisa Travella-Murawsky on the important differences between the traditional codes of business and women entrepreneurs.
Challenges facing female entrepreneurs and the importance of women empowering women.
By Author: Lisa Travella Murawsky for Sport & Development Org
On the occasion of International Women’s Day this week, I wanted to take the opportunity to share the story of GNW: Global Nomad’s World, founded by two women from different worlds. GNW was co-founded in 2016, by Daniela Tomer, an Argentine/Israli and myself, Lisa Travella-Murawsky a Canadian/Belgian.
Not only did we come from different parts of the world with very different rich cultures and languages, but from very different professional disciplines. Daniela is a clinical psychologist while I am an international sports consultant. Some may suggest that it is a business marriage of opposites; however, we would suggest it is a business marriage that brings together diverse perspectives and supports the unique needs of female leadership.
Advantage of an interdisciplinary partnership
Bringing specialists together from different disciplines to work as a team on projects is desired in the incredibly fast changing business world. The products and services topping the business market are the results of talented professionals cut across many different disciplines, bringing diverse views to the project. Although it can be challenging to bring these different minds together as much patience is required, the final products are worth the efforts.
Following these successful business models, schools all over the world, from primary age all the way up to University/Colleges are embracing the need for these partnerships and encouraging interdisciplinary thinking through all their systems. We have embraced this at GNW and thrive by offering each other different viewpoints and an objective lens for our projects. Also, in some instances our areas of expertise overtly overlap as in the case of the multitude of recent studies looking at mental challenges of elite athletes.