Industrial designer Luciana Silvares is the responsible lead designer for the brand style of Mazda Motor Europe. The company is the regional headquarters of the automotive manufacturer Mazda for the European market. Born in Boston and grown up in São Paulo, Luciana has now been living for more than 20 years in Germany while working for Mazda Europe. Her passion about her job, design and the automotive industry truly shows in our conversation. In this podcast she takes us on a journey through her work. You will get to know what the latest trends in the automotive industry are and why Luciana believes we need more feminine leaders. In doing so she shares her observations on the specials strengths that she sees within them. Additionally, I am very curious on her thoughts of motherhood and being a leader. We talk about balancing work and family and how to organize family-life together with the partner. She explains how breaking out of traditional roles is not an easy thing to do and why taking on responsibility as a father goes beyond "help”. She summarizes that it's not always easy being a mother and having a career at the same time, BUT for her it's totally worth it! Listen to Luciana’s story and be inspired by her encouraging message on being a female leader: "Don't give up! At the end of the day you will have a fruitful return."

https://www.curaze.io/femaleonezero/designing-the-future

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