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Apr 28
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Steering Innovation Through Change with ...

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How do today’s business leaders balance performance with empathy in a changing world?

Leagh Turner is the CEO of Coupa, a business spend management platform that manages trillions in spending for thousands of customers. 

In this episode, Leagh shares her perspective on where enterprise software and AI are headed next. She talks about leading through geopolitical uncertainty, how she’s driving innovation at Coupa, and why diversity, empathy, and humor matter just as much as results. She also shares how having a performance scorecard has shaped her career.  

[01:54] The Future of AI and SaaS

[04:50] Impact of Geopolitics on Business

[07:52] How AI is transforming the job market

[11:12] Human Elements in Leadership

[15:12] Diversity and “Spiky” People

[23:06] Hard Work and Keeping Score

[26:10] Reflections


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Leagh Turner On LinkedIn

Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn

Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn


About In Her Ellement: 

In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element?

About The Hosts:

Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030.

Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders.

Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.



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