As a corporate manager, consultant, speaker, lecturer, and mother, Elly has become a public voice for the Future of Work, DEI, challenging our economic norms. A role model to many, the proud Gen Y with a multicultural background is passionate about encouraging people and companies to raise braver demands and explore new paradigms regarding how we work, use our time, and create value. Not to optimize the status quo but to address the structural changes required for a juster, more sustainable, more digitally future-proof tomorrow for everyone in the (working) world. As a corporate manager, entrepreneur, consultant, speaker, university guest lecturer and volunteer worker, Elly has become a public voice and change agent for topics like the Future of Work, DEI and challenging our economic norms. The proud Gen Y and mother of one with a multicultural background has cross-industry experience in global companies in the fields of consulting, sales, marketing and HR for over 18 years. For the past 10 years Elly has been a manager at Google, five of which in part-time and in a jobshare. A rolemodel to many, Elly is passionate about encouraging people and companies to raise braver demands and explore new paradigms regarding the way we work, how we use our time and how we create value. Elly not only walks her talk, she strives to inspire the (working) world to make structural changes for a more equal, a more sustainable, a more digitally future-proof tomorrow. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx