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Irina Filippova

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Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

But you do have to sit with people and you do have to align on your values. Be it a customer, be it a vendor, be it a partner. We always go through an exercise. on any major deal, on any major partnership, because if your values don't align, it's not going to work, quite honestly.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

But you do have to sit with people and you do have to align on your values. Be it a customer, be it a vendor, be it a partner. We always go through an exercise. on any major deal, on any major partnership, because if your values don't align, it's not going to work, quite honestly.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

So we have to educate our customers about who we are, not just what we do and how we do it, but who we are and why we're here.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

So we have to educate our customers about who we are, not just what we do and how we do it, but who we are and why we're here.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

So our goal is to expose them to as many of us, as many of our colleagues as possible so that they can see that the level of professionalism with which we approach our challenges is very high and that we do what we said we would do rather than sign a contract and then perform suboptimal.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

So our goal is to expose them to as many of us, as many of our colleagues as possible so that they can see that the level of professionalism with which we approach our challenges is very high and that we do what we said we would do rather than sign a contract and then perform suboptimal.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

That's a great question. I'm typically asked what excites you and then on the flip side, what scares you? And sometimes it's the same thing that excites me and that scares me. And that is, of course, the potential, right? We're at the very, very start of a massive transition. again, of the transportation industry and of the energy industry.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

That's a great question. I'm typically asked what excites you and then on the flip side, what scares you? And sometimes it's the same thing that excites me and that scares me. And that is, of course, the potential, right? We're at the very, very start of a massive transition. again, of the transportation industry and of the energy industry.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

These two are fundamental to the way in which our world works, in which our whole economy works. We're at the very, very start on this process and this will continue to grow. But as we grow, there are fits and start, there are peaks and valleys. And as entrepreneurs, we have to be very tenacious and very consistent. And again, stay in integrity with what we have promised the market to do.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

These two are fundamental to the way in which our world works, in which our whole economy works. We're at the very, very start on this process and this will continue to grow. But as we grow, there are fits and start, there are peaks and valleys. And as entrepreneurs, we have to be very tenacious and very consistent. And again, stay in integrity with what we have promised the market to do.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

The most exciting part of this job is, of course, no two days are the same. We wake up to another news announcement, another company going through a transformation, another customer going through a transformation. There's new technology coming on the market every single day. We could be going to shows and conferences every week of the year just to keep up with the technology advancements.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

The most exciting part of this job is, of course, no two days are the same. We wake up to another news announcement, another company going through a transformation, another customer going through a transformation. There's new technology coming on the market every single day. We could be going to shows and conferences every week of the year just to keep up with the technology advancements.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

So it's going to continue to be a very exciting sector. It's going to continue to be a very challenging sector because, of course, change is not easy. And again, that change has to happen within before it happens outside oneself. So we're talking about a lot of people changing their mindsets, changing the way in which they work, changing what they value.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

So it's going to continue to be a very exciting sector. It's going to continue to be a very challenging sector because, of course, change is not easy. And again, that change has to happen within before it happens outside oneself. So we're talking about a lot of people changing their mindsets, changing the way in which they work, changing what they value.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

It does have to happen on the individual level and it does have to happen on the leadership level because without that, we won't see the impact that leaders can make on their respective organizations, on their respective nations, and all throughout the world, throughout the industry. It's a global chain. And that's another exciting component of this.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

It does have to happen on the individual level and it does have to happen on the leadership level because without that, we won't see the impact that leaders can make on their respective organizations, on their respective nations, and all throughout the world, throughout the industry. It's a global chain. And that's another exciting component of this.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

We're constantly in communication with other partners worldwide because, again, we are a global village now. Energy transformation, transportation transformation affects everyone. So we have to learn from those who may be ahead in one area or the other.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

We're constantly in communication with other partners worldwide because, again, we are a global village now. Energy transformation, transportation transformation affects everyone. So we have to learn from those who may be ahead in one area or the other.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

We have to import, export this knowledge and share this knowledge because again, we're trying to accomplish something for humanity as a whole without sounding too lofty. We're trying to create a new way that the transportation works in order to not only reduce the carbon emissions. but in order to create something more sustainable, something more reliable for the future.

Chief Change Officer
#186 Irina Filippova: From Diplomacy in Russia to Decarbonization in the US

We have to import, export this knowledge and share this knowledge because again, we're trying to accomplish something for humanity as a whole without sounding too lofty. We're trying to create a new way that the transportation works in order to not only reduce the carbon emissions. but in order to create something more sustainable, something more reliable for the future.