The C-suite is messier than you think, with Maryam Banikarim

The podcast explores career disruption and embracing change, highlighting the importance of resilience and finding opportunities in unexpected setbacks. Maryam Banikarim, former CMO of Univision, Gannett, and Hyatt, shares personal anecdotes and insights from her podcast, "The Messy Parts," emphasizing that success is rarely linear. She recounts her experiences with professional challenges, such as a difficult start at NBCUniversal, and discusses her upbringing in Iran during a revolution, which instilled in her a sense of non-belonging but also the ability to quickly recover from adversity. Banikarim also discusses her community initiative, The Interval, aimed at providing support and belonging for executives in transition, and The Longest Table, a non-profit promoting human connection through shared meals.