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Empowered by AI: Women Entrepreneurs Leading the Way
Welcome to Empowered by AI, where women entrepreneurs capitalize on the power of AI to transform their businesses, break new ground, and lead confidently. Hosted by Michelle Muncy-Silva, founder of Innovation AI Studio, this podcast is your go-to resource for stories, strategies, and tools that help women combine creativity with cutting-edge technology to build the brands of tomorrow.
One year ago, Empowered by AI launched with a single goal: amplify women’s voices shaping the future of artificial intelligence. The very first guest? Anne Murphy — Co-Founder of She Leads AI and the woman behind the CREATE Conference. Now, after 78 episodes, five seasons, and one unforgettable year, Michelle and Anne sit down again...
Host Michelle Muncy-Silva welcomes listeners to Empowered by AI: Women Entrepreneurs Leading the Way, setting the stage for a conversation with AI strategist and founder Lexi Gilbert. After decades in HR and leadership, Lexi has redefined her career in the AI era—helping businesses adopt AI ethically, humanely, and with resilience. [01:00–03:00] From HR Leader to...
What happens when a seasoned brand strategist decides to reinvent herself with AI? In this episode of Empowered by AI: Women Entrepreneurs Leading the Way, I sit down with Ellen Craven, founder of Brand Novus. Ellen’s career spans award-winning creative direction, global brand strategy, and now—AI-powered consulting that’s already shaking up the way companies think...
What happens when you finally reach the top of your career ladder and realize the view isn’t what you hoped? In this episode of Empowered by AI, I sit down with Carolina Migliaccio, founder of Soulful Moxie, to talk about the hidden costs of chasing external success, the courage it takes to reclaim your agency,...
The future of work isn’t about choosing between humans and AI. It’s about designing a workplace where the two strengthen each other. In this episode of Empowered by AI, I sit down with Gena Hoxha, People Operations and AI Transformation leader at Ignitium, to explore how leaders can adopt AI responsibly, keep culture intact during...
Welcome back to Empowered by AI! You asked, I delivered: this episode is all about NotebookLM, one of my absolute favorite free AI tools. Think of it as your digital brain — organizing the articles, posts, PDFs, and docs you keep meaning to revisit but never do. Instead of drowning in bookmarks and saved links,...
Welcome to Empowered by AI. In this episode, Michelle sits down with Suvianna Greco, founder of the AI for Change Foundation. Suvianna shares how she went from a background in law and human rights to leading a global movement around ethical, people-first AI. Her Journey Into AI [01:00] Why Suvianna launched the AI for Change...
This week on Empowered by AI, we’re joined by Tatiana Ferreira—luxury retail veteran turned AI operations expert, founding partner of the Aurora Retail Accelerator, and podcaster. With decades of experience leading billion-dollar operations at Disney, Louis Vuitton, and Neiman Marcus, Tatiana now helps businesses cut through the AI noise and focus on what truly moves...
What if slowing down didn’t mean falling behind, but was actually the key to thriving? In this conversation, I sit down with Dr. Claire Jacobs, a clinical psychologist and life coach for high-achieving, neurodivergent women. We dig into why hustle culture leaves so many of us running on empty, how to swap fragile “gold star”...
We’re setting the stage with a playful correction, Nano Banana is officially Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash. And Michelle shares why she couldn’t resist testing it for both fun and real-world business use cases, kicking off an honest exploration of what works (and what doesn’t). [00:01:30] Playing with Creative Images Michelle experiments with futuristic cityscapes, rebel...