Fail File: Alison Mau, Tika co-founder and author

Fail File: Alison Mau, Tika co-founder and author
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Victoria Carter
Each fortnight, Victoria Carter speaks to someone about failure and disappointment and what they learned. This week, she talks to Alison Mau, co-founder of Tika, a tech-enabled platform for survivors of sexual harm, and author of No Words for This. I was really disappointed when: I was made redundant for the fifth time in my career. I’ve had forty years in media. The most disappointing, probably because of the unexpected shock and because I adored radio, was when I was laid off from Radio Live a few days before Christmas. I neve...

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