Session II: THE PRICE OF PERFORMANCE: Power, Productivity & The Architecture of Ambition

​About Session 2: The Motherhood Penalty
Wednesday, Nov 4 | 12:00 to 1:00 PM PT | Free on Zoom

​This is Part II of our three-part live series. Missed Part I? Come anyway. Each session stands on its own.

​Why does work discount its sharpest talent? We move past individual calendar optimization to recognize motherhood as an executive upgrade in high-signal execution.

​From Session 1: The Talent Filter
20 people joined us on Oct 28, and three ideas stood out:

• ​Ambition shouldn’t swallow your whole life. When companies expect the job to be everyone’s #1 priority, they shrink their talent pool and burn out the people who say yes.

• ​Culture is what people actually live. Candidates expect one thing from an intense workplace and get constant availability instead. Calling it hustle doesn’t make it sustainable.

• ​Everyone’s time deserves respect. Boundaries shouldn’t depend on whether you have kids. Single people’s time often gets treated as less valuable, and evening and weekend calls become normal for everyone.

​That last point is where Part II begins. If boundaries matter for everyone, why do mothers still pay the steepest price for keeping them? On Nov 4, we take on the motherhood penalty and make the case that motherhood builds the high-signal execution every team needs.

​About the Series
What happens when work demands everything, and measures commitment strictly by who has the least to lose?

​Blerina Sanocki and Christina Glickman bring two complementary lenses, institutional & capital and human & cultural, to a candid, three-part live series. Together they examine how modern work culture sidelines top talent, penalizes mothers, and strains families.

​Not another panel. An open, working conversation about what it takes, and what it costs, to lead, build, and stay human.

​The 3-Part Series

• ​Oct 28 | Part I: The Talent Filter (Completed)
  Who gets to win when availability becomes ambition? We took apart the “subsidized worker” model and showed how always-on culture filters out seasoned operators.

• ​Nov 4 | Part II: The Motherhood Penalty (This session)
  Why does work discount its sharpest talent? We move past individual calendar optimization to recognize motherhood as an executive upgrade in high-signal execution.

• ​Nov 11 | Part III: The Childhood Cost
  What are we modeling for the next generation? The hidden price paid at home, nervous-system availability, and the true net ROI of ambition.

​Your Hosts: Two Lenses, One Conversation

​Blerina Sanocki | The Institutional & Capital Lens
Recently, Blerina’s 10-year-old saw this series’ graphic on her screen and asked, “Are you competing with her?” That question is why she’s here. Blerina is the Founder & CEO of TideBorn Capital, where she invests in and advises early-stage AI founders. She has backed 15+ startups and sits on The Bond Fund’s Deal Flow Committee. She is an active Limited Partner in venture capital firms that invest with purpose, from women’s health to enterprise and trusted AI. Women founders still receive less than 2% of venture funding. Her view is direct: that gap reflects whose patterns investors are trained to recognize, not weaker companies. Before founding TideBorn Capital, Blerina spent 14 years at Google, architecting $2.5B+ in global partnerships. A mom of two daughters, she brings the question boards and investors avoid: what does always-on culture actually cost?

​Christina Glickman | The Human & Cultural Lens
Christina Glickman believes women don’t expire, they evolve. She is Co-CEO & Founder of I’m Not Dead, a media company that amplifies women’s voices through storytelling and real-world gatherings. Its podcast has hosted guests like Julianne Moore and Megan Rapinoe and has been featured in Forbes and The Observer. She is also Head of Community & Experience at THE BOARD, a vetted community of C-suite leaders from fashion, beauty, tech, and beyond. A former advertising client service director and clean beauty leader, Christina is a TEDx speaker with 500K+ views and the bestselling author of Xtra: The Art of Being. She also created The Xtra Love Army, a six-figure women’s movement. A mother of four, she knows firsthand what the always-on world asks of women. In this series she asks: what does it do to people?

​Why Join

• ​Rethink how your team measures performance: outcomes, not hours

• ​Get the business case for keeping experienced talent, especially mothers

• ​Bring your own story to live polls and audience Q&A

​Bring your experience and a sharp point of view. Leave with new frameworks to rethink what comes next.

​Free on Zoom | Part II: Nov 4 | Part III: Nov 11 | 12:00 to 1:00 PM PT