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Places She Shapes, hosted by Zoe Smeeth and recorded at the iconic Abbey Road Studios. It’s a chance to hear the sliding door moments, the good, the bad, and the unapologetically ambitious, that have shaped each guest's journey.
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Marian Ferguson: No Entry? Watch Me Build the Door
Season 1 | Episode 2 - Places She Shapes with Zoe Smeeth
From dreaming of dance floors to dominating boardrooms, Marian Ferguson’s path to becoming a powerhouse in building services engineering is anything but conventional. In this episode, Marian shares how she went from being told "no" at the door of the R&A Golf Club to opening doors for others through her own engineering design business. We talk early rejections, mid-career reinvention, and what it's like to start your own company in your late 40s—while tackling gender bias with grit and grace. Marian's journey is a blueprint for resilience, and a rallying cry for anyone who's ever been underestimated.
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