Celebrating a Win Worth Shouting About: Dr Kate Jenkinson Takes Home the 2025 She Inspires Empowering Women Local Champion Award

Some people lift communities. Some spark creativity. And some — like Dr Kate Jenkinson — quietly reshape entire cultures without ever asking for the spotlight.
Well, tough luck, Kate. The spotlight has well and truly found you.

At the 2025 She Inspires Awards, Kate was named the Empowering Women Local Champion for Culture, Art and Literature — a title that fits her like it was made to measure.

And honestly? It’s about time.

Kate’s work sits at the crossroads of science, creativity and humanity. As a research biologist turned award-winning HR leader, she’s spent years shaping more inclusive workplaces, amplifying underrepresented voices, and using her unmistakable blend of spoken word and evidence-based practice to challenge the way we think about leadership.

Her groundbreaking Poetry in Business Conference has become a flagship space for culture-shifters who want to lead with courage, clarity and creativity. She’s not just bringing poetry into boardrooms — she’s changing what those boardrooms feel like.

What makes this win so powerful is that it recognises exactly what so many of us already know:
Kate doesn’t do this work for applause.
She does it because culture is built person by person, conversation by conversation, and she’s committed to making each one of them count.

This award honours the impact she’s already had.
But the truth?
Kate’s just getting started.

Here’s to a well-deserved win — and to the ripples she’ll continue to create in 2025 and beyond.