Fail Forward: One Woman’s Journey from Nothing to the World Stage
A powerful narration of how tech, trauma, and tenacity collided to create a global voice for change
Global tech thought leader Alina Timofeeva announces her upcoming book, From Refuge to Davos: Fail Forward, a compelling true story tracing her extraordinary rise from a women’s refuge to some of the world’s most influential stages and now, a potential feature film project.
In a world that often celebrates success without acknowledging the struggle behind it, Timofeeva offers a raw, timely, and deeply inspiring voice. She takes readers behind the scenes of her journey, from homelessness and rejection, to speaking alongside Prime Minister and Steve Wozniak, advising government entities and major organisations, and becoming a globally recognized leader in technology, ethics, and resilience.
“This is not a story about winning,” says Alina. “It’s a story about failing forward, again and again and discovering that your difference is your strength.”
More than a memoir, Fail Forward is a bold exploration of how technology, trauma, and tenacity collide to shape a new kind of leadership. How to Lead When You Don’t Fit In? As Alina navigates exclusion, gender bias, and systems never built for her, she challenges readers to rethink leadership, not as a product of privilege, but as something forged through discipline, resilience, and purpose.
With real-world insights from her work with BBC, Bloomberg, Davos, and global corporations and governments, Alina offers not only personal truth. but a blueprint for anyone who’s ever felt invisible in rooms they were told they didn’t belong.
