5 Things In 15 Minutes: Good Vibes in DEI - A Shortcut with Salvatore Manzi

A Shortcut with Salvatore Manzi

02/19/25 • 22 min

5 Things In 15 Minutes: Good Vibes in DEI

Salvatore Manzi (he/him), Speaker, Facilitator, Coach at Leadership Communications and I recap the latest 5 Things (good vibes in DEI) in just 15 minutes. This week our conversation is about history-making wins, Hollywood power moves, and why hiring ghosting needs to go!

Here are this week's good vibes:

Breaking Barriers, Winning Rings
Game-Changer On and Off the Field
Hollywood’s Leading Ladies Achieve Parity
Ghosting Is Out, Accountability Is In
DEI on the Pickleball Court

Good Vibes to Go:

Bernadette’s GVTG: Want some Girl Scout Cookies? Consider buying them from trans girls thanks to this list curated by Erin Reed.
Salvatore’s GVTG: Use the “Golden Bridge” concept: give people a graceful way to walk back something they said that may have been an unintentional mistake.

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Here are this week's good vibes:

Breaking Barriers, Winning Rings
Game-Changer On and Off the Field
Hollywood’s Leading Ladies Achieve Parity
Ghosting Is Out, Accountability Is In
DEI on the Pickleball Court

Good Vibes to Go:

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Stories and Data with Charlene Wheeless

Charlene Wheeless, author of You Are Enough! and I recap the latest 5 Things (good vibes in DEI) in just 15 minutes. This week our conversation is about Beyoncé breaking ceilings, Goodell holding the line, disability advocates making moves, and more!

Here are this week's good vibes:

Equality Wins for Families and Workers
Beyoncé Breaks Country Music Ceiling
Goodell Holds the Line on Diversity
Disability Advocates Drive Uber Change
First-of-Its-Kind Hospital Redefines Disability Care

Good Vibes to Go:

Bernadette’s GVTG: It’s Black History Month! Buy Black by shopping for a beautiful variety of products from tons of merchants. Buy Black’s mission is “To drive traffic and revenue to Black-owned businesses in order to close the revenue disparity gap between Black-owned businesses and their non-Black counterparts.

Charlene’s GVTG: Buy Black all year round – and choose love.

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Sticky (Solo Episode)

In this solo episode, I recap the latest 5 Things (good vibes in DEI) in just 15 minutes. This week I speak about roller derby fighting for inclusion, turning city noise into comfort, breaking the funding bottleneck for diverse founders, and more!

Here are this week's good vibes:

Roller Derby Skates Forward
Turning City Noise into Comfort
Mining Inclusion
Breaking the Funding Bottleneck
‘The Daily Show’ Roasts Anti-DEI Rollbacks

Good Vibes to Go:

I’m definitely on a standup comedy kick and I particularly enjoy performers who are different from me and can bring me new perspectives. Check out “Lonely Flowers” by Roy Wood Jr. on Hulu or Disney+.

Ramadan starts on Friday. Here are some tips to be culturally aware.

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