167: Jeff Akin - Peter Parker Principle of Privilege

03/20/22 • 33 min

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Jeff Akin is a senior executive focused on DEI as well as the host of the Starfleet Leadership Academy podcast, an award-winning leadership development podcast told through the lens of Star Trek. This season the Diversity Pivot Podcast is focused on real-life application of allyship in the workplace. Jeff joins us to discuss how:

To create an inclusive workplace culture for Intellectual developmental disabilities
To overcome resistance to DEI in the workplace
Star Trek can teach us about DEI

Connect with Jeff at www.jeffakin.com and with Julie at nextpivotpoint.com.

To create an inclusive workplace culture for Intellectual developmental disabilities
To overcome resistance to DEI in the workplace
Star Trek can teach us about DEI

Connect with Jeff at www.jeffakin.com and with Julie at nextpivotpoint.com.

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166: Nicolet Gatewood - Representation Matters

Nicolet Gatewood is the Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Haddad & Partners. This season the Diversity Pivot Podcast is focused on real-life application of allyship in the workplace. As the first in this position, Nicolet designed efforts to further integrate the agency’s global team by fostering an inclusive workplace environment, helping to propel change in the industry. She joins us to share:

Why silence is never the right answer as an ally
How to facilitate consistent, intentional safe places for unlearning and relearning
How the media is intentionally diversifying representation of all dimensions of diversity

Connect with Nicolet at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolet-gatewood/.For more info on BLAC, I’d like to refer your listeners to https://www.blacinternship.com/. For more info on H&P’s diversity efforts: https://www.haddadandpartners.com/diversity/. Summer Studio, the graphic design program for HS students, has a page with some testimonials from our students: https://www.haddadandpartners.com/summer-studio/. Connect with Julie at nextpivotpoint.com.

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168: Angel Henry - Dents in the Glass Ceiling

Angel Henry creates ceiling breakers. This season the Diversity Pivot Podcast is focused on real-life application of allyship in the workplace. Angel has 20-years of tech muscle, is a sought-after trainer, speaker, adjunct instructor, inclusive workplace advisor, and author of the book Dents in the Glass Ceiling. She shares with us how: