Rainbow Revolutions in the Workplace | Embracing LGBTQ+ Employees

09/28/21 • 57 min

Today we talk about embracing a less visible and less obvious community in the workplace, the LGBTQ+ community. Sexual orientations and gender perspectives impact a person's identity greatly and today we emphasize the fact that those who have differing experiences still deserve a workplace that they can contribute to and can feel safe in. We're joined today by Lucas Horns of Project Rainbow and Rob Moolman of the Utah Pride Center. They both discuss the importance of kindness, including those within the LGBTQ+ community, and how to create a place of safety and belonging for everybody.
2:51 Project Rainbow and Its Beginnings
7:33 South Africa's Rainbow Revolution
20:01 Wanting to Understand
33:01 Including the LGBTQ Members in a Company
42:14 Advice and Resources
Working with us to create this series is a company called RevRoad. RevRoad is a unique blend of accelerator, agency, and venture capital, known as venture services. They work with businesses at any stage of growth to help them scale their efforts. RevRoad provides value to its portfolio companies by giving them an in-house professional team, services, and networking opportunities. Learn more at http://revroad.com

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Sculpting Your Company's Culture | A Two Way Street

In today’s episode, we talk about what it takes to create an inclusive company culture with Cameron Williams of Domo and Arian Lewis of Kiln. After tribulations and a change of plans in college, Cameron learned coding and programming languages which led to a job at Domo. Today, he is making a great impact on the diversity and inclusivity of the company as he passionately works to shape Domo’s culture. Our second guest, Arian, had a childhood and mother that greatly influenced him growing up; he learned about various religions and cultures and his mother also passed along her entrepreneurial spirit to Arian-- CEO and founder of Kiln. Kiln is a company that provides a coworking office space for people/companies from all walks of life. Join us as we get into the nitty-gritty of company culture and what it means to have a workforce centered around belonging, diversity, and inclusion.
2:53 Cameron's Journey to Domo
11:13 Arian's Draw to Diversity
19:25 Creating a Place of Belonging
27:22 What Mistakes Are We Making?
30:09 Domo's D&I Philosophies
45:39 Responsibilities for Members of the Diverse Community
"Belonging, in my mind, is creating a community and an environment where somebody feels the liberty . . . of being able to actually discover what it is about themselves that's truly unique." -Arian Lewis, Kiln.
Working with us to create this series is a company called RevRoad. RevRoad is a unique blend of accelerator, agency, and venture capital, known as venture services. They work with businesses at any stage of growth to help them scale their efforts. RevRoad provides value to its portfolio companies by giving them an in-house professional team, services, and networking opportunities. Learn more at http://revroad.com

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Enhancing Performance Through Discomfort | Initiating Hard Conversations

Today we talk with Daniel Ash, CEO and Co-Founder of Journeyfront, along with Greg Scott, CEO, and Karoline Pershell, COO, from Service Robotics & Technologies (SRT). As leaders of their companies, they know how difficult it can be to implement change in the workplace, especially the important changes necessary to shape an inclusive company culture. In our conversation, we discover the significance of having open conversations about diversity and inclusion at work. Although these topics can prove to be uncomfortable for some, it is the first step to promoting an educated and welcoming organization.
2:11 SRT's Background and D&I Views
11:26 The Value of Metrics
23:54 Journeyfront's Method to Inclusive Work Cultures
27:43 Diverse Teams Perform Better
38:40 Representation & Policy
Working with us to create this series is a company called RevRoad. RevRoad is a unique blend of accelerator, agency, and venture capital, known as venture services. They work with businesses at any stage of growth to help them scale their efforts. RevRoad provides value to its portfolio companies by giving them an in-house professional team, services, and networking opportunities. Learn more at http://revroad.com