Episode 6 - Allyship, Privilege and Power

07/06/22 • 117 min

In this episode, we will address topics that are timely, honest, necessary and thought provoking - Allyship, Privilege and Power.

If you have listened to any of our previous episodes in this podcast series or attended any of our panel discussions, you will know that we do not shy away from difficult questions and conversations. This session will be no different.

In the current day and time where being a diversity and inclusion expert or ally is fashionable, who gets to take space? Who is invited to the room? Who gets to use their voice and privilege and who gets to wield their power?

Our panelists for this session are Chisom Udeze, Astrid Sundberg, and Fungisai Gwanzura-Ottemoller and the conversation is moderated by Hyacinth Walters-Olsen. This podcast is produced in collaboration with HerSpace.

In this episode, we will address topics that are timely, honest, necessary and thought provoking - Allyship, Privilege and Power.

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Episode 5 - Crosscultural Communication

Promoting diversity and inclusion in a workplace cannot be done fully without understanding and applying the tools of cross-cultural communication. In the fifth episode of Is Everybody In The Room?, we explore the topic of Cross Cultural Communication. Your team-mates from different cultures or diverse backgrounds might have different verbal and non-verbal ways of communicating. Active listening, understanding non-verbal communication, and doing the work to learn about the ways people from different cultures communicate and their lived experiences forms the basis for discussion between our three panelists Chisom Udeze, Kevin Reeder, and William Kweku Paintsil, moderated by Hyacinth Walters-Olsen. They also dig deeper into the challenges of cross-cultural communication and provide you with the skills to ensure that miscommunication no longer goes unaddressed.

The podcast is produced in collaboration with HerSpace.

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Episode 9 - Future of work

In this episode of 'Is Everyone In The Room?' our panelists Jacob Thomas, Astrid Sundberg, Sandra Mittica and Chisom Udeze are joined by moderator Hyacinth Walters-Olsen to discuss the many questions that arise when enforcing equitable solutions to challenges in the workspace. How safe are our work environments for the diverse populations? How will the minority groups be included and become active participants in leadership decisions? What is the future of DEI initiatives as we observe that the current DEI corporate training models do not work? How will digitalisation and access to technology impact on remote work, efficient workplace collaboration, and access to employment?
These and many more questions will challenge your ideas and thoughts about what the future hold for the leaders and the employees of tomorrow.