Discover the intricate tapestry of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) that's shaping North America with "Here Comes Everyone." Experts Peter Trevor Wilson and Rodney Patterson join us for an enlightening journey through DEI's past, present, and future. We tackle the tough issues—legislative hurdles, societal resistance, and the complex realities of fostering equity within the workforce. Our guests bring clarity to the multifaceted business case for diversity and pull back the curtain on ...
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Discover the intricate tapestry of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) that's shaping North America with "Here Comes Everyone." Experts Peter Trevor Wilson and Rodney Patterson join us for an enlightening journey through DEI's past, present, and future. We tackle the tough issues—legislative hurdles, societal resistance, and the complex realities of fostering equity within the workforce. Our guests bring clarity to the multifaceted business case for diversity and pull back the curtain on ...
Discover the intricate tapestry of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) that's shaping North America with "Here Comes Everyone." Experts Peter Trevor Wilson and Rodney Patterson join us for an enlightening journey through DEI's past, present, and future. We tackle the tough issues—legislative hurdles, societal resistance, and the complex realities of fostering equity within the workforce. Our guests bring clarity to the multifaceted business case for diversity and pull back the curtain on ...
For the latest episode in our occasional series featuring poets my awesome co-host Kate Jenkinson and I are joined by Shane Schick.I've known Shane for many years both through his excellent writing on Customer Experience, IT and Men's Fashion as well as his work designing and emceeing business conferences. Given what an accomplished writer he is it should have come as no surprise that he is also a wonderful poet.Shane is less of a performer than either Kate or I, but we found much commo...
I first came across Tucker and his poetry at the start of the pandemic and was blown away by the power of his imagery and the way his delivery of his words take you to whole different realm. His words create worlds.It was great to sit down with him and my co-host Kate to discuss his work - as a poet, keynote speaker and leadership guide. It's wonderful to hear about how he create work that is deeply spiritual and then puts it to practical use with business audiences.I've witnessed...
Forpartu this second episode my wonderful co-host Kate Jenkinson and I are joined by Phil Isherwood who is a Hospice Poet. In this role he spends time with patients and their families and helps them navigate their illness and final journey through writing poetry.Phil demonstrates the power of poetry in this particularly challenging environment. He speaks about the comfort his work brings and the kinds of thoughts that occupy the minds of those nearing the ends of their lives.While...
For this first proper episode of Poetry Not Powerpoint, my co-host Kate of Next Step HR are delighted to have and our guest Rashad Rayford aka Rashad Tha Poet.This is a fitting place to start our exploration of poetry and business as I first met Rashad when he opened The Conference Board's DEI event back in June 2020. It was the first time I'd included a poet/spoken word artist on a conference agenda and he immediately created an emotional engagement with the audience that carried over ...
POETRY NOT POWERPOINT is a new series of conversations published as part of the podcast Here Comes Everyone.Co-hosted by Kate Jenkinson who is an executive coach and poet, each episode will feature a guest poet. The guest will share a piece of their work as well as a poem that has inspired and influenced them.Together we will explore their approach to verse and spoken word and talk about the value that they as artists bring to their audiences particularly to businesses. As The Con...
One of Canada's most respected experts in the field of Diversity and author of The Human Equity Advantage, Peter Trevor Wilson joins us to discuss his upcoming article in Profiles in Diversity Journal.Our conversation begins with his encounter with Desmond Tutu over 20 years ago and how the Archbishop inspired a journey for Peter that continues to this day. We quickly move on to discuss Peter's work over the years and how for him diversity has always been about the unleashing of the pot...
Since before he developed the concept of Human Equity and wrote the book The Human Equity Advantage: Beyond Diversity to Talent Optimization in 2013, Peter Trevor Wilson has focussed on making lasting fundamental change in organizations.Having discussed the murder of George Floyd and the trial of his murderer in previous episodes, Peter is the ideal final guest of 2021 as he reflects on how to make the changes we have seen begun in the last year stick in organizations. It is now more th...
Having been inspired to host this podcast by the response I received at work to tragic loss (and by my friendship with my awesome co-host Sarah Hines), I urge you to listen to this important conversation with Sam Lillemoen.Sam lost his husband Brad suddenly two years ago. While leadership and many colleagues at work were very supportive, Sam still found himself struggling with grief while at the same time having to perform at work and interact with a wide range of people. Feeling ...
Marilyn Johnson is Senior Director Sustainability at Clarivate and was recently named by The American Energy Society as one of the top 500 Global Sustainability Thought Leaders.Marilyn and her work are great examples of how DEI is increasingly influencing thought and action in other functions across the organization. While the impact of DEI is perhaps most obvious in HR related areas such as Talent Management or Employee Wellbeing, Marilyn explains how it has become a core princip...
Six years ago Mike Cameron's girlfriend was murdered by her ex-boyfriend who then took his own life.In this raw conversation we discuss this event and its aftermath and how Mike found the strength of purpose to carry on. He shares his memories of Carissa and the day when everything changed.Mike's journey is testament to the power of gratitude and grace in the face of grief and his continuing work to end violence against women and teach men to turn from anger to empathy in the face of li...
The last two eighteen months have seen an explosion of interest in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in employers across North America. This has often been characterized by bold statements by corporations committing to creating greater equity both for employees and for the communities they operate in.But you can't do diversity by declaration - it requires concrete action by leaders and colleagues on a daily basis. Given the workload most of us struggle with, it can seem daunting to ...
Grief is not just about when you lose a loved one. We experience grief whenever we face loss, something many have experienced during the pandemic - whether this be loss of job, status, financial security, routine, human connection, or loss of health.In this episode we explore grief as an aspect of living with a serious health diagnosis with Jennifer Hollington as our guide. Many people came to know Jennifer as I did through her daily blog that she began immediately after being dia...
One of the great privileges of working in the field of DEI is the sheer variety of people I get to meet and know - Case in point the opening panel of my most recent DEI event featured an Irishman who grew up during the Troubles, a Zimbabwean poet and a DEI leader from Mexico who now leads that function at a leading US tech company.That event was also where I first met Ashley - Advocate, Author, VP of Diversity in Financial Services. One of the many things that makes her special is she r...
For this first episode of our bi-weekly series Grief, Gratitude, Grace, my co-host Sarah Hines and I are joined by Chandra Ramamurthy from Mumbai.Chandra was familiar with grief through her work as a psychologist working with AIDS patients before she suffered the most profound loss of her only child Naman to suicide.Sarah and I had the privilege of sitting down with Chandra for this wide ranging discussion on grief. Chandra's spirit shines through as she shares Naman's story and speaks ...
Peter Trevor was a guest on the podcast shortly after the killing of George Floyd and he is joining me again to talk about his the recent Chauvin verdict.We discuss his reaction to the verdict. He shares why though there is a lot of work to be done before we can achieve genuine inclusion, equity and justice in society he has faith that real progress is being made. He points to the wide recognition that systemic change is needed, the engagement of so many people outside the Black communi...
Ten years ago Suzanne's then daughter Aviva announced that she was transitioning to become male and would henceforth be known as Skyler. A decade later Suzanne is sharing that moment and the journey that began that day as a mother. In doing so she has told an authentic tale of how this change impacted her and provided an essential guide for anyone close to a transgender person - whether parent, sibling, colleague, friend or boss.In this episode we discuss some of the issues from t...
Lots of great advice in this episode from Addie Greco-Sanchez as I interview her about her book The Five Minute Recharge.If like me you are currently suffering from a bad case of pandemic fatigue this is for you. In the book Addie shares 31 proven strategies to help boost your energy, increase your focus and get back on track - for this discussion we focus on five.With the end of Covid19 in sight we will all need to harness our internal resources to rebuild - and hopefully this conversa...
As 2020 draws to close, many of us turn our thoughts to 2021 and reflect on our goals and aims for the coming year. Which makes it the perfect time to revisit that resume you may not have updated for quite some while.Because the fact is that despite all the changes in the workplace in recent years and increasing digitization of recruitment, your resume remains the foundation of your search for new opportunities.In this episode I discuss how to upgrade your resume with Darcy Robert...
Few industries have been hit as hard by Covid19 as the event business. And few organizations have been able to pivot to virtual events more successfully than Proof Experiences.As someone who has designed and hosted business conferences for over 20 years I was keen to hear what Kelly Power, SVP at Proof Experiences had learned along the way. I'd seen the posts on LinkedIn about the successful events she'd run for clients but I wanted the down low on what works and what doesn't in t...
Discover the intricate tapestry of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) that's shaping North America with "Here Comes Everyone." Experts Peter Trevor Wilson and Rodney Patterson join us for an enlightening journey through DEI's past, present, and future. We tackle the tough issues—legislative hurdles, societal resistance, and the complex realities of fostering equity within the workforce. Our guests bring clarity to the multifaceted business case for diversity and pull back the curtain on ...
