A Dog Called Diversity

Melindah Bush has had such an interesting upbringing and career. Her life has been heavily influenced by her Malaysian father, and in a more gentle way her Canadian mother. Growing up she lived between these two countries and is such a great example of how different experiences can inform an infinitely interesting life and family. 

Melindah studied in the US and built a successful law career. She and her husband grabbed the opportunity to live and work in Bejing, China for 8 years before coming to Singapore. She was the first Malay person to study at Harvard Law School and the first Malay and first woman to become of the President of the Asia Harvard law Society. She’s an amazing person and a great storyteller. A long and super interesting episode.

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🟡 Crafting Culture Strategy that connects with Organisational Purpose

🟡 Long term leadership programs to advance leadership teams in building sustainable and inclusive cultures. What that leaders say, do, and measure, has a massive impact on your culture and the sustainability of your business.

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Carolyn Milligan and I have known each other for a few years. We met when I first moved to Singapore and our kids were at the same school. The school kept getting us mixed up because our surnames are so similar - Milligan and Mulligan.  It seems as good as any reason to become friends, so we did. Carolyn spoke at an International Women’s Day event I ran four years ago and told her story about how she is the main breadwinner in her marriage, what happened when she had twins, moving to Singapore and how we are starting to see more families moving overseas for the womans job. 

I recently read Annabel Crabb book “The Wife Drought” and in it she talks about we need more example of men stepping back and staying home to look after the children and more examples of women taking the lead in their career.  Carloyn’s and her husband have done this. Enjoy!

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 The Culture Ministry we specialise in building sustainable businesses through productive and effective work cultures.

We do this through:

🟡 Culture Audits, Surveys, Benchmarking and Data Work

🟡 Crafting Culture Strategy that connects with Organisational Purpose

🟡 Long term leadership programs to advance leadership teams in building sustainable and inclusive cultures. What that leaders say, do, and measure, has a massive impact on your culture and the sustainability of your business.

 🟡 Providing structure and tools for Employee Resource Groups to be successful, and drive better business outcomes.

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Anne Rayner and I had a great chat about all sorts of things related to diversity and inclusion that are pushing stereotypes.

She and her husband take turns in their career. Their latest move to Singapore was for Anne’s career so she could accept the role of CEO for Cambodia, Myanmar and Malaysia as well as the Regional Chief Solutions Officer for Kantar.

They have both taken parental leave after the birth of their two girls and both experienced the challenge of what happens when you step back from your career for a period.

 We talked about the Urgent case for Diversity and Inclusion in Asia Pacific, a study Kantar and Campaign Asia conducted together which showed some interesting results and finished up on what Anne want’s to achieve in her job in 2021, and what flexible work could look like. 

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🟡 Culture Audits, Surveys, Benchmarking and Data Work

🟡 Crafting Culture Strategy that connects with Organisational Purpose

🟡 Long term leadership programs to advance leadership teams in building sustainable and inclusive cultures. What that leaders say, do, and measure, has a massive impact on your culture and the sustainability of your business.

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Ibukun  Olajide was a delight to speak to, perhaps because her name means “blessing”.  She has experienced being the only woman in the room and also the only Black woman in the room, in her university classes and at first job as a chemical engineer. 

She was born in the UK and grew up in Nigeria. She completed her tertiary study and met her husband in the UK where she now lives with her family. We chatted about her name and upbringing, how she responds to discrimination and bigotry, her response to George Floyd's death and the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, and her look to the future.

Ibukun has a beautiful way of communicating and I think you will like hearing her story and her point of view. If you want to hear more from Ibukun,  she has her own podcast called Speak with Ibukun.

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🟡 Culture Audits, Surveys, Benchmarking and Data Work

🟡 Crafting Culture Strategy that connects with Organisational Purpose

🟡 Long term leadership programs to advance leadership teams in building sustainable and inclusive cultures. What that leaders say, do, and measure, has a massive impact on your culture and the sustainability of your business.

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I just loved my conversation with Nancy Kwon. I didn’t know Nancy before this conversation. I learnt about her through a feature article in an Expat Living Magazine. In the article she was described as spunky, passionate and genuine as well as an outspoken advocate for cultural inclusion and female empowerment. I knew I just had to meet her. 

In this episode We talked about being an immigrant to the US from South Korea. About being an Expat in Singapore, her work in women’s health and how she likes to bring unusual presents back from her travels for her sons and the work she does with women from South Korea in Singapore. Such an interesting story and a fun conversation. I hope you enjoy learning how Nancy is breaking barriers.

During this conversation Nancy refers to the TED talk The Danger of a Single Story and the concept of "windows" and "mirrors" as metaphors for diversity and inclusion. You can learn more here at The National Seeds Project.

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 The Culture Ministry we specialise in building sustainable businesses through productive and effective work cultures.

We do this through:

🟡 Culture Audits, Surveys, Benchmarking and Data Work

🟡 Crafting Culture Strategy that connects with Organisational Purpose

🟡 Long term leadership programs to advance leadership teams in building sustainable and inclusive cultures. What that leaders say, do, and measure, has a massive impact on your culture and the sustainability of your business.

 🟡 Providing structure and tools for Employee Resource Groups to be successful, and drive better business outcomes.

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The Black Lives Matter movement had a huge impact during 2020. The death of George Floyd in May sparked unprecedented protests and attention on the lives and experiences of black people and the enduring racism they live with, not just in the US but around the world.

My two guests on this week’s episode, Sarah Hempstead and Megan Karigambe are white women married to Black men. They have become curious about how and what they need to teach their children about racism as they grow up. From how they may be treated in some parts of society to how to look after their hair, which can be challenging when you don’t have lived experience of the barriers that exist for black and bi-racial people in the world. 

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 The Culture Ministry we specialise in building sustainable businesses through productive and effective work cultures.

We do this through:

🟡 Culture Audits, Surveys, Benchmarking and Data Work

🟡 Crafting Culture Strategy that connects with Organisational Purpose

🟡 Long term leadership programs to advance leadership teams in building sustainable and inclusive cultures. What that leaders say, do, and measure, has a massive impact on your culture and the sustainability of your business.

 🟡 Providing structure and tools for Employee Resource Groups to be successful, and drive better business outcomes.

We love working with organisations who know change is needed.

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In the very first episode of  A Dog called Diversity, Lisa speakers to Marie-Liesse Calmejane about her son Ulysses. Marie-Liesse’s fourth son Ulysses was born with Achondroplasia, a genetic condition and the most common form of dwarfism.

He is 7 years old now but we go back to the start, before he was born to understand the diagnosis, his challenges and delights and how being a Mum to a child who is a bit different in the world, is a gift worth savouring. 

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 The Culture Ministry we specialise in building sustainable businesses through productive and effective work cultures.

We do this through:

🟡 Culture Audits, Surveys, Benchmarking and Data Work

🟡 Crafting Culture Strategy that connects with Organisational Purpose

🟡 Long term leadership programs to advance leadership teams in building sustainable and inclusive cultures. What that leaders say, do, and measure, has a massive impact on your culture and the sustainability of your business.

 🟡 Providing structure and tools for Employee Resource Groups to be successful, and drive better business outcomes.

We love working with organisations who know change is needed.

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