I love hearing people's career stories. Do you? 

This week I decided to share my career story and how I ended up working in Diversty & Inclusion. I get asked a lot from people who also want to work in this space so I felt like it was high time I shared.  Listen in to hear how:

• I grew up and how the experience of living on a farm and working in retail shaped how I like to work
• I took the opportunity to trael and live and work overseas and how this helped my career
• Secured that first D&I role and how you can do this too.

My new course 6 Weeks to Get Started in Diversity & Inclusion is OPEN NOW for enrolment up until the 2nd October 2022. All the details here.

Lisa xx

The Culture Ministry exists to create inclusive, accessible environments so that people and businesses can thrive.

Combining a big picture, balanced approach with real-world experience, we help organisations understand their diversity and inclusion shortcomings – and identify practical, measurable actions to move them forward.

Go to https://www.thecultureministry.com/ to learn more

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This week’s episode was recorded with a live online audience during World Breastfeeding Week 2022.

Simone Casey is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and member of the Lactation Consultants of Australia and New Zealand (LCANZ) and College of Lactation Consultants Victoria (CLC-VIC). She works in a private hospital breastfeeding clinic in the inner-city, and has her own private practice, visiting mums in their homes in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.

 Simone shared with useful ways organisations can  be inclusive for breastfeeding including:

• Have a breastfeeding policy that includes, and outlines lactation breaks and nominates a breastfeeding or expressing/pumping place in the workplace
• Remembring breastfeeding women are likely to have less sick leave and absenteeism because breastfeed babies have better immunity.
• Recognising that breastfeeding is for a relatively short period and women who feel supported during this time are likely to be more loyal to their workplace.

Here's some great resources:

• Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Breastfeeding Friendly Workplaces

At The Culture Ministry we know how challenging and lonely it can be working in Diversity and Inclusion and how progress is often slow. 

 You might be just getting started in Diversity and Inclusion, or you might be on your way. The Culture Ministry is here to help you with your Diversity and Inclusion progress. Go to www.thecultureministry.com to learn more

 Did you know A Dog Called Diversity has been featured in Feedspot's 20 Best Diversity and Inclusion Podcasts?

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Diversity. 

The Culture Ministry exists to create inclusive, accessible environments so that people and businesses can thrive.

Combining a big picture, balanced approach with real-world experience, we help organisations understand their diversity and inclusion shortcomings – and identify practical, measurable actions to move them forward.

Go to https://www.thecultureministry.com/ to learn more

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Diversity.

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We love talking to people who are making a difference for individuals AND organisations. Today we hear about Louise Tagliante’s career and why she started Protégé, to deliver women’s and business mentoring programs. Mentoring programs are one of the interventions that support underrepresented people in organisations to progress their careers.  Listen in to learn more. 

Our key takeaways from Louise:

• Think about how you can take charge of your career like Louise did,
• The benefits of having a mentor or being a mentor in helping you progress, and
• For people leading Diversity & Inclusion, how can you use mentoring programs to accelerate women’s and other underrepresented peoples careers

Get in touch with Louise at  Protégé if you are interested to learn more.

Our waitlist for our new course 6 weeks to get started in Diversity & Inclusion is NOW OPEN

A Dog Called Diversity is featured in Feedspots 20 Best Diversity and Inclusion Podcasts

Lisa xx

The Culture Ministry exists to create inclusive, accessible environments so that people and businesses can thrive.

Combining a big picture, balanced approach with real-world experience, we help organisations understand their diversity and inclusion shortcomings – and identify practical, measurable actions to move them forward.

Go to https://www.thecultureministry.com/ to learn more

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Diversity.

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I hope you will enjoy listening to Gemma Saunders as much as we did. From her beautiful acknowledgement of country to her story of coming out, she has a beautiful way of describing the world. 

She talks about coming into herself, meeting her wife and having her children, and how she loves heading off with her wife and kids in their caravan (listen to learn why). 

We talk through:

• The process of two women having children through IUI and IVF, including how they decided who would carry the baby,
• How she supports Minus 18, Australia's charity improving the lives of LGBTQIA+ youth
• Women in the workplace, in particular why there are so few gay women “out” and,
• Why she started her own Diversity & Inclusion consultancy Workplace Edit

I loved at the end how she explained what might be useful if you want to work in Diversity and Inclusion. These were:

• Human centred design and accessible design,
• Understanding the legal context and compliance frameworks in the areas you are working in,
• Being data savvy, and
• You don’t have to be in a formal role to make change in D&I.

Here's the link for Rainbow Families and you can get in touch with Gemma here.

At The Culture Ministry we know how challenging and lonely it can be working in Diversity and Inclusion and how progress is often slow. 

You might be just getting started in Diversity and Inclusion, or you might be on your way. The Culture Ministry is here to help you with your Diversity and Inclusion progress. Go to www.thecultureministry.com to learn more

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A D

The Culture Ministry exists to create inclusive, accessible environments so that people and businesses can thrive.

Combining a big picture, balanced approach with real-world experience, we help organisations understand their diversity and inclusion shortcomings – and identify practical, measurable actions to move them forward.

Go to https://www.thecultureministry.com/ to learn more

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Diversity.

A Dog Called Diversity is proud to be featured on Feedspot's 20 Best Diversity And Inclusion Podcasts

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Stephanie Duesing discovered her son Sebastian was nearly completely blind at 15 years of age. How did she discover this and how was he navigating the world until then?

Listen in to learn about cerebral visual impairment (CVI), a disorder caused by damage to the parts of the brain that process vision and prosopagnosia, commonly known about face blindness.

Such an interesting and beautiful story that illustrates different types of visual impairment and blindness. Stephanie’s book is described as a must-read for any family facing the challenges of raising a child with any disability. 

 At The Culture Ministry we know how challenging and lonely it can be working in Diversity and Inclusion and how progress is often slow. 

 You might be just getting started in Diversity and Inclusion, or you might be on your way. The Culture Ministry is here to help you with your Diversity and Inclusion progress. Go to www.thecultureministry.com to learn more

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Diversity.

Do you know A Dog Called Diversity is on Feedspots 20 Best Diversity and Inclusion Podcasts? We are number 9!

Get in contact with Stephanie:

• Website
• Facebook

Buy Stephanie's book here

The Culture Ministry exists to create inclusive, accessible environments so that people and businesses can thrive.

Combining a big picture, balanced approach with real-world experience, we help organisations understand their diversity and inclusion shortcomings – and identify practical, measurable actions to move them forward.

Go to https://www.thecultureministry.com/ to learn more

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Diversity.

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Dominick Domingo identifies as a Storyteller, an artist, a gay man and more recently as HIV positive. He graduated with distinction from Art Center College of Design in 1991 and spent 11 years as an artist with Disney Feature Animation in both LA and Paris, working on films including Lion King, Pocahontas and Hunchback of Notre Dame.  He also has illustrated books for major publishers including Penguin, Random House and Disney Publishing. 

He speaks with Lisa about discovering his sexuality and coming out (such a good story), his creative work at Disney and beyond, and his denial about the chance of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and then acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

In his 50’s he fell incredibly sick and nearly died with AIDs. He tells the story of his “second coming out” and how the support of his family made all the difference.
 
 Dominick helps us understand:

• Coming out stories are unique to each person, whether it’s coming out as gay or as having contracted HIV and AIDS
• Gay stereotypes still exist and are strong, and
• The experience of getting sick with HIV and the long road to recovery

Book that was referred to during the podcast is Now That You Know: A Parents' Guide to Understanding Their Gay and Lesbian Children

You can check out Dominick's work here

At The Culture Ministry we know how challenging and lonely it can be working in Diversity and Inclusion and how progress is often slow.

You might be just getting started in Diversity and Inclusion, or you might be on your way. The Culture Ministry is here to help you with your Diversity and Inclusion progress. Go to www.thecultureministry.com to learn more.

A Dog Called Diversity is featured in Feedspot's 20 Best Diversity and Inclusion Podcasts list. 
 
If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Di

The Culture Ministry exists to create inclusive, accessible environments so that people and businesses can thrive.

Combining a big picture, balanced approach with real-world experience, we help organisations understand their diversity and inclusion shortcomings – and identify practical, measurable actions to move them forward.

Go to https://www.thecultureministry.com/ to learn more

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Diversity.

A Dog Called Diversity is proud to be featured on Feedspot's 20 Best Diversity And Inclusion Podcasts

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Farzana Nayani joins this weeks podcast episode from Los Angeles where she is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion specialist, coach, and international keynote speaker. Her advisory work with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) led her to write The Power of Employee Resource Groups: How People Create Authentic Change

We had to speak with Farzana because at The Culture Ministry we know how important Employee Resource Groups are to creating and supporting inclusion in organisations. We also know how challenging they can be to create and run successfully. Farzana has some great expertise and advice to share in this episode.

Our key takeaways are:

• How employee resource groups (ERGs) can empower underrepresented employees and positively impact DEI efforts within organizations
• How organizations can leverage ERGs to support business goals, such as contributing to revenue gains while supporting different communities. We loved the Brita water jug and Hallmark cards examples, and
• How employee resources groups have an important role in advising organisations when tragedies happen in society 

Get in touch with Farzana at https://www.farzananayani.com/ 

The Culture Ministry exists to create inclusive, accessible environments so that people and businesses can thrive.

Combining a big picture, balanced approach with real-world experience, we help organisations understand their diversity and inclusion shortcomings – and identify practical, measurable actions to move them forward.

Go to https://www.thecultureministry.com/ to learn more

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Diversity.

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If you haven’t heard about Cindy Gallop you are in for a treat. As a start her LinkedIn headline says she likes to blow shit up.  That's sounds fun doesn't it? She does this through her platform Make Love Not Porn, the first user generated human-curated social sex platform. It’s like Facebook for real world sex.

We invited her on A Dog Called Diversity because she is making the world of porn and online sex more accessible, more real and more inclusive.  Imagine seeing regular people (eg not porn stars) having sex that's not glamourised? Just lots of different people showing how much they love or lust after each other? 

We discovered through preparing this podcast that not many people like to talk about sex, but how do we make it less taboo and more inclusive if we don't?

Loved this converstion with Cindy and I hope you do too. If you would like to support Cindy and her platform Make Love Not Porn you can do this in 4 ways:

1.     Purchase video access and subscribe

2.     Buy merchandise

3.     Donate, or

4.     Become a sextech investor

Lisa xx

The Culture Ministry exists to create inclusive, accessible environments so that people and businesses can thrive.

Combining a big picture, balanced approach with real-world experience, we help organisations understand their diversity and inclusion shortcomings – and identify practical, measurable actions to move them forward.

Go to https://www.thecultureministry.com/ to learn more

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Diversity.

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Welcome to A dog called diversity. A podcast from The Culture Ministry, where we explore the themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion through sharing stories of personal and powerful lived experiences, including how people have found their feet and developed their career in diversity and inclusion. 

We are so glad you are listening in and if you need some help or support with your Diversity & Inclusion work go to www.thecultureministry.com for more information.

 It took some time for Sarah Park to own her unique identity and be confident as the Disability Diva. In her own words, she hid behind her blogging while working a minimum wage job. Now she is coming out of her shell and owning her personal brand to help women and people with disabilities.

Our takeaways from speaking to Sarah are:

• You can’t achieve anything when hiding yourself away. Only by coming out into the light can we help ourselves and others, and
• Having a personal brand helps with engaging others in the work we do in diversity and inclusion.

 At The Culture Ministry we know how challenging and lonely it can be working in Diversity and Inclusion and how progress is often slow. 

 You might be just getting started in Diversity and Inclusion, or you might be on your way. The Culture Ministry is here to help you with your Diversity and Inclusion progress. Go to www.thecultureministry.com to learn more

The Culture Ministry exists to create inclusive, accessible environments so that people and businesses can thrive.

Combining a big picture, balanced approach with real-world experience, we help organisations understand their diversity and inclusion shortcomings – and identify practical, measurable actions to move them forward.

Go to https://www.thecultureministry.com/ to learn more

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Diversity.

A Dog Called Diversity is proud to be featured on Feedspot's 20 Best Diversity And Inclusion Podcasts

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Michael Lints is our first podcast guest to do a repeat appearance. Back in June 2020 he wrote a blog post called “I’m exhausted and I want you to know why” which was his reaction to the killing of George Floyd and subsequent protests. So many people asked Michael “what can I do?”. 

Michael came on our podcast in April 2021 to talk about his experiences as a black person and share his plans to produce a documentary called “Broken Chains” to share the experiences and struggles of black people, including his own story, in accessing education, health care, travel, getting a job and so on. 

Broken chains premiered late in 2021 and in this episode, we learn about how well the documentary is doing, the impact it is making and what’s next for Michael.

The Culture Ministry exists to create inclusive, accessible environments so that people and businesses can thrive.

Combining a big picture, balanced approach with real-world experience, we help organisations understand their diversity and inclusion shortcomings – and identify practical, measurable actions to move them forward.

Go to https://www.thecultureministry.com/ to learn more

If you enjoyed this episode and maybe learnt something please share with your friends on social media, give a 5 star rating on Apple podcasts and leave a comment. This makes it easier for others to find A Dog Called Diversity.

A Dog Called Diversity is proud to be featured on Feedspot's 20 Best Diversity And Inclusion Podcasts

Thanks for listening. Follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.