Psychological safety is having the freedom to contribute without fear of being humiliated or punished. In DEI, it's a factor in feeling empowered to step up, step in or be an ally. But psychological safety is also important in making recommendations, shaping strategies or ideas or simply expressing yourself. In today's conversation Jerry Jones, Global Director of Design and Development, and Trisha Carter, Global Engagement Leader and organizational psychologist, join us for a wide-ranging exploration of what it means to have empowered expression. Learn how culture and communication shape the ideas of psychological safety, why psychological safety is a key ingredient to an inclusive workplace, and how each of our personal perspectives inform this nuanced and sometimes complex issue.

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

Women and Women of Color are increasingly in leadership roles in corporate America - but the fact that we're still talking about "women in leadership" illustrates the continued problems companies and American culture must address. In today's episode Executive Consultant Joyce Trimuel explores some unique dynamics women and Women of Color experience at work. She discusses the importance of mentorship and authenticity, why building relationships are crucial, and how remaining curious is a key skill. These are some essentials for employees to advocate for themselves - but what about the organizations they work in? Listen in as Joyce, Reggie and Kat discuss how the workplace must be more intentional about inclusion, listening with purpose and developing people.

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

For any of us, the language we speak in and the countries we live in shape our understanding of how to communicate. Communication can break down when we rely on assumptions that everyone, including those from cultures, countries, or who speak languages other than ours, is hearing things the way we do. Colloquialisms, nomenclature, slang and just simple meanings of words across diverse cultures create opportunities to better understand inclusion and equity, especially in the global workplace. In today's episode Flor García, Engagement Leader and DEI Consultant in the Global Practice at The Kaleidoscope Group, joins us to share her unique perspective as a person born in Venezuela who has spent most of her professional life in the US and Europe. Her deep knowledge, interest and passion on global and diversity issues help all business leaders, especially those leading global or international teams, to better understand themselves and others.

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

This month we celebrate Black History - but what does that mean, really? When we go beyond heroes and holidays, how does Black History impact American Now? Everyone Future? In today's episode Senior Consultants Mitch Brown and Sue O'Halloran join Kat Potts for an earnest and honest conversation about what companies and communities can be doing this month to not only commemorate and celebrate, but to calibrate and cooperate. Together we can turn these moments into momentum.

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

The workforce is changing. The workplace - once the big office with cubicles and a ping pong table in the break room - is also in flux. Why? Because expectations of your employees' work, their workplace, their colleagues and even their own balanced lives are evolving and adapting in ways we've never really seen before. In today's episode Melanie Muñoz and Cheré Nabor share their valuable perspectives on why I don't want to work here anymore. Coming from different generations with unique points of view, this powerful discussion explores what today's employers must recognize and reinforce in order to connect to their talent, their values and what they find meaningful.

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

In this powerful continuation of our previous discussion with Brian Johnson, Executive Consultant for The Kaleidoscope Group, we get real about racism. Brian shares poignant thoughts from his perspective, including how will and humility will be critical pathways to understanding - particularly among white people. Power and politics are crucial elements as well. In addition, Brian takes organizational leaders to task to do better to make places of work meaningfully welcoming and transparently dedicated to inclusion. No, racism is not easy to fix. But we can take practical, meaningful steps to understand racism better than we are or are sometimes willing to. As ever, that starts with each of us.

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

In today's powerful, candid conversation with Executive Consultant (and former professional baseball player) Brian Johnson, we get his perspective, as a white male, on how the systems many of us are born into contributes to many of the diversity, equity and inclusion issues we face. For Brian this conversation comes down to recognizing his privilege and learning how to leverage it to helping others, including how his physical advantages have worked to his favor.

As Brian shares, "People of Color did not 'earn' racism. The issue is that there's a system that's been built, that continues to be perpetuated, and the system allows for white males like myself, to benefit in many different things. And it doesn't allow everyone to have the same opportunity, or to have the same privilege that I do."

Is solving racism really easy? Of course not - but if we start with an understanding of those who can make the largest impact on addressing racism, we can see potential solutions more clearly.

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

In today's episode Executive Consultant and CEO and Co-Founder at the Center for Healthcare Innovation Joe Gaspero joins us to explore how more diverse leadership in organizations offers a competitive advantage. Joe uncovers demographic realities that are driving more diverse marketplaces and customer expectations everywhere from the storefront to the hospital room. Along the way Joe explore the sense of fatigue some are having with this National conversation about diversity, equity and inclusion, and how that concept points to the very reasons these discussions are critical.

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

In today's episode Sr. Director Gary Alveranga joins us to talk about what he's seeing right now in the business climate where DEI is concerned. Gary's valuable, unvarnished perspective on DEI professionals and leaders, the dramatic uptick in corporate DEI initiatives as a result of social and socio-political events in America, and how to separate the timely from the timeless is incredibly valuable. Gary's coaching on what's transactional in DEI vs what's transformational helps set a standard for strategic DEI.

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

Host Reggie Ponder talks with Senior Consultant Mitch Brown about why Equity isn't enough.  The concept of "Equity" seems reasonable and understandable - equal pay among genders, for instance, is a concept most businesses understand. Why, then, is pay equity the issue it is? Or if we're making diverse hires, how can it be we're still not "equitable?" Mitch helps us understand these difficult concepts and more, exploring how equity's relationship to diversity and inclusion is crucial to to its importance and effectiveness.

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full-service Diversity & Inclusion firm in Chicago and Charlotte serving clients worldwide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com

The Kaleidoscope Group is a full service Diversity, Equity & Inclusion firm in Chicago serving clients world-wide. We can help you develop organizational change that actively engages everybody in your organization, turning resistance into energy and motivation for change. Let’s talk about where you’d like to go and how to get there. Visit us at https://kgdiversity.com