Diversity Unplugged

Families that were once seen as groundbreaking, different or taboo are speaking up, and changing how we think about parenting. Podcast host Naomi sits down with two guests Elliott Rae (founder of musicfootballfatherhood.com a platform for dads) and colleague Rebecca Davy (Head of Boards Practise) to talk to them about the relationships that define us and what it means to be a parent.

Listen as they explore what good representation means and how the parenting community is evolving and becoming more inclusive. Laugh along as they explain some of the challenges with parenting in the digital age that they've faced. Understand how modern flexible working fallows parents to more quality time with their children than ever before. We can't wait for you to hear this episode!
 
About our guests:

 Elliott Rae
Author, speaker and founder of MusicFootballFatherhood.com (MFF) - the UK's most exciting parenting & lifestyle platform for men. Elliott is a forward-thinking D&I specialist (previously the Head of D&I delivery at HM Treasury) and one of the UK’s leading speakers on fatherhood, mental health & masculinity.

Rebecca Davy
Rebecca has spent over eight years in the recruitment industry working across a variety of sectors including Finance & Accountancy, Editorial & Design, Sales, Operational Risk and most recently Legal professionals from Company Secretaries to General Counsels.

In her spare time, she is on the Board of Governors for her son’s school where she can focus her passion for equal opportunities into ensuring that a culture of Diversity and Inclusion is instilled and promoted from an early age. She also has a keen interest in behavioural science and enjoys watching old movies and listening to Jazz.

Trigger Warning - This podcast contains references to  mental health, sexism and racism.

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Mentorship is a learned skill that can benefit many people, especially in their early careers. However this support is not always accessible to everyone. Podcast host Naomi sits down with some of the team at eBay UK and talks to them about their answer to this very problem - the Shadow Board.

Listen as they explore how to be an effective mentor and how to get the most out of mentoring. Laugh along as they explain some of the challenges with two-way mentoring and the imposter syndrome that they've faced. Understand how multilevel mentorship strategies allow companies to create ideas that no one has ever thought of before. We can't wait for you to hear this episode!
 
About our guests:

Eve Williams (she/her)

Chief Marketing Officer, eBay UK 

Eve is responsible for all of eBay UK’s marketing. She creates impactful brand campaigns to show the breadth of eBay’s marketplace and champion the 300,000 businesses on the platform. Outside of her core role, Eve is also the executive sponsor of the D&I group ‘Women at eBay’ and, prior to joining eBay, spent seven years at ASOS as Global Brand Director. 

Sanjukta Sen (she/her)

C2C Analyst, eBay UK 

Sanjukta works as an Analytics Manager at eBay UK, working in the preloved team to make eBay the number one choice for everyday customers to buy and sell their second hand, preloved items on the marketplace. She started her career on the graduate scheme at Dyson, moving through roles in digital marketing, account management, and retail operations. Outside her job, she loves to read, paint, and spin.

Tom Jurkschat (he/him)

Marketing Manager, eBay UK 

Tom started as an Intern at a Digital Marketing Agency before moving to eBay where he has been for over 7 years. He spent the first 4.5 years in the Australian team before moving to the UK to take on new opportunities and is currently the Operations & Planning Marketing Manager, focusing on critical activity for eBay customers. Outside of work, Tom enjoys spending time with his kids, exploring the UK and playing rugby.

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As LGBTQIA+ History month comes to the end in the U.K, podcast host Naomi sits down with colleagues Almaas and Habbiba on their  journeys in navigating their queer identities in Academia. Listen as they talk about their research into queer communities through an academic lens and discuss ways in which academia can be more inclusive. Join us as we attempt to navigate what it's like being a POC within the wider LGBTQIA+ community, as well as feelings of isolation.

About our guests:

Almaas Bokhari

Habbiba Mackintosh

Trigger Warning - This podcast contains references to  homophobia, sexism and racism.
 
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Podcast host Naomi gets real with colleagues Barish Mata, Malkesh Vaghela & Denise Kawooya on their  journeys in navigating their identities as first and second generation immigrants in the U.K.  Listen as they talk being a POC within the wider community, feelings of isolation as well as their specific experiences of understanding those that came before them. Join us and laugh along with us as we attempt to navigate a space that is somewhere between.

About our guests:

Malkesh Vaghela
Instagram: Malky16 / Malkygaming
YouTube: youtube.com/malkygaming


Denise Kawooya
https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-kawooya-572841147/

Barish Mata
https://www.linkedin.com/in/barish-mata-197675134/



Trigger Warning - This podcast contains references to sexism and racism.
 
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Podcast host Naomi gets real with colleagues Eddie Kaziro and Almaas Bokhari on their  journeys in navigating their intersectional identities. Listen as they talk being a POC within the queer community, feelings of isolation as well as their specific experiences of growing up within the U.K. Join us and laugh along with us as we attempt to navigate a space that is always somewhere between. 

About our guests:
Eddie Kaziro

Eddie has a broad and varied career history. Up until 2015 he worked within the entertainment industry. Eddie recently completed a masters in Contemporary Culture at the University of York where he developed a keen interest in historical and political discourse surrounding racial relations.

Almaas Bokhari
INTP-T/QPOC/ASD/MSc/WAP

https://www.instagram.com/_almoose_/

Almaas is passionate about providing the best experiences they can for clients and has had a successful career in customer success spanning numerous industries prior to joining the team. Having worked in the charity, public, and private sectors, they are adept at providing assistance in varying settings, and after spending 3 years as an NHS Health Advisor they thrive when doing this under considerable pressure.

Trigger Warning - This podcast contains references to homophobia and racism.
 
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Podcast host Naomi sits down with Masashi Tsudaka on his journey working abroad in the humanitarian sector in some of the world's most difficult crisies. He talks openly about his struggles with adapting to new cultures and difficulties in finding representation for himself as a Japanese man in the humanitarian sector.

About our guest:

Masashi Tsudaka works on the coordination of various conferences in the environmental fora, including knowledge management, public relations and logistics support as a member of Strategic Management Office.
 
Prior to this,  he worked as a humanitarian worker for various organisations for a decade. His professional field experiences include humanitarian responses to Israel/Palestine Conflict (2009-11), Japan Tsunami (2011), Philippines Super Typhoon Haiyan (2013), Afghanistan Conflict (2015), South Sudan Conflict (2016) and Myanmar Conflict (2018-20). His area of expertise is not only in management of various humanitarian interventions (e.g. health, protection, economic security, water and habitat) at the field level, but also in fundraising, public relations, communications, advocacy, conference/event management, administration, monitoring and evaluation at the headquarters' level.

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Today is a very special episode! Podcast host Naomi is joined by a co-host, Rebecca Davy (Talent Lead: Boards, BAME Recruitment). Together they sit down with two trustees, Lameya Chaudhury & Michael Crick and discuss their experiences on becoming trustees. Listen as they talks openly about the struggles in representation within trustee boards and how being a trustee has proved to be meaningful for them. In addition listen for any tips and tricks on getting started as a trustee member yourself. 


About our guest speakers:

Lameya Chaudhury – Head of Marketing and Communications at EVERFI UK. Appointed on 06 September 2021 as a Trustee at Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. she/her

Lameya (La-mee-ya)  has over 12 years of experience specialising in education marketing and understands the important role it can play as a tool for positive social change. She is the Head of Marketing and Communications at EVERFI UK, an international technology organisation tackling social issues and long-term inequality.  Her professional career has provided myriad experiences within multicultural environments and various sectors, including commercial, charities and government clients.

Michael Crick

Michael Crick has been a broadcaster and writer for more than 40 years.  Among other posts, he has been Washington correspondent (1988-90) and political correspondent (2011-19) of Channel 4 News, and political editor of BBC Newsnight (2007-11).  He has won four Royal Television Society awards, including Specialist Journalist of the Year in both 2014 and 2018.  He was Political Studies Association Journalist of the Year in 2014, and given the Charles Wheeler Award for Outstanding Contribution to  Broadcast Journalism in 2018.  He currently makes topical films for Mail+, a website run by Associated Newspapers.

This episode contains TW for: Racism

This podcast is produced by Diversifying.io - Keep up to date on how we're changing hearts and minds on Instagram: @diversifyingio or via our website: www.diversifying.io 

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In the U.K only 5% of Black British people are in 'manager, director or senior official' jobs.
Podcast host Naomi sits down with Adese Okojie on her journey to creating Black Woman in HR. She talks openly about her struggles and difficulties in finding representation for herself and how creating Black Woman in HR has helped her to find her own tribe. 

About our guest speaker: Adese established BWHR in June 2019 out of her own personal experiences as a black woman navigating her career in United Kingdom. In addition to leading our strategy, Adese is a Senior Business Partner at a multinational Engineering company, a Non Executive Board member and a strong advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion. Adese achieved an empowerment award nomination for her role in the career development of black women in Human Resources from Nations of Women in 2021 and most recently was celebrated as one of the top 50 women around the world by Powerhouse global magazine.

In her spare time, she volunteers at her local Church as a Sunday School Teacher, attends music concerts, researches something new, and travels the world to discover new cultures. She believes that a strong community with purpose will overcome barriers.  

This episode contains TW for: Racism, anxiety, depression,

This podcast is produced by Diversifying.io - Keep up to date on how we're changing hearts and minds on Instagram: @diversifyingio or via our website: www.diversifying.io 

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1 in 4 people will experience some form of mental health problem each year. However during the pandemic more than 42% of people reported anxiety and depression. Podcast host Naomi sits down with Gary Wills and Luke Davis, both mental health advocates on their experiences with dealing with mental health at work. Gary gets candid about his experiences with mental health whilst on furlough and Luke talks openly about his journey to setting up the Matt Palmer Trust,  whose goal is to support the mental well-being of people of all ages in the UK and Ireland.

About our guest speaker: Gary is an experienced recruiter of over 20 years in the IT sector who found himself furloughed at the beginning of the pandemic. Gary decided to set up a non for profit initiative to improve the mental wellbeing of the job searcher and people on furlough. The project has since gone on to become recognised and awarded "The point of Light" by the Prime Minister. His non for profit FurLearn has also won prestigious awards at the Learning and Performance Institute as well as patterning with Google Digital Garage and being featured on the BBC and ITV. Gary has also gone on to set up HIS own recruitment company called Talent Today to help improve and fast track the recruitment process for the Job searcher and hiring manager.

This episode contains TW for: Mental Health, suicide, break downs, anxiety, depression,

This podcast is produced by Diversifying.io - Keep up to date on how we're changing hearts and minds on Instagram: @diversifyingio or via our website: www.diversifying.io 

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You'll probably have heard of the term bisexual,  however did you that the bisexual community is extremely diverse and the challenges that they face differ from their fellow  LGBTQ+ peers? Or that bisexual people make less than £30,000 annually, compared to 28% of the general population? Podcast host Naomi sits down with Vaneet Mehta, an Indian bisexual man who is an advocate for bisexual representation and visibility. 

About our guest speaker: My name is Vaneet Mehta, pronouns He/Him, and I am an Indian bisexual man born and raised in Southall, West London. I work as a Software Engineer, but in my spare time I work within the LGBTQ+ community. I volunteer for Rainbow Films and Middlesex Pride and co-founded The AmBIssadors, a bisexual YouTube channel. I am also an avid writer, having been featured in Stonewall, Metro UK, Unicorn Magazine and The Bi-ble Volume 2, a bisexual anthology. I created the #BisexualMenExist hashtag and am currently writing a book on bisexual men as well as editing a bisexual anthology.

This episode contains TW for: Racism, Homophobia, Biphobia, Racial Slurs, Islamophobia,

This podcast is produced by Diversifying.io - Keep up to date on how we're changing hearts and minds on Instagram: @diversifyingio or via our website: www.diversifying.io 

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