Equality Matters

In this episode, I speak to William Huston who is the founder and Director of Institutional Services for Bay Street Capital.

William and I met over Linkedin in 2020. Since then, we’ve been sharing learnings and collaborating on ideas to increase awareness around financial literacy within corporations, HR, and access to information for employees to make informed decisions around the financial benefits offered to them. 

William's journey to Bay Street Capital is not traditional, which to me, is his clear competitive advantage both as a leader and investment advisor. 

William is a literal geyser of information, and is significantly disrupting the institutional investment industry. 

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In this episode, I am joined by Joshua Encarnacion, Executive Coach, Talent & Growth Specialist, Former CEO of Outco, and current Head of Talent at Career Karma. 

Josh has spent his career building Technical Learning and Development Programs for the likes of Uber and Google and as such, has gained a unique insight into what it really means to “break into tech”.

We go deep into the nuances of equity within the tech industry and how the tech scene continues to seem impenetrable if you’re on the outside. We get vulnerable and talk about how we’ve had to code-switch in our own careers and how we deal with our own identity struggles in the roles we play at work.

As difficult as the topics are, we had a lot of fun and we hope you enjoy the episode!

Find out more about Joshua’s work here. 

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In this episode, I speak with Jabu Dayton, Principle & Founder of Jabu HR. She advises and consults with companies to help their teams be heard, developed & well taken care of.

Her career story alone is inspiring. Formerly HR Lead at Airbnb, Task Rabbit, Ship & Abstract, her experience is rich in regards to retaining team culture during rapid scaling as well as building inclusion into company culture as early practice.

We talk about the choices she’s made when standing up for people who have been discriminated against and how she was ultimately fired for doing what we expect HR to do, advocating and standing up for employees.

She also shares about her transition from retail into tech, her identity and cultural belonging as a bi-racial woman and more importantly how her underlying privilege influences her daily choices.

Jabu is literally my idle for how people, businesses & HR should actually operate.

Find out more about Jabu: 

jabudayton.com 

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In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Hanif Fazal, Co-Founder of the Center for Equity and Inclusion. 

Hanif is someone I consider a friend, role model, mentor, and teacher. 90% of the facilitation content I use was influenced by and taught to me by Hanif and his co-founder, Frewine Kiros. Hanif has an amazing life story, and it’s clear that the work he does is a true calling. The way that he and his co-founder of the Center for Equity and Inclusion, Frewine, pour their entire being into their facilitations and partnerships with different organizations is such a gift to witness. They don’t let anyone off the hook, and certainly don’t make the work easy for their partners, but holy smokes do they go deep and straight to the heart of Equity and Inclusion in a way that is deeply compassionate, honest, and moving.

So, it goes without saying that our conversation gets super deep, to the point where this self-proclaimed physically unable to cry lady just LOST it.

You can find out more about Hanif and the Center for Equity and Inclusion at ceipdx.org

Or, visit the raceequalityproject.com/marketplace. You can find the center in our organization's collection.

Welcome to the Equ(al)ity Matters Podcast where we interview everyday professionals who are doing their part to make the workplace more equitable. 

2020 has shone a bright light of racial equity. The murder of George Floyd finally ended silence on the topic causing leaders and policymakers to come out and say that they care about black lives. But what does this really mean? And are they doing the work that is needed to achieve true equity?

In this podcast, we talk about the really impactful actions that are bearing results from seemingly small choices made by individual leaders to grand structural changes made by organisations.

We hope you enjoy this podcast.

Find out more about the Race Equ(al)ity Project here!

For our inaugural recording of Equ(al)ity Matters, I speak with my dear friend and mentor Ryan O'Nell, VP of Commercial Sales at Gitlab. 

Ryan shares some memorable moments in his career where it has been not only vital but also challenging to champion race equity. We also talk about how important it is to hold space for conversations about race equity.  

Ryan's daily effort, willingness to admit and move through mistakes, and overall thoughtfulness around his role in Equity and Inclusion as a tall white, company-branded-puffy-vest wearing, SaaS tech leader in Silicon Valley, is what I believe makes him a true accomplice.