Heartship - The Now of Workplace, Diversity, Leadership & Us

Alen  Chao has been a workforce consultant, after getting his Master's degree  in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. This field allows him to  look into the attitudes and behaviors across various organizations, and  shaped his professional views on why work can be awful sometimes and the  scientific (and humane) ways to make it better. Today, he joins  heartship to discuss the importance of a Psychologically-Safe Workplace.

Often  times, we coil up fretting that our voice is not welcomed in spaces  that isn't uniform. But these are the spaces we need to allow ourselves  to amplify our voices. Priyanka shares how we can lead with a voice.

What happens when your peers become your boss? Kate Nasser joins us and  explores the dynamics, change management, and how we can grow  collectively.

A lot of the times most do not realize how our society, communities are interrelated. Our behaviours, ideologies, practises, mindset and heart set insects the workplace we are in, our home, and our society. As we live in a more multi cultural and culturally intersectional society, it becomes our social responsibility to acknowledge and reform racial justice. Zainab shares how we can reform at grassroots level.

People become seeds at various stages in their lives and it is important  for us as leaders to become gardeners where we constantly plant them  and replant them to grow to bear fruits of their labour.

Charisse Fontes joins me to dismantle the lack of humanity at the  workplace. Humanity is the key to enabling and placing people in an  ecosystem.

Jeffrey Shapiro joins me on this imperative dialogue where we peel the  layer of why it is important to be the same authentic person we are at  all times.

Girish Venkat joins me to discuss the context behind being a team player  and how we have to reframe the narrative of being a team player.

We explored some key factors in what it means to be a team player now:

Being a team player isn't about inviting someone to be part of the team and expecting them to prove themselves to earn a badge. Being a team player is about us as leaders being able to understand how each person can bring their unique skills, strengths and align with their purpose and being into the space are are creating.

CJ Johnson joins me to break down the inequities present in technology.  Thus, promoting dominant culture and monolingual voices of privilege. CJ shares how we can consciously become aware and take action to shift this to enable equity.

Conflict is inevitable but an important part of building relationships  and trust. Most of the time when conflicts occur, abuse arise. I invite  Roxanna Safdia, Conflict Resolution Expert, to chat on how we can  dismantle abuse in conflicts.