The Will To Change: Uncovering True Stories of Diversity & Inclusion

By Jennifer Brown

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What's The Will To Change: Uncovering True Stories of Diversity & Inclusion about?

Everyone has a diversity story- even those you don’t expect. Get ready to hear from leading CEO’s, bestselling authors and entrepreneurs as we uncover their true stories of diversity and inclusion.

The Will To Change is hosted by Jennifer Brown- Jennifer is an award-winning entrepreneur, dynamic speaker, and author and diversity and inclusion expert. She is a passionate social equality advocate committed to helping leaders foster healthier and therefore more productive workplaces, ultimately driving innovation and business results. Informed by more than a decade consulting to Fortune 500 companies, she creates a compelling case for leadership to embrace the opportunity that diversity represents along with empowering advocates at all levels to find their voice and be a driving force in creating more enlightened organizations.
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E82: Healing From the Insid...

12.06.2019

Rhonda Magee, law professor, storyteller, mindfulness teacher, and social justice advocate, joins the program to discuss the healing power of mindfulness. She reveals how mindfulness has benefited her in her own diversity journey, and how we can use mindfulness to ...

The Will To Change: Uncovering True Stories of Diversity & Inclusion episodes:

12.06.2019 E82: Healing From the Inside: How Mindfulness Can Transform the Way We Show Up to Work Rhonda Magee, law professor, storyteller, mindfulness teacher, and social justice advocate, joins the program to discuss the healing power of mindfulness. She reveals how mindfulness has benefited her in her own diversity journey, and how we can use mindfulness to ...
11.29.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: We Are All Original Medicine: Cross Cultural Wisdom for Restoring Wholeness and Healing The World Patrick O'Neill, author, consultant and mediator, joins the program to reveal his diversity story and shares insights about the need for greater wisdom and inclusive thinking in the workplace and beyond. Discover the two forces needed for bridge-building, and a ...
11.29.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Reflections on Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care In this minisode, Jennifer shares her thoughts on several pertinent (and previously released) episodes from The Will To Change on the topics of compassion fatigue and self-care. You’ll discover the importance of thinking about your thinking, the potential pitfalls of ...
11.22.2019 E81: Hacking Our Biases: How Tech Can Accelerate Us Towards a Quantum Leap in Inclusion Stacia Sherman Garr, co-founder, analyst, thought leader, and speaker, joins the program to discuss some of the various technologies that can help create more inclusive workplaces. Stacia discusses how technology is being used to solve issues such as removing gender ...
11.13.2019 E80: A Massive Untapped Talent Pipeline: How Checkr is Minimizing Bias in Background Checks Margie Lee-Johnson, Vice President of People at Checkr, joins the program to discuss how Checkr is disrupting the background checking industry. Margie reveals the business case for fair chance hiring and explains how Checkr can help companies find untapped talent. ...
11.08.2019 Minisode #27: Bringing Your Allyship to Work: How Empathy can Cultivate Belonging In this minisode, Jennifer Brown discusses her new book, How to Be an Inclusive Leader. Jennifer reveals the ally continuum, and the changing expectations about leadership, particularly among members of the emerging workforce. Discover the biggest mistakes that organizations make ...
11.01.2019 E79: All-Gender Fashion in a Gender-Coded World: How the Phluid Project is Shaping Retail Inclusion Rob Smith, Founder of The Phluid Project, joins the program to discuss how and why he founded the world's first gender-free store and community space. Rob shares insights about the future of gender and the generational differences when it comes ...
10.25.2019 E78: If You Really Knew Me: Vulnerability, Humility, and Curiosity As Ingredients of Belonging Tanya Odom, global consultant, writer, and diversity, equity and inclusion thought leader, joins the program to discuss the shifts that she is seeing in the conversations about diversity and inclusion. Tanya reveals the qualities that leaders need to cultivate in ...
10.18.2019 E77: A Call To Men- Breaking Out of the "Man Box" and Creating a Culture of Change Ted Bunch, Chief Development Officer of A Call To Men, joins the program to discuss the work that his organization does to promote a healthy, respectful manhood. Ted reveals lessons he has learned from parenting his youngest son, and the ...
10.11.2019 E76: Behind the Curtain: How to Look Deeper, Discover New Truths, & Revise History Christy Coleman, CEO of the American Civil War Museum, joins the program to discuss her own diversity story and how it led her to her current work. Discover the history of the museum and the work that they are doing ...
10.04.2019 E75: Bending the Arc: Centering Trans Stories to Create a Radically Different World Imara Jones, creator of TransLash, a multi-episode docuseries about what it is like to be trans at a time of social backlash, joins the program to discuss her journey of making the docuseries, and some key takeaways from the experience. ...
09.27.2019 E74: Elevating Alternative Stories: Executive Coaching and Developing Diverse Leaders This episode features an interview with Dr. Jeffrey Hull, CEO of Leadershift, Inc., and author of the highly acclaimed book, FLEX: The Art and Science of Leadership in A Changing World. Dr. Hull discusses his formative experiences, and the qualities ...
09.25.2019 E73: Who Are You To Lead? Why The World Needs You to Step Up, Find your Strengths, and Make A Difference Torin Perez, DE&I consultant and author of the book “Who Am I To Lead?” shares his diversity story and the formative experiences that led him to decide to become an author. Torin reveals what he learned in the process of ...
09.20.2019 Minisode #26: Afflicting the Comfortable: How Male Allies Can Accelerate the Path to Inclusion and Belonging In this minisode, Jennifer discusses the upcoming panels that she will be moderating with all male panels on the topic of male allyship. Jennifer shares her thoughts on the importance of allyship, what it will take for more men to ...
09.13.2019 E72: Bridging Capital: The Better Man Conference and Supporting Men As Allies Mita Mallick, Head of Diversity & Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Marketing at Unilever, joins the program to discuss her diversity story and how she came to appreciate the power of allyship. She discusses why she supports The Better Man Conference and ...
09.06.2019 E71: All the Organization’s a Stage- Ensuring Access, Opportunity and Well-being at Work Judith Williams, Head of People Sustainability and SVP, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, SAP, joins the program to discuss her career journey, and how she draws from her background in theater for the work that she does today. Discover Judith’s ...
08.30.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Working “On” the Business, not “In” the Business: Scaling a Consulting Brand and Finding Your CEO Niche In this minisode, Jennifer reveals how she made the decision to move from hired consultant to founder of her own company and how she has scaled her business. Discover the key considerations that you need to decide before starting a ...
08.23.2019 E70: We Are All Original Medicine: Cross Cultural Wisdom for Restoring Wholeness and Healing The World Patrick O'Neill, author, consultant and mediator, joins the program to reveal his diversity story and shares insights about the need for greater wisdom and inclusive thinking in the workplace and beyond. Discover the two forces needed for bridge-building, and a ...
08.16.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: From Exclusion to Power: LGBT-Founded Organizations That Drive Business Value Louise Chernin, President & CEO of the Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) joins the program to discuss the benefits of being a LGBT-owned business entity and the efforts that the GSBA is making to have an impact both locally and ...
08.09.2019 E69: Accessing Our Genius: How Practice can Cultivate and Unleash our Greatest Gifts Laura Garnett, performance strategist, motivational speaker and author, joins the program to discuss her own diversity story and how she came to the work of helping people tap into their unique genius. She also reveals the limits of mentorship and ...
08.02.2019 E68: Evolution is not a Deliverable: Chuck Shelton Discusses the Opportunity to Lead for White Male Leaders Chuck Shelton, Founder and CEO of Greatheart Consulting, joins the program to discuss the work that he does engaging and equipping leaders from normative cultures to grow their business through inclusive leadership. Chuck shares his unique approach of inviting leaders ...
07.26.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Beyond Symbols to Action: Intersectional Allyship and the City of Philadelphia’s Journey to Inclusion Amber recently announced that she has accepted the position of Chief Diversity Officer at the national headquarters of the American Civil Liberties Union in New York City. In honor of her success, we are re-releasing her interview with Jennifer Brown! ...
07.19.2019 E67: Coming Out as Creative- Tania Katan and the Power of Trespassing to Unlock our Superpowers Tania Katan, award-winning author, public speaker, playwright, and creativity expert, joins the program to discuss her diversity story and how it led her to value creativity in the workplace. Tania shares the story behind being the co-creator of the #ItWasNeverADress ...
07.12.2019 E66: Follow the Data: Pew Research’s Kim Parker on how Social Trends Intersect with our Workplaces Kim Parker, Director of Social Trends Research at Pew Research Center, joins the program to discuss the results of some of Pew’s research, including the differences among male and female leaders. She reveals some of the differences that exist between ...
07.05.2019 E65: The Most Powerful Woman in the Room: Empowerment Lessons From a Female Auctioneer Lydia Fenet, the Managing Director and Global Director of Strategic Partnerships at Christie’s Auction House and author of The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You, joins the program to share her story of becoming a successful charity auctioneer. ...
06.29.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: From Immigrant to The Third Most Powerful Man in New York State Alphonso David, Chief Counsel for NY Governor Andrew Cuomo, shares his experience of living through a military coup in Liberia when he was ten years old, and his subsequent experience of moving to the United States and being taunted and ...
06.28.2019 E64: Ending Ageism: Valuing All in a Youth-Centric Culture Anti-aging activist and author, Ashton Applewhite, joins the program to discuss the importance of confronting ageism and how to create an inclusive culture for people of all ages. Ashton discusses the role of intersectionality in the aging process, and how ...
06.21.2019 E63: Unconscious Bias Meets Conscious Action- How Pipeline is Using Tech to Elevate Consciousness and Create Gender Equity Katica Roy, CEO and Founder of Pipeline Equity, joins the program to discuss her diversity story, including being the daughter of refugees who escaped from Hungary after the 1956 revolution. She reveals how her company’s software as a service (SaaS) ...
05.30.2019 E62: Making the Invisible, Visible: The Power of Intentional Storytelling in Shifting Cultures Brian McComak, Senior Director and Head of Inclusion and Diversity at Tapestry, joins the program to discuss how to make visible the invisible elements of our diversity, and why he decided to join the DEI Practitioner’s Program. Brian shares key ...
05.25.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Centering Lost Voices: How Our Listening Can Shape Stories and Shift Narratives Professor, author, storyteller, and filmmaker, Murray Nossel joins the program to discuss his diversity story of growing up gay in South Africa and discusses the healing power of listening and hearing on a deep level. Murray also turns the tables ...
05.22.2019 E61: Full Circle: One Practitioner’s Journey to Ensuring Dignity and Equity in Healthcare Dorcas Lind, Assistant Vice President and Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Montefiore Medical Center, joins the program to discuss her diversity story, and why she decided to join the DEI Practitioners Program offered through Jennifer Brown Consulting. She reveals ...
05.10.2019 E60: The Simple Truth-Closing the Gender Pay Gap by 2030 Kim Churches, the Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of University Women, joins the program to discuss a report by the AAUW called The Simple Truth, which outlines how the gender wage gap has stagnated over the past 20 ...
05.03.2019 E59: Leading Las Vegas: How Former Mayor Jan Jones is Taking the Fight to Gender Equity in the Workplace Jan Jones Blackhurst, Executive Vice President for Communications and Government Relations at Caesars Entertainment Corporation and former 2-time mayor of Las Vegas, joins the program to discuss how Caesars is working towards achieving 50/50 gender parity in management by 2025. ...
04.26.2019 Minisode #25: Reflections on Compassion Fatigue and Self-Care In this minisode, Jennifer shares her thoughts on several pertinent (and previously released) episodes from The Will To Change on the topics of compassion fatigue and self-care. You’ll discover the importance of thinking about your thinking, the potential pitfalls of ...
04.20.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Mental Health, Self-Care and Resiliency: Mitigating the Structural Violence of Inequality Dr. Bandy Lee, psychiatrist and internationally renowned expert on violence, shares her diversity story of growing up as a Korean woman in the Bronx during the 1970s and how it informed her research and career interests. Dr. Lee discusses the ...
04.20.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Brain Based Self-Care for Advocates Innovation coach and tech pioneer Ellen Petry Leanse joins the program to discuss how to tap into the power of your brain to gain more focus, confidence and relaxation. Ellen shares what it was like to be part of the ...
04.20.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Perspective Switch: Healing Trauma through Healthy Storytelling Nkem Ndefo, founder of Lumos Transforms and creator of the Resilience Toolkit, joins the program to discuss the difference between healthy and unhealthy storytelling, and the importance of self-regulation. Nkem also shares insights about the physical, mental and emotional costs ...
04.19.2019 E58: Sharing The Playbook: How Atlassian Is Creating A More Equitable Organization Aubrey Blanche, Global Head of Diversity & Belonging at Atlassian, joins the program to discuss the research that Atlassian has done about creating more equitable organizations, and why they have chosen to make that information available to the public. Aubrey ...
04.12.2019 E57: Ladies Get Paid: Negotiating For Pay and Power at Work Claire Wasserman, founder of Ladies Get Paid, joins the program to discuss her own journey of what led her to create an organization and community dedicated to helping women empower and uplift themselves and others. Discover how to overcome self-doubt ...
04.05.2019 E56: Men in the #MeToo Era: From 'The Man Box' to the Modern Masculinity Movement Mark Greene, senior editor for the Good Man Project, and author of The Little #MeToo Book For Men joins the program to discuss his own journey into exploring what it means to be a man, as well as the dangers ...
03.29.2019 E55: Out, Equal, and Intersectional: Erin Uritus and Her Powerful Vision for the Future of LGBTQ Workplace Equality Erin Uritus, CEO of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, joins the program to discuss the growing number of employees in the workplace who identify as LGTBQ, and how to create a more inclusive workplace. Discover the “moment of truth” that ...
03.22.2019 E54: The Art of Inclusive Gatherings: How Intentional Design Can Create Space for All Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, and founder of Thrive Labs, joins the program to discuss the importance of creating an intentional structure that allows for inclusion and transformation. She reveals ...
03.15.2019 E53: Being a Better Ally: How To Use Your Privilege To Create More Inclusive and Engaging Workplaces Leadership coach, speaker, and author Karen Catlin joins the program to discuss her experience as a woman working in the tech sector and how those experiences and observations led to her to her current work helping people to create more ...
03.11.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Moving the Crowd: How Conscious Entrepreneurs Can Find and Use their Voice for Inclusion and Impact Entrepreneurial soul coach Rha Goddess discusses why we are at a ripe moment for corporate change and the invitation for white male leaders in terms of allyship. She reveals the conversations that we need to be having as a society ...
03.11.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Coming Out of Hiding: Finding Healing and Transformation Through Self-Discovery and the Power of Truth Actress and author Tina Alexis Allen joins the program to discuss her recently-released book, “Hiding Out: A Memoir of Drugs, Deception and Double Lives”. Tina shares her astonishing true story of recovering from abuse and finding healing, and shares lessons ...
03.11.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Reclaiming Women’s Voices, One Story at a Time Wokie Nwabueze, a communications strategist, organizational ombudsman, mediator and attorney, discusses the work she is doing to help women discover and reclaim their voice. Wokie shares what she sees as the biggest challenges and obstacles for women when it comes ...
03.11.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: The Ad Industry in the Age of Inclusion: The Business Imperative for Diverse Creative Talent Keynote speaker, advertising director, and founder of the 3% Conference, Kat Gordon, discusses the efforts and success that she has had in challenging the lack of female creative directors in advertising. Kat shares her earliest experiences which led her to ...
03.08.2019 Minisode #24: Reflections on Women’s History Month In honor of Women’s History Month, Jennifer shares her thoughts on several pertinent (and previously released) episodes from The Will To Change. You’ll discover the unique challenges that women face when sharing their voice in the workplace, the generational differences ...
03.01.2019 E52: Chip Conley and the Modern Elder- How Wisdom@Work is Revolutionizing Inclusion and Belonging Entrepreneur, author and speaker Chip Conley joins the program to discuss the importance of treating age as we would other types of diversity in the workplace. He shares his own experience of joining the disruptive startup Airbnb when he was ...
02.26.2019 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Ella and Marilyn, Venus and Billie Jean: Using Our Privilege to Keep the Door to Equity Open for All Trudy Bourgeois, CEO and Founder of The Center for Workforce Excellence, and author of the book Equality: Courageous Conversations About Women, Men, and Race to Spark a Diversity and Inclusion Breakthrough, joins the program to discuss her own diversity story ...

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