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

By Jennifer Brown

Business

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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E192: The Attributes of Inc...

12.04.2021

This episode was originally recorded as a webinar, sponsored by SmartBrief and moderated by Becky Robinson, Founder and CEO of Weaving Influence. Tune in as Jennifer Brown and Celeste Warren, Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion, Center of Excellence at ...

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

12.04.2021 E192: The Attributes of Inclusive Leaders: With Celeste Warren, Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion, Center of Excellence at Merck, and Becky Robinson, Founder and CEO of Weaving Influence This episode was originally recorded as a webinar, sponsored by SmartBrief and moderated by Becky Robinson, Founder and CEO of Weaving Influence. Tune in as Jennifer Brown and Celeste Warren, Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion, Center of Excellence at ...
11.20.2021 E191: On Power and Privilege with Jennifer: Erin Weed Joins the Will to Change Speaker and strategist Erin Weed does a takeover of the podcast and interviews Jennifer Brown on a variety of topics, including Jennifer's new book "Beyond Diversity," the importance of self-care, and the need for allyship. Jennifer also reveals what has ...
11.12.2021 E190: How Can I Be Helpful: The Lost Art of Connection with Susan McPherson This episode features a conversation with Susan McPherson, Founder and CEO of McPherson Strategies, and author of The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Relationships. Susan shares tips for how we can revitalize our ...
11.05.2021 E189: The Allyship Gap: The Opportunity for White Women with Adrienne Lawrence, JBC Sr. Consultant This episode features a conversation between Adrienne Lawrence, JBC Sr. Consultant, and Jennifer Brown, as they discuss why is there such a disconnect between how white women view their support and how black women are experiencing it. Discover why white ...
10.29.2021 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Ending Ageism: Valuing All in a Youth-Centric Culture From the Best of The Will to Change: 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 ...
10.21.2021 Minisode 30: Jennifer Brown on Rethinking Leadership In this minisode Jennifer Brown shares her thoughts about how executives need to pivot and how to create a safe container for leaders. Discover the link between psychological safety and performance and the challenge of leading without having all the ...
10.15.2021 E188: Spending Like it Matters: LGBTQ+ Supplier Diversity 101 with NGLCC’s Sabrina Kent and Bristol Myers Squibb’s Tarrance Frierson In this episode, originally recorded as a DEI Community Call, Tarrance Frierson and Sabrina Kent join Jennifer Brown for a conversation focused on cultivating supplier diversity and particularly how businesses can advocate and champion for the inclusion of diverse business ...
10.08.2021 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Owning Our Origin Stories: Diversability Founder Tiffany Yu From the best of The Will To Change: Diversability founder Tiffany Yu joins the program to reveal her own origin story, and shares her thoughts about the challenges and opportunities that still exist in the 30 years since the passage ...
10.01.2021 E187: How to be an Ally with author Melinda Briana Epler Melinda Briana Epler, CEO of Change Catalyst and author of How to Be an Ally: Actions You Can Take for a Stronger, Happier Workplace joins the program to discuss what people want and need from allies, why allyship is vital ...
09.24.2021 E186: Equity at the Center with Author Minal Bopaiah This episode features an interview with Minal Bopaiah, author of Equity: How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives and founder of Brevity & Wit, a strategy + design firm that combines human-centered design, behavior change science and the principles of ...
09.17.2021 E185: Going Beyond Diversity: Co-Authors Jennifer Brown and Rohit Bhargava on the New DEI Lens Join Jennifer Brown and her co-author Rohit Bhargava as they take you on a behind-the-scenes conversation about their new book Beyond Diversity: 12 Non-Obvious Ways to Build a More Inclusive World. Discover why Jennifer and Rohit decided to write this ...
09.10.2021 E184: Critical Conversations: Finding the Courage to Discuss and Dismantle Racism: From APA 2021 This episode, originally recorded at APA 2021, is hosted by Dr. Maysa Akbar, Chief Diversity Officer for the APA, as she speaks with Jennifer Brown, Dr. Derrick Gordon from the Yale School of Medicine and Eduardo Placer, CEO and Founder ...
09.03.2021 E183: How to Be an Inclusive Educator: Jennifer Brown joins Stephen Ladek on the Elearning Podcast In this episode, originally recorded for the Elearning Podcast, Jennifer Brown joins host Stephen Ladek to discuss the importance of bringing your full self to work and why even privileged leaders can benefit from more open ways to communicate and ...
08.27.2021 E182: Women’s Equal Pay Day(s): Gender Equity and the Work Ahead with JBC and Women Employed This episode was originally recorded as a partnership between JBC and Women Employed, a non-profit devoted to improving the economic status of women and removing barriers to economic equity. Near the close of the month on August 26th, we observe ...
08.20.2021 E181: "Another Day with You": Hope, Help, and Rethinking Suicide Prevention with Chad Moses Chad Moses, Director of Outreach and Experience at TWLOHA Inc., joins the program to discuss his journey and how he came to the work that he does collaborating with musicians, festivals, and entertainment companies to cultivate conversations about mental health. ...
08.13.2021 E180: The Opportunity of Inclusive Leadership with Cherise Bernard and Amri Johnson This episode, originally recorded as a DEI Community Call, features a conversation with Cherise Bernard, PhD, Director of Diversity, Engagement and Inclusion at McCann New York and Founder of Modern Work Consultancy, and Amri Johnson, CEO and Founder of Inclusion ...
08.06.2021 E179: Mindful Inclusion: Supporting Well-Being at Work This episode features a conversation between Adrienne Lawrence, Principal Consultant at Jennifer Brown Consulting, and Chad Moses, Director of Outreach at To Write Love on Her Arms as they discuss the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on mental ...
07.30.2021 E178: Hiring for Diversity: Inclusive Recruiting Best Practices with Mathison's Arthur Woods Arthur Woods, Co-Founder of Mathison, a venture-backed technology platform equipping employers with everything they need to manage their diversity hiring efforts, joins the program to share his own diversity story and the lessons that he has learned over the last ...
07.23.2021 E177: Coming Home Shouldn't Be Hard: Bridging Beyond Incarceration with Teresa Hodge Teresa Y. Hodge, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of two nationally recognized criminal justice innovation companies, R3 Score Technologies, Inc. and Mission: Launch, Inc., joins the program to share her own journey of securing employment after prison. Discover what it will ...
07.15.2021 E176: Shattering the Stigma: Mental Health Awareness for Black and Brown Men with ICON Project Founder Wayne Sutton Wayne Sutton, serial entrepreneur and founder of the Icon Project, joins the program to discuss the importance of focusing on the mental health of black and brown men, and why he created the Icon Summit. Wayne shares his own story ...
07.07.2021 E175: No Asians: Confronting Our Multiple Identities with Music Executive Jason Ve Jason Ve, music and tech executive and Vice President at 88rising, the leading music company of the most influential Asian artists in the world, joins the program to discuss the intersectionality of being Asian and LGBTQ+. He expands upon an ...
07.02.2021 E174: The Great Resignation: Addressing a Broken Workplace with Journalist Joanne Lipman Joanne Lipman joins the program to discuss the ways in which the workplace is broken, and how we might reinvent the workplace that so that it works for everyone. Discover some of the challenges that come along with managing a ...
06.25.2021 E173: Glowing in the Light: KC Carter’s 4 Permissions for Leaders Coach and author Kristoffer (“KC”) Carter joins the program to discuss his 4 permissions for leaders. Discover how to get hard-driving leaders to slow down and pay more attention to their feelings. You'll also hear about the benefits of a ...
06.23.2021 E172: Learning About Juneteenth with JBC and Blackfacts Founders Dale A. Dowdie and Ken Granderson This episode was originally recorded as a webinar with JBC Sr. Consultant Adrienne Lawrence, and Black Facts founders Dale A. Dowdie and Ken Granderson, for an enlightening one-hour conversation on Juneteenth through today. Discover key historical aspects of what’s also ...
06.18.2021 E171: Pride Book Launch! Guest Host Jenn T. Grace and the Storytellers of The Real Lives of Transgender and Nonbinary Humans Join the Will to Change Tune in for a special takeover episode of the Will To Change. Jenn T. Grace, Founder and Publisher of Publish Your Purpose Press, hosts the episode. Jenn discusses the release of Publish Your Purpose Press's first anthology, The Real Lives ...
06.12.2021 E170: Embedding Disability in DEI with Kathleen West-Evans, Director of Business Relations, Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation This episode was originally recorded as a DEI Community Call, and features a conversation with Kathleen West-Evans, Director of Business Relations, The National Employment Team (NET), Council of State Administrators of VR. Learn more about this diverse talent pool, and ...
06.10.2021 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Getting Free, Together: Desiree Adaway on Why Healing Anti-Blackness Heals Us All This episode was previously released on The Will To Change. Note: Join Desiree for Whiteness at Work, beginning on June 15th, 2021, to explore ways organizations have successfully pushed back on the norms of white dominant culture in the last ...
06.05.2021 E169: Obstacles and Opportunities: Managing Our Triggers As Allies This episode was originally a Toolkit Conversation at the Better Man Conference, and features a conversation with Jennifer Brown, as well as Mita Mallick, Head of Inclusion, Equity and Impact at Carta and Tony DeGruy, Technical Systems Engineering Leader for ...
06.02.2021 E168: Banking on 100 Million Formerly Incarcerated Talent This episode, originally recorded as a DEI Community Call, features Susan Mason, Teresa Hodge and former NFL player Jordan Babineaux, the managing partners of the Bank on 100 Million Network as they discuss how corporations operationalize their DEI commitments to ...
05.29.2021 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Building Cultures of Dignity: Next-Generation Belonging with Rosalind Wiseman Rosalind Wiseman, parenting educator and author, joins the program to discuss how to foster civil dialogue and inspire communities to build strength, courage and purpose. Discover how to create physical and emotional wellbeing by working in close partnership with the ...
05.21.2021 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Pain and Possibility: How Dr. Maysa Akbar is Charting What's Beyond Allyship From the Best of The Will To Change: Dr. Maysa Akbar, groundbreaking psychologist, author, and Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale University, joins the program to share her own diversity story, including overcoming childhood trauma. Discover a new identity model of ...
05.20.2021 E167: Millions of Micro-Moments of Bravery with Joze Piranian, Stutterer, TEDx Speaker and Stand-Up Comedian This episode, originally recorded as a DEI call, features an interview with Joze Piranian, Global TEDx Speaker and a lifelong stutterer turned transformational speaker on inclusion and resilience. Joze also shared information about stuttering, and revealed what he has learned ...
05.19.2021 BEST OF THE WILL TO CHANGE: Getting Free, Together: Desiree Adaway on Why Healing Anti-Blackness Heals Us All From the best of The Will To Change: Desiree Adaway, DEI consultant, trainer, coach and speaker, joins the program to discuss why anti-racism efforts ultimately benefit everyone in an organization. Discover how to move beyond performative allyship and the need ...
05.14.2021 E166: Disruption as a Great Teacher: With Charlene Li New York Times bestselling author Charlene Li joins the program to discuss what we can learn from disruption and the connection between disruption and DEI work. Discover the characteristics of a disruptive leader and the one thing that leaders can ...
05.05.2021 E165: Equity Evolution: Business Meets Culture with Creative Director Rana Reeves Rana Reeves, Executive Creative Director and Founder of communications agency RanaVerse, returns to the program to discuss the work that he is doing to connect brands with popular and contemporary culture for commerce, utilizing the lens of diversity and equity ...
04.23.2021 E164: How Authenticity Supports Resiliency: Jennifer Joins Ashley Carson On the Resiliency Theory Podcast This episode was originally recorded on the Resiliency Theory Podcast, and features a conversation between Jennifer and host Ashley Carson as they discuss what it takes for us to be brave, speak our truths, and be our authentic selves. Discover ...
04.21.2021 E163: Balancing Process, People, Structure, and Sustainability with Protective Life’s DEI Leadership In this episode originally recorded as a DEI Community Call, guest moderator Elfi Martinez, Senior Director at Jennifer Brown Consulting, spoke with Martina Winston, Vice President & Senior HR Partner at Protective Life Corporation, and Wendy Evesque, Executive Vice President ...
04.16.2021 E162: "Return to Work" and Psychological Safety with Jackson Lewis Attorneys Michelle Phillips and Michael Thomas Michael Thomas, Principal in the Los Angeles, California office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and Michelle Phillips, a Principal in the White Plains office of Jackson Lewis P.C, join the program to discuss how to promote psychological safety in a socially ...
04.14.2021 E161: An Inclusive Lens on Power: Jennifer Joins Dr. Sharon Melnick on the Power Shift Podcast This episode was originally recorded on the Power Shift Podcast, hosted by Dr. Sharon Melnick. Discover how your upbringing and identity can shape your unique voice, and where power is really found in organizations. Jennifer also reveals the conversations that ...
04.09.2021 E160: #HateIsAVirus Co-Founder Michelle Hanabusa Joins the JBC DEI Community Call In this episode, originally recorded as a DEI Community Call, Adrienne Lawrence, Diversity + Legal Commentator and Senior Consultant, Jennifer Brown Consulting, welcomed Co-Founder of Hate Is A Virus, Michelle K. Hanabusa, to discuss the recent rise of anti-Asian violence ...
04.07.2021 E159: 100M with Conviction Histories by 2030: Enabling Formerly Incarcerated Talent with Susan Mason, of What's Next Washington Susan Mason, Executive Director and Co-Founder of What’s Next Washington, joins the program to discuss how organizations can recruit, hire and retain formerly incarcerated talent. Susan reveals some startling statistics about overcriminalization, including the fact that by 2030 100 million ...
03.31.2021 E158: Fireside Chat: Jennifer Joins Moody's for their Women Empowerment Series This episode was originally recorded for the Moody’s Women Empowerment Video Series where DK Bartley is leading a DE&I; Evolution at Moody’s that has created a culture focused on Authentic DE&I; and incorporate DE&I; in all Aspects of the Moody’s ...
03.26.2021 E157: Going Slow to Go Fast: Sustainable DEI Strategies with Martina Winston In this episode, originally recorded as a DEI Community Call, JBC Senior Consultant Jeffery Smith moderated a conversation with Martina Winston, VP & Senior HR Partner/Diversity & Inclusion Leader at Protective Life. Discover how the huge shifts of 2020 have ...
03.19.2021 E156: How to Tap Into Your Superpowers: With Julie Lythcott-Haims In this episode, originally recorded as a TONE Talk, Julie Lythcott-Haims joins Jennifer Brown for a conversation about 3 "superpowers" that everyone possesses and how to unleash them. Julie is the New York Times bestselling author of the anti-helicopter parenting ...
03.17.2021 E155: Modern Male Allyship: Gender Solidarity with Good Guys Authors Dave Smith and Brad Johnson What does it mean to be a “good guy” in 2021? As gender norms continue to be dismantled in popular culture, the household, the workplace, and society at large, men are faced with higher expectations around allyship. This episode, originally ...
03.10.2021 E154: Shifting Power with Curiousity: Michael Bungay Stanier on Decentering Ourselves and Elevating Others Author, speaker, and entrepreneur Michael Bungay Stanier joins the program to discuss the importance of curiosity and why leaders should decenter themselves. Discover how to embrace power in an authentic way, and what trees can teach us about decision making.
03.03.2021 E153: Next Generation Voices: The Uncompromising, Unrelenting Drive of Gen Z for a More Equitable World In this episode, originally recorded as a DEI Community Call, Farah Bala, the Founder & CEO at FARSIGHT led a discussion alongside Jannie Kamara, a fourth year student studying Black World Studies and Diversity in Leadership at Miami University, and ...
02.26.2021 E152: Celebrating Black Futures: The ACLU Joins the Community Call This episode, originally recorded as a DEI Community Call, was moderated by returning guest Amber Hikes, the Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Joining her were the leads of two of ACLU’s Employee Resource ...
02.22.2021 E151: Nothing About Us, Without Us: When Neurodiversity Works with Natalia Lyckowski Natalia Lyckowski, [email protected] Global Business Resource Group Co-Chair, joins the program to discuss the importance of addressing neurodiversity in the workplace, and the stages of representation. Discover the strengths and challenges that neurodivergent talent bring to the workplace, and how ...
02.16.2021 E150: Ports in the Storm: The Grounding Wisdom of Diverse Networks with Gusto's Bernard Coleman Bernard Coleman, Chief Diversity and Engagement Officer for Gusto, joins the program to discuss his career journey and what he has learned from ERG's and employee activism. Discover DEI trends and best practices, and how to ensure employee engagement when ...

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