Everyone knows a Monique Pennycooke either you are yet to work with one or you already do. A fellow black woman seemingly an Allie but you realise she may look like you sound like you but in reality, she is in a turmoil, rejecting her blackness to be...

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This week is the dilemma episode where we discuss, talk through and I advise on your work-related dilemmas.

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Every organisation has a different culture that functions within it and it is your job to do your due diligence in understanding what that culture is, how you manage it, and where you place yourself. 
 
 Cultural Vetting effectively enables you to survive in often toxic environments and strategically move and project manage your career whilst ensuring you are navigating safely and recruiting strategic allies.
 
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We are in a season of shift #BlackLivesMatter is the first time in my lifetime I have seen black people on a domestic and global scale come together and the objective is collective and clear. We have called to action brands and racist white people that are protecting their white privilege at all costs. In the midst of this, there is a call that is growing louder, this call is to our Black Gatekeepers who close that door and raise the drawbridge after themselves, refusing to let any other black person in. It is also the time as a community that we do some housekeeping. It is required and overdue to enable us to really affect long-lasting change and collectively enjoy the potential positive and proactive outcomes of #BlackLivesMatter.

Our Black Gatekeepers are in our workplaces, the creative industries, and all industries where the token black person resides as an island of one refusing to be joined by fellow black people.


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What a week. A week fraught with the emotional rollercoaster of new level of lows.

In this episode, I discuss the strategic element of white proximity and the need for black people to infiltrate organisations and sit in the rooms, offices and tables that affect change. What is obvious from the brands that have been called to action is that they do not have black people in the rooms when speaking about racism, Black lives, the racially motivated brutality, and systematic murders of black people especially in the hands of those sworn in to uphold the law.

The power of black people is what scares racists because they see and understand the power the black community has if we are willing to focus on that power we have collectively as a community and as individuals, we can then affect change from a position of strength.

Pro black isn't anti-white or anti any other race. Pro-black is reinforcing that black lives matter. The rate we are being murdered and the frequency of which Karen and the Police/NYPD weaponise their whiteness, in a white construct built and utilised by white people it is becoming a life and death situation for ALL black people. If you capitalise off black people & black culture but fail to use your voice or platform including your funds to condemn the racially motivated brutality and murder of black people, then you are complicit in the problem.

"THERE COMES A TIME WHEN SILENCE IS BETRAYAL" By Martin Luther King, Jr.



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Karen has been moving mad and possessed as usual only this time we saw the steps, lengths, and depths she was willing to go to in weaponising her whiteness and attempting to put the life of an African American Man in danger. I share my thoughts and the need for us to protect ourselves especially in the offices where we work where Karen adopts the same tactics in ensuring our work life under threat and challenged her motivation is simply racism.

In this episode I also discuss the Michael Jordan Documentary, 'The Last Dance' and the lessons we can learn from him and apply in our workplaces.

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Support,  its explanation and expectation were recently trending on Twitter together with a recent episode of Insecure, we saw the theme of Support and the lack thereof. What does Support mean to you?

Understanding what support looks and feels like and how we categorise friends is explored in this episode and the need to ensure we understand the role of work friends.

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During this pandemic, employers are using the economic strain to businesses to make emotionally fueled decisions that negatively directly affect employees/contractors. This week is a dilemma episode from a young lady sacked last week after revealing she is 21 weeks pregnant. She was on probation. I discuss her dilemma in full and provide advice. She asked that I share this with you all. This dilemma is a demonstration of Human Resources falling short of their duty to resource the humans they employ, moving mad because of their lack of professionalism and competence.

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Before you consider someone an ally it is important we examine their intentions and how such allies serve all parties. Allies need to be proactive in summoning and demonstrating change otherwise such voices become just loud noises. Remember it was the British Empire that came to Africa as  "Allies" and we all know how that ended up.

Setting boundaries not only lays the foundation of respect, but it also makes people aware of how far they are permitted to take things, therefore affording situations, conversations and controversial topics the respect and voice it deserves.

If you believe in the strength in our blackness and our history you have to believe in the strength of your own voice. Looking to others to be your mouthpiece is dangerous especially when discussing colorism, discrimination, oppression and racism within the black community. I am all for creating awareness irrespective of race, gender, or creed but after the awareness has been created what next.? Creating awareness should not then be taken as a license to overstep and give your opinion on issues that not only don't involve you but concern a community that are often maginalised and a community that continues to unpack the trauma of a painful history.


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Having a learning disability is not a measure of intelligence and too often I see people associate the two with each other.

I am a black woman with a learning disability who has navigated the workplace successfully. It has not been without its challenges.

This week we discuss managing learning disabilities in the workplace and some of the feelings I have had to unpack to be able to manage my dyslexia. I am proud of my journey but, it is important we understand how learning disabilities manifest itself in the workplace and how one manages this in the pursuit of career success.

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