In this episode, Jackye and Katee speak to Nancy Murphy. Nancy’s spent her career saying what others are afraid to – and learning to say it in ways that others will listen. She’s the founder and president of CSR Communications and creator of Intrapreneurs Influence Lab. Her passion is teaching…
In this episode, Katee and Jackye speak with Vivian Acquah, an inclusive Workplace Wellness Advocate. Vivian advises managers on how to keep their team members engaged, energized, and safe in a sustainable manner. Vivian Acquah is making topics related to workplace wellness & DEI accessible to everyone. She provides people…
Jackye and Katee are back in the mix and having some conversations on what we hope this new year brings for us and for you! Welcome to 2022!! If you like what you hear, we would like to encourage you to subscribe to our channel! We would also appreciate it…
During this episode, Jackye and Katee talk to Joshua Gilbert. Joshua Gilbert, CEO, and Founder, Circle Search, LLC. He has championed over 19 years in the tech space, all within Talent Acquisition, and consulting. Joshua avails 14 years' experience in team building for national and international tech startups. Joshua is…
In this episode, Jackye and Katee speak with Dr. Olomara Uwedimo. Dr. Omolara Thomas Uwemedimo is an empowerment coach, business development & growth strategist and CEO of Melanin & Medicine. In less than 12 months, she built Melanin & Medicine into a successful, multi-six figure company that provides support, strategy…
In this episode, Katee and Jackye speak to Jes and Jessica, co-founders of the Rise Journey, a DEI Consultancy. They share their thoughts on a number of DEI related topics. If you like what you hear, we would like to encourage you to subscribe to our channel! We would also…
If you like what you hear, we would like to encourage you to subscribe to our channel! We would also appreciate it if you would rate this channel by going here: RateThisPodcast.com/inclusiveaf We create this podcast as a labor of love. But if you would like to support this channel…
Jackye and Katee had more fun with Tara Robertson and she brought a friend! Alexandra Samuel and Tara recently published an article in the Harvard Business Review entitled "Don't Let Hybrid Work Set Back Your DEI Efforts". They share some of their findings in this episode and so much more!…
Amanda Young has just authorized an amazing children's book and she is here to share about what drove her to write the book, "Jumo the Unicorn". Amanda is so transparent about her journey about how to drive inclusion and Jackye and Katee loved hearing about it all- including the animals!…
In this episode, Jackye and Katee chat with Joseph Ifiegbu about futbol, dream jobs and the tool he co-founded that can help HR teams by analyzing their data, eqtble. Prior to eqtble, he garnered extensive experience in the field of analytics. Most recently, as the head of HR Technology at…
We took a bit of a break because of some personal things- but we will share what those things are of course. But we discuss some heavy topics- grief, therapy tools, seeing folks IRL after covid times, learning, and much, much more. Welcome back!! If you like what you hear,…
In this episode, Jackye and Katee speak with Helvetikah Blak, an amazing drag queen! She shares about her journey and how she has finally come into her identity as non-binary and the work she is doing to blend her education and life experiences. If you like what you hear, we…
In this episode, Katee and Jackye speak to Dr. Aysha Khoury, an esteemed professor who lost her job after being asked to talk about inequities in medical care for people of color. The story is tough to hear but we need to listen and learn what we can do to…
In this episode, Katee and Jackye talk about how to earn the trust of your employees. Trust is needed to have diversity, equity, and inclusion conversations that are honest. There has to be mutual trust to have tough conversations and have your employees feel safe about sharing their thoughts and…
Jackye and Katee talk money in this episode, and water bottles and cough drops. Sexy stuff, we know! The episode digs into how to think about charging for your expertise when you are a speaker, panelist, and/or consultant. Plus what to remember to have in your backpack at all times…
I mean... we both have new puppies so we needed to start off with discussing the fun of our new family members. But then we actually get to workplace harassment and how that is impacting Activision Blizzard. This story is horrific and the impacts to employees will be long-lasting. Listen…
In this episode, Katee flies solo to talk to Wil Shelton, author of "Silent Agreement" which relates the corporate experience for people of color to a boxing ring. The book and the stories from Wil shed some light on the silent agreements that are made at work and why they…
In this episode, Jackye and Katee explore some of the ways that the world has been designed to exclude way too many people. Cars, medicines, jobs, and so many more have been designed with a male being the first and sometimes only consideration. When half of the world's population is…
It doesn't matter if you have diversity if folks don't have a voice. If you have an inclusive environment where folks can thrive, you will find diverse candidates. Do you give the right tools to your folks and differentiate between diversity and inclusion or just make them one word? Let's…
In the most recent controversy at ESPN, Erin Nichols and Maria Taylor have been pitted against each other over coverage of the NBA finals. We discuss how ESPN is still missing the point and what should have been done instead. If you like what you hear, we would like to…
President Biden signed an Executive Order focused on the topic of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA). The order lays out a roadmap of the steps the U.S. government will be taking to drive more DEIA. It is a great step in making a difference and helps other organizations drive…
We continue to see the policing of women's bodies in the workplace. But what if we don't want to smile more? This and other issues come up for women, especially women of color, all the time. How can we create workplaces that are actually inclusive? Katee puts on her HR…
In this episode, Jackye and Katee answer your questions! We pulled some of the questions you sent us and did our best to offer advice and ideas of what we would recommend. We hope this helps! If you like what you hear, we would like to encourage you to subscribe…
In this episode, Jackye and Katee celebrate the recent court decisions favoring HBCUs that have historically not received state funding, the large donations coming into HBCUs and why we need to start calling them, Historically Black Institutions. And of course- stories from our animals. If you like what you hear,…
