by Jennifer Brown | Jan 9, 2018 | Covering, Diversity, Gender Equality, Inclusion, Interviews, Male Allies, Privilege, The Future of Work, Women
Last September, Interbrand — the world’s leading brand consultancy — invited me to speak at its 2017 Best Global Brands Summit. Now in its 18th year, the event brought together C-suite executives, celebrities, and media to celebrate the 100 leading brands of 2017, the...
by Jennifer Brown | Sep 22, 2017 | Diversity, Inclusion, Male Allies, Privilege
I was in the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, on a stage in front of the largest group of men I had ever seen gathered together in one place, at the same time, to talk about inclusion at the Better Man Conference. There were executives, leaders,...
by Jennifer Brown | Sep 8, 2017 | Covering, Diversity, Gender Equality, Inclusion, Male Allies, Podcast, Privilege, The Future of Work, Women
It has been almost a year since I first launched my #1 Amazon best-selling book, Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace & The Will To Change. In the book, I talk about the rapidly changing business landscape in which we find ourselves, and how essential it is...
by Jennifer Brown | Jun 19, 2017 | Diversity, Inclusion, Privilege
“Combating our unconscious biases is hard, because they don’t feel wrong; they feel right. But it’s necessary to fight against bias in order to create a work environment that supports and encourages diverse perspectives and people.” – Laszlo Bock, CEO and...
by Jennifer Brown | Jun 5, 2017 | Diversity, Inclusion, Privilege, Women
In late 2014, I witnessed a firestorm in real time on Twitter that shone a light on the real and perceived gender gaps around us, as well as the reasons for them. I was, via hashtag, “attending” the Grace Hopper conference, listening in to the feed as hundreds of...
by Jennifer Brown | Feb 3, 2017 | Diversity, Inclusion, Privilege
This morning, I heard a Starbucks barista talking about how she was so sick about the incivility of political discourse around her that she’d made a conscious decision: The minute she logged onto Facebook and saw a single political post, she would immediately log off...
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