Racial Justice

Ep 196. Martin Davidson: The End of Diversity as We Know It

Ep 196. Martin Davidson: The End of Diversity as We Know It

Martin Davidson is the Johnson & Higgins Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and he currently serves as their senior associate dean and global chief diversity officer. His book, The End of Diversity as We Know It: Why Diversity Efforts Fail and How Leveraging Difference Can Succeed, introduces a research-driven roadmap to help leaders more effectively create and capitalize on diversity in organizations. Stew and Martin discuss the reasons the diversity and inclusion efforts often fail as well as a proven, practical model for creating positive change…[Click for more]

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Ep 186. Joan Williams: Healing the Rifts of Race, Gender, and Class

Ep 186. Joan Williams: Healing the Rifts of Race, Gender, and Class

Joan C. Williams is a Distinguished Professor of Law, Hastings Foundation Chair, and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law. Joan is one of the 10 most cited scholars in her field and has written 11 books, including What Works for Women at Work and White Working Class. Her Harvard Business Review article, “What So Many People Don’t Get About the U.S. Working Class” has been read over 3.7 million times and is now the most read article in HBR’s 90-plus year history. Stew and Joan talk about how class, in addition to race and gender, produces dividing lines that result in polarization and alienation; evidence-based method for interrupting biases; and prospects for change in the upcoming Biden-Harris administration…[Click for more]

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Ep 185. Tony Ewing: How to Not Talk about Politics at Work

Ep 185. Tony Ewing: How to Not Talk about Politics at Work

Maurice “Tony” Ewing is the CEO of Conquer Risk, a risk management and compliance consultancy. He’s also an active columnist for Forbes and he serves on the Executive Education faculty of the University of Cambridge. Stew and Tony discuss how to talk about hot and potentially divisive issues like politics and race at work…[Click for more}

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Ep 184. Chaz Howard: A New Liberation Theology

Ep 184. Chaz Howard: A New Liberation Theology

Reverend Charles “Chaz” Howard is the first-ever Vice President for Social Equity and Community at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of five books including most recently Pond River Ocean Rain, a collection of brief essays about going deeper with God, and The Bottom: A Theopoetic of the Streets, to be released on November 1, 2020. Stew and Chaz discuss the difficulties in bridging social divides -- across race, class, gender, and other categories -- and why striving to do so, especially now, is essential…[Click for more]

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Ep 181. Quinetta Roberson: The Impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Ep 181. Quinetta Roberson: The Impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Professor Quinetta Roberson has over 20 years of experience teaching courses and workshops globally on leadership, talent management and diversity, all informed by her background in finance. She’s served as an expert witness in employment discrimination lawsuits and provides professional advice and guidance to for-profit and non-profit organizations. Quintetta currently serves as President of the Academy of Management (AOM) for 2020-2021. Stew and Quinetta discuss the benefits of diversity, equity and inclusion (after parsing out important distinctions among these three terms…[Click for more]

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Ep 179. Natalie Edwards: Changing the Conversation about Race and Work

Ep 179. Natalie Edwards: Changing the Conversation about Race and Work

Natalie Neilson Edwards is the Director of Inclusion & Diversity for The Estee Lauder Companies with an MBA from the Wharton School. While at Wharton, Natalie drafted the school’s official diversity plan and was instrumental in doubling the black student population in one year. She has a BA in finance from Howard University. Stew and Natalie discuss the challenges employees at all levels face discussing and grappling with race and how to help them do so more effectively…[Click for more]

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Ep 178. Howard Stevenson: Racial Literacy

Ep 178. Howard Stevenson: Racial Literacy

Dr. Howard Stevenson is the Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education, Professor of Africana Studies, in the Human Development & Quantitative Methods Division of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.; the Executive Director of the Racial Empowerment Collaborative (REC) at Penn; and the Director of Forward Promise, a national program office funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Stew and Howard discuss the subtle, sometimes unintended ways by which we communicate about race, and demonstrate, using Stew as his subject,..[Click for more]

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Ep 177. Stephanie Creary: Be a Better Ally to Your Black Colleagues

Ep 177. Stephanie Creary: Be a Better Ally to Your Black Colleagues

Stephanie Creary is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Wharton School whose research aims to identify and understand how we manage identity in asymmetric relationships and examines the effectiveness of diversity and inclusion practices. Stew and Stephanie discuss how to be an effective ally and confront systemic racism…[Click for more]

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Ep 175. Laura Morgan Roberts: Race, Work, and Leadership in Pandemic Times

Ep 175. Laura Morgan Roberts: Race, Work, and Leadership in Pandemic Times

Dr. Laura Morgan Roberts is a Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and an expert in the science of maximizing human potential in diverse organizations and communities. Her influential publications have been recognized by Thinkers50 “On the Radar” (2018) and the Academy of Management. Laura is the 2020 inaugural recipient of the Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Award for Societal Impact. Laura and Stew discuss her three edited three books — Race, Work and Leadership; Positive Organizing in a Global Society; and Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations — working from home while Black, mircroaggressions, allyship…[Click for more]

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