Eve Rodsky is the author of Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live). Stew and Eve talk about her practical solution to the ubiquitous problem of inequality in our home lives…[Click for more]
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Dr. Amina Gautier is an associate professor in the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Miami and a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania. She’s published one hundred and twenty-nine short stories, including three award-winning short story collections -- Now We Will Be Happy, The Loss of All Lost Things, and At-Risk: Stories. Among her many honors, she’s been the recipient of writing awards, prizes, and fellowships. Stew and Amina talk about her creative process, especially the importance of managing boundaries…[Click for more]
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Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar is Chief People Officer for Minted.com. After running a research lab in Silicon Valley, Jay went on to lead HR in multiple industries and various scales, from hyper-growth start-up to global Fortune 500, including Sun Microsystems, Taco Bell, BlackRock, Gap and Old Navy, Starbucks, and Riot Games. Prior to his corporate career, he received his Ph.D. in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan. Jay considers himself a closet creative and maintains a weekly writer’s group and dusty art portfolio. He is an internationally lauded game strategist with a particularly large following in the Magic the Gathering community. Stew and Jay talk about lessons he’s learned from decades of experience in cultivating meaningful Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives; the disruptive impact of the pandemic…[Click for more]
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Jessica Calarco is Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University Bloomington whose research examines inequalities in education and family life. She’s the author of two books, A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum and Negotiating Opportunities: How the Middle Class Secures Advantages in Schools, which received a 2019 Scholarly Achievement Award for Best Book by the North Central Sociological Association. Stew and Jessica talk about her latest research, which is about how the pandemic and its impact on childcare arrangements and schooling is having a disparate impact on mothers, compared to fathers…[Click for more]
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Carol Cone is the Founder and CEO of Carol Cone ON PURPOSE and author of Breakthrough NonProfit Branding. Stew and Carol talk about the history of incorporating social causes in corporate strategies…[Click for more]
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Dr. Marilyn Gist, author of The Extraordinary Power of Leader Humility: Thriving Organizations & Great Results, is an expert on leader development. Marilyn’s academic career includes time at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; the University of Washington, where she held the Boeing Endowed Professorship of Business Management; and Seattle University, where she served as Associate Dean, Professor of Management, and Executive Director of the Center for Leadership Formation. Stew and Marilyn talk about what it means to lead with humility and why that’s most especially important during these tumultuous times…[Click for more]
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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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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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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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Dr. Uma Naidoo, Harvard based psychiatrist, chef, and author of This is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, PTSD, ADHD, OCD and More, is regarded internationally as a pioneer in the field of nutritional psychiatry, having founded the first US hospital-based clinical service in this area. Uma describes to Stew, in very practical terms, the ways that different kinds of food affect our moods, well-being, and productivity…[Click for more]
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Dr. Dana Sumpter is an associate professor of organization theory and management at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business. Her research employs a cross-cultural lens in understanding social behavior at work, studying topics including energy, mindfulness, power, work/family enrichment, managerial systems, and work relationships. Stew and Dana discuss her new research, with her colleague Mona Zanhour, on mothers during the pandemic. Dana discusses best practices for working mothers, their partners in parenting, and their employers…[Click for more]
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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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Christopher Marquis is the Samuel C. Johnson Professor in Global Sustainable Enterprise and Professor of Management at Cornell University. Stew and Chris discuss Chris’ new book, Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism. Chris reviews the meaning and intent of a B Corp, how this differs from corporate social responsibility initiatives, and why the essential features of B Corps are good for all businesses and their people…[Click for more]
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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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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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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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Dr. Marisa Porges is head of The Baldwin School. Before that she served in the Obama White House; was a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School where her research focused on counterterrorism efforts; and served in the US Navy as one of eight female aviators. Her new book is What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women.. Stew and Marisa discuss the unique challenges educators and parents are y facing during the pandemic; the resurgent awareness of what we must do to pursue a just society; and the perennial difficulties of empowering young women...[Click for more]
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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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Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School Professor, is an expert on inflection points. Her recent book Seeing Around Corners:How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen is about how effective leaders and teams see those shifts coming before they happen and can react in innovative ways to succeed. Stew and Rita talk about how to see around unpredictable, unprecedented, or blind corners in order to make the best decisions during this pandemic period…[Click for more]
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Stefanie Johnson is an associate professor at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business and her new book is Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams. Professor Johnson studies the intersection of leadership and diversity, focusing on how unconscious bias affects the evaluation of leaders and on strategies that leaders can use to mitigate bias. Stew and Stefanie talk about how she has evolved in her thoughts and feelings about what it takes to create cultures that both celebrate individual differences and build a sense of belonging among members…[Click for more]
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