Choose Inclusion Podcast
Business & Economics Podcasts
#2 on "Diversity And Inclusion: 10 Podcasts Indian Bosses Should Be Listening To" & #3 on "Feedspot's Top 15 Diversity and Inclusion Podcasts for 2020" - What happens when a blind man, a woman of color, and a wannabe Latino get together to discuss how diversity, equity and inclusion can impact businesses? Join Mike Hess, Nina Baliga and UB Ciminieri every month as they embark through conversation on a journey to help businesses and their most important asset - people - Choose Inclusion. We'll have open and authentic conversations amongst ourselves and with guests to explore everything related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, to help those who have been tasked with building DEI within their organizations and to help leaders understand why it's so important to Choose Inclusion in order to build a truly successful business.
Location:
United States
Description:
#2 on "Diversity And Inclusion: 10 Podcasts Indian Bosses Should Be Listening To" & #3 on "Feedspot's Top 15 Diversity and Inclusion Podcasts for 2020" - What happens when a blind man, a woman of color, and a wannabe Latino get together to discuss how diversity, equity and inclusion can impact businesses? Join Mike Hess, Nina Baliga and UB Ciminieri every month as they embark through conversation on a journey to help businesses and their most important asset - people - Choose Inclusion. We'll have open and authentic conversations amongst ourselves and with guests to explore everything related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, to help those who have been tasked with building DEI within their organizations and to help leaders understand why it's so important to Choose Inclusion in order to build a truly successful business.
Language:
English
Contact:
3037259417
Website:
https://chooseinclusion.com/
Email:
ub@breakingthebias.com
Episodes
#BlackVoicesMatter - Dean Haynesworth
6/18/2021
Just Listen - Dean Haynesworth (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-haynesworth-3829a659/)
Duration:00:24:20
Changing the Sport of Golf to Drive Diversity and Inclusion with Sandy Cross
6/11/2021
Sandy Cross (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandycross1/), Chief People Officer for the PGA of America, takes us inside one of the world's most exclusive sports to talk about their efforts to make golf more inclusive for everyone.
Duration:00:33:25
From Token Female to Leading the Gender Diversity Conversation with Kelly Cooper
6/4/2021
Kelly Cooper (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-cooper-6b742966/), Founder and CEO of Centre for Social Intelligence, joins the podcast to talk about her ongoing fight for gender diversity and equality, starting as the "token" female in a group of all men in the science and engineering world, to being on the Canadian delegation for UN meetings where the world first united to address gender diversity in the 1990s, to starting her own business to continue the work today.
Duration:00:28:03
#BlackVoicesMatter - Ariffa Bevin
5/28/2021
Just Listen - Ariffa Bevin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariffa-bevin-she-her-hers-8a58ba79/)
Duration:00:28:00
#BlackVoicesMatter - Jimi Vaughn
5/21/2021
Just Listen - Jimi Vaughn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimivaughn/)
Duration:00:34:50
#BlackVoicesMatter - Yvan Demonsthenes
5/14/2021
Just Listen - Yvan Demonsthenes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/yvandemosthenes/)
Duration:00:33:29
Everything You Do Can Help Others with Deanna Singh
5/7/2021
Deanna Singh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/deannasingh/) is leading efforts through various businesses and projects to help those from marginalized communities. That's the common thread that ties all her work together.
Duration:00:25:37
It's An Accessible World After All with Mark Jones
4/30/2021
Mark Jones (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-jones-baa3a627/) is the Manager, Accessibility & Services for Guests with Disabilities at the happiest place on Earth, Disney. We talk about Mark's journey as an able-bodied person working everyday to bring the same experiences to those with disabilities in a place where everyone just wants to be happy and enjoy life. We also talk about the impacts of COVID on these types of experiences and how a pandemic helps shift how companies think about...
Duration:00:32:39
#BlackVoicesMatter SPECIAL EPISODE - Magalie René
4/23/2021
We have a very special and timely episode of our #BlackVoicesMatter series with guest Magalie René (www.MagalieRené.com) who is talking to us about the Georgia Voting Law SB202, the controversial law which many have argued has clear voter suppression intentions. We talk about the organizations and media productions taking a stand in Georgia and how compassionate leadership is needed more than ever to help us fight oppression and systemic inequalities. Please listen.
Duration:00:29:54
Our 100th Episode
4/23/2021
What a milestone that we honestly never thought we'd achieve! But here we are and we wanted to share our learning journeys and A-HA moments from some of our favorite episodes.
We talk about everything from racism, disabilities, intersectionality, global views, and the one thing that ties it all together - hope.
Duration:00:36:36
#BlackVoicesMatter - Nichelle Pace
4/16/2021
Just Listen - Nichelle Pace (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nichellenpace/)
Duration:00:36:11
#BlackVoicesMatter - Lex Gillette (almost) One Year Later
4/9/2021
We catch up with our favorite Blind Paralympian, Lex Gillette, who was our first #BlackVoicesMatter guest after George Floyd's murder.
Duration:00:25:06
#BlackVoicesMatter - Jourdan Saunders
4/2/2021
Just Listen - Jourdan Saunders (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jourdansaunders/)
Duration:00:24:53
From Davos Stage to Global Accessibility Impact with Caroline Casey
3/26/2021
Caroline (care - o - line) Casey (https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-casey-837ab822/) is the Founder of The Valuable 500 and she's on a mission to get 500 companies to agree to recognize the value and worth of the one billion people globally living with a disability on their business leadership agendas. She, along with our cohost, Mike Hess, were named one of the Top 20 Disabled People with a Global Voice You Must Follow.
Duration:00:32:03
#BlackVoicesMatter - AJ Moody
3/19/2021
Just Listen - AJ Moody (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-aj-moody-27609b71/)
Also, we recorded this episode in video because AJ is deaf and was accompanied by his two interpreters who were both in different locations. So please watch this special episode on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/Kn0l7M1ATeM
Duration:00:39:15
The ABC's of Black History with Rio Cortez
3/12/2021
Rio Cortez (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rio-cortez-87926063/) is the author of the incredible children's book, The ABC's of Black History (https://g.co/kgs/L1Dxbw), teaching the ABC's with historical facts and details about the Black community. You should pick up a copy at your local bookstore today because adults and children alike can learn from this!
Duration:00:22:08
Finding the Freedom to be Who You Were Meant to Be with Elena Joy Thurston
3/5/2021
Elena Joy Thurston (https://www.linkedin.com/in/elenajoythurston/) is the Executive Director of the Pride and Joy Foundation. She believes the best way to decrease the rate of suicide and homelessness in the LGBTQ community is to help families learn Emotional Intelligence and Self-Awareness, and to regain their freedoms lost due to religion or expectations of others, or even a pandemic.
Duration:00:35:52
#BlackVoicesMatter - Dee C. Marshall
3/2/2021
Just Listen - Dee C. Marshall (https://www.linkedin.com/in/deecmarshall/)
Duration:00:38:24
The PPP and Its Impact with Hannah Smolinski
2/26/2021
Hannah Smolinski (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-smolinski-cpa-she-her-16994aa/) is Founder and CEO of Clara CFO Group and a Senior Advisor to Upside Financial. For this special and timely episode we are talking about the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), its original implementation a year ago, the changes since then (including the new changes in effect this past week), and its impact on inclusion of all business owners in this country.
Here are some resources for business owners in...
Duration:00:31:48
Building a Startup Nation in Israel with PresenTense
2/25/2021
PresenTense (https://www.linkedin.com/company/presentense/), led by co-CEOs Ariella Rosen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariella-rosen/) and Khouloud Ayuti (https://www.linkedin.com/in/khouloud-ayuti-09a80858/), is a nonprofit based in Israel working to bring together all the vastly diverse groups in Israel, empowering these mostly marginalized groups through entrepreneurship in the "Startup Nation."
Duration:00:27:42