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Everyone is talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace—but what are companies actually doing to solve this problem? Welcome to Untapped with our Co-CEO, Tariq Meyers. This is the place where we have untapped conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. How do companies go from talking the talk to walking the walk? We’re here to find out. Our team is giving you real and raw conversations with industry leaders about DEI and untapped talent. Let’s tackle diversity, equity, and inclusion together so we can all have a seat at the table. https://www.untapped.io/
This week Tariq Meyers sits down with Arezoo Riahi, Waymo's Head of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity to talk about the future of work and DEI initiatives. Arezoo discusses the importance of having a healthy culture in order to meet the mission of the organization and how DEI is a part of that. They explore the challenges of creating a sense of community where everyone feels responsible for shaping the culture together, regardless of background or identity. Arezoo emphasizes that DEI is not a separate issue but impacts everyone in the organization. They also discuss how to engage allies and change hearts and minds by focusing on the success of the company's mission.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Ways in which Waymo is designing for the margins and ensuring that transportation equity is a priority in their work.
- How to ready the workplace and cultures to receive the future of work, which is getting more diverse.
- The challenges of creating a sense of community where everyone feels responsible for shaping the culture together, regardless of background or identity.
About Arezoo:
Arezoo Riahi is Waymo's first Head of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity. She comes to Waymo after leading diversity and belonging programs at Autodesk, evolving Employee Resource Groups, designing Autodesk's inclusive hiring training, and launching Autodesk's global mentorship programming. Arezoo has led diversity analytics as a part of overall strategic efforts, working closely with executive leadership to design and launch the company's diversity dashboard to understand trends and hot spots. Additionally, Arezoo led diversity communications at Autodesk producing quarterly town halls, reporting and disclosure efforts and shareholder engagement. Arezoo began her career in the non-profit sector, with over a decade of experience working on U.S. Government initiatives, primarily with the U.S. Department of State. Most notably in this period, Arezoo served as Director of TechWomen, an initiative providing professional development to women across the globe. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from The University of Chicago and a Bachelors of Arts in International Affairs from The George Washington University.
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Tariq is joined this week by Donald Knight, CPO at Greenhouse Software. As a leader in the hiring and recruiting space, Donald shares his valuable insights on how to nurture early-in-career employees to build future leaders, the importance of building community among employees, and the rise of people-first companies.
In this episode you'll learn:
- What company catfishing is and how your company can avoid it
- Why you should expand your definition of DEI to include allyship (IDEA)
- And why the last impression of your company matters even more than the first
About Donald Knight (he/him):
Donald Knight is the CPO at Greenhouse Software. He leads with a people-first mentality hoping to unlock the potential of Greenhouse talent globally. With a laser focus on the connection between people and the processes that serve them, Donald and his team create proximity by building bridges focusing on enhanced experiences that nurture culture and develop people. He is responsible for providing global strategy and leadership in developing, overseeing, and administering people programs. Before Greenhouse, Donald served as Senior Vice President of Global Talent for Edelman, where he helped shape the HR brand as a proactive, insightful, and collaborative solution provider.
This week on Untapped, Tariq Meyers is joined by Britteny Soto, Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Talent Acquisition & Enablement at Encamp. Tariq and Britteny discuss how to meet candidates where they are in a time of stress and uncertainty, the importance of accessibility in the workplace for employees 55+ and/or with disabilities, and the misconceptions around "quiet quitting."
In this episode you'll learn:
- The importance of mental health and trauma-informed recruitment practices after COVID-19
- Why and how you should bridge the technology gap between generations in the workplace
- That the best indicator of company culture is how employees live their lives in and outside of work
About Britteny Soto:
Britteny (Dunson) Soto '10 is the Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Talent Acquisition & Enablement for Encamp; a series C Environmental Technology startup that is set out to transform the way organizations handle environmental reporting.
Britteny serves as Encamp's first head of Talent & Diversity and is proud to not only have tripled the company's headcount but established processes and best practices that have increased company diversity and retained a 95% offer acceptance rate.
Before joining Encamp - Britteny spent her career being many organizations' "first" talent leader spanning industries like CPG (Fairlife Milk), Cannabis (Green Thumb Industries), and even the historic Museum of Science and Industry Chicago.
When Britteny isn't hiring the best talent or coaching folx in diversity & inclusion best practices - you can find her crafting with her kiddos ages 9 & 4 taking nature walks with her hubby & pups, strolling with her Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorors or working hard to launch her new Podcast - MissManaged.
This week on Untapped, Tariq Meyers is joined by Sheri Crosby Wheeler, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion for Fossil Group, Inc. Tariq and Sheri discuss her unexpected journey to DEI leadership, the unique challenges of retaining underrepresented talent in the retail industry, and the slow and steady process of making the workplace more equitable.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How genuine buy-in from leadership is essential to driving forward diversity
- That what's seen as "political" is often personal for marginalized employees
- The importance of retail brands' effort to make employees feel valued as individuals
- The difference between DEI initiatives that are just for show and ones that actually drive forward meaningful change
About Sheri Crosby Wheeler:
Sheri Crosby Wheeler currently works as the Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion for Fossil Group, Inc. Fossil Group is a global design, marketing, distribution and innovation company where distinctive watches, accessories and wearables are created for some of the greatest brands in the world. Sheri is a diversity leader, an employment lawyer and an avid community volunteer. For the past 6 years, she has worked exclusively on diversity and inclusion strategies and integration in the corporate setting. Sheri is a member of the State Bar of Texas and has been honored as an Outstanding Young Lawyer. She earned a J.D. from the University at Buffalo School of Law and a B.A. in Sociology at Emory University.
This week on Untapped we were joined by Taris Mullins, Senior Manager of Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, and Talent Management at Telesign. Taris chats with Tariq about his unexpected journey to DE&I leadership, how current events shape his approach to diversity and inclusion, how Telesign has built a DE&I strategy through listening and open dialogue with employees, and how to demonstrate to talent that your company is a welcoming place for them, regardless of their background.
In this episode you'll learn:
- How to build trust with employees so everyone feels their voice is heard
- What tech needs to do to catch up on inclusivity after the pandemic
- The importance of leadership to serve as ambassadors for their team
- How you can respond as a company to injustices happening in the world
This week on Untapped we were joined by Al Dea, a Talent, Leadership, and Workplace Culture Consultant. Al is the founder of Betterwork Labs, where he helps companies attract and develop talent to improve performance and build sustaining organizations. Tariq and Al discuss new ways to discover and nurture underrepresented talent, the expansion of the workplace into a values-driven space, and the unique challenges of working in DE&I.
In this episode you'll learn:
- The importance of mentorship and opening doors for others
- Tips on creating a more inclusive workplace after COVID-19
- Innovative ways to find and develop talent in a changing world
- How to demonstrate company values in a visible and effective way
Deanna Singh, Founder and Chief Change Agent of Uplifting Impact, a training and consulting firm with a mission to build inclusive bridges where everyone thrives, stopped by to chat with Tariq Meyers to discuss how actions speak louder than words. How can companies stop talking about diversity and inclusion and start translating things into action? We’ll find out.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How DEIB is changing more rapidly than ever
- This work isn't always approachable and it isn't always accessible
- Why inclusion is for everyone, and it's not just for folks who exist at the margins
- We are all part of each other's stories
- The use of power and DEIB
About Deanna Singh:
Deanna Singh wants to live in a world where marginalized communities have power. As an
expert social entrepreneur, she is obsessed with making the world a better place, and she will
build or break systems to create positive change. While tackling complex social challenges,
Deanna gives audiences the tools and courage to imagine, activate, and impact the world as
agents of change. She is described as a trailblazer and dynamic speaker who is at the forefront of social change. She is an accomplished author, educator, business leader, and social justice champion who speaks to over 50,000 people annually!
Deanna's newest book: Actions Speak Louder
This week on Untapped we were joined by none other than our very own Head of People, Savannah L. Barker (She/Her) to discuss our 2022 Untapped Diversity Data Report. Savannah and Tariq review our report, talk about the significance of self-reported data, and explore how diversity attracts diversity.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How to measure and take action to improve the employee experience
- The five outcomes Untapped wants for its culture
- How to keep a pulse on your people
- The importance of reinforcing
- Untapped’s inaugural diversity data report
- The importance of self-reported data
- Where is the future of work is going
About Savannah L. Barker (She/Her):
Savannah L. Barker is a data-driven people leader, DEI advocate and SHRM certified professional (SHRM-CP) with years of experience helping fast-growing organizations scale through the power of their people.
She is currently the Head of People at Untapped. She sits on the executive leadership team and oversees the people operations and talent acquisition functions spanning the entire employee life cycle, including sourcing and recruitment, employee engagement, total compensation, learning and development, and Untapped’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives.
Untapped Diversity Data Report: https://www.untapped.io/diversity-data-report
This week on Untapped we are joined by Natalie Egan (She/Her), CEO & Founder of Translator, Inc. to discuss gender identity in the workplace and the impact of toxic masculinity. Listen to Natalie's personal story of identity crisis and becoming an overnight minority.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Natalie’s personal experience with identity crisis and becoming an overnight minority
- How to overcome a toxic masculine culture
- How trans visibility doesn’t equal equity
- Today's workplace trans experience: where are we?
- How visibility for the trans community can be a double-edged sword
- Gender identity in the workplace
- How storytelling is the key to empathy
- What to do if you're interested in becoming a better ally
About Natalie J. Egan (She/Her):
Natalie J. Egan (She/Her) is the CEO & Founder of Translator, Inc. Natalie Egan is an openly transgender, B2B software entrepreneur and a recognized thought leader living her life at the intersection of technology and Diversity & Inclusion. Natalie has over 20 years of experience driving digital change, developing high-performing teams, building complex products, and selling enterprise solutions. Today, she is the CEO & Founder of Translator, Inc., where she and her team are on a mission to scale empathy and equality through technology. Prior to founding Translator in 2016––and prior to her transition––Natalie was CEO & Founder of PeopleLinx, a venture capital-backed sales technology solution that was acquired in 2015. In addition to her entrepreneurial pursuits, Natalie has also worked in sales leadership positions at large public companies like LinkedIn, Autonomy, and Ecolab. Outside of work, Natalie is a parent, a marathon runner, an artist, and a consummate activist for transgender rights and representation. Based in Philadelphia, PA -- Natalie received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, her MBA from The Villanova School of Business, and is currently writing her first book about her transition from a Male-to-Female CEO in corporate America and the business lessons learned along the way.
In our conversation with Jen Casimiro, IDEO's Global Talent Director and Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, we talked about what it means to truly center marginalized communities at work, how to design for the margins, and how to manage expectations while doing this important work.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Relationships are at the heart of DEI
- Work fueled by fear is problematic
- What DEIB looks like today
- The importance of understanding the 'why' behind this work
- How to design for the margins
- Egoism and elitism in DEI
- What does it really mean to center the margins
- How to manage expectations
- Equity doesn’t “feel good” for everyone and it shouldn’t
About Jen Casimiro:
Jen Casimiro (she/her) serves as IDEO's Global Talent Director and Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at IDEO. In her role, Jen designs equitable and inclusive systems, processes, programs, and spaces that support IDEO's community of creative, lifelong learners in becoming more equitable designers and people. Drawing on her experience in equity-focused leadership and people development, Jen supports individuals and organizations in learning about systems of power, recognizing their impact, and making equitable decisions. Each of us has the capacity to be a leader, but we're rarely given the space, resources, or validation to realize that leadership. What inspires Jen every day is the opportunity to support others in recognizing this leadership potential through one-on-one coaching, examining interpersonal and team dynamics, and formal programmatic training. Jen's own leadership style is empathetic, collaborative, open, and direct, and is informed by her passion for social justice and her work in the social sector and the world of design.
This week on Untapped, David Baboolall (They/Them), Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company stopped by to discuss an in-depth and impactful report, Being Transgender At Work. Tariq Meyers (He/Him) and David discuss why this research was done, the significant learnings from the report, and what organizations need to be thinking about and actioning on to create an inclusive work environment for transgender employees.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why this research was conducted
- What being trans today often looks and feels like
- How language is a barrier to comprehension
- What do “transgender” and “non-binary” actually mean?
- Most significant learnings from the McKinsey report
- If remote work been the great equalizer or not?
- What are the first things an organization needs to be thinking about when it comes to trans-inclusion
- What can companies do today that can begin to reserve some of the harm that exists in the process?
This week on Untapped with Tariq Meyers, Lambert Odeh, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion professional shares his point of view on DEI and explains why it shouldn't be considered a conventional business initiative. Lambert also shares the lessons he learned about how to become an effective ERG leader.
In this episode, you will learn:
- Quick wins for diversity and inclusion in the workplace
- How you can measure impact when it comes to DEI
- Why DEI Is untraditional
- Lambert’s experience of “selling a dream”
- First 90 days of Lambert experience in DEI
- Actionable piece of advice on how to get started on this journey
- How you can grow your DEI knowledge
About Lambert Odeh:Lambert Odeh (he/him) is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion professional currently in the tech space. Lambert moved into DEI full time after resonating with Employee Resource Group leadership, creating DEI talent management initiatives, and diversity recruiting in his previous roles.
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This week on Untapped with Tariq Meyers, Angela Cafarelli stops by to talk about how companies can make sure they are creating inclusive work environments for Next-Gen workers and the LGBTQ+ community. Angela and Tariq take a deeper look at DEI now with a post-pandemic perspective.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How to restore humanity back into this work
- Foundations of systemic change
- LGBTQ+ community + DEI today
- How to get rid of norms that we are used to saying
- concept of bringing your authentic self to work
- Why are we seeing director level retention issue
About our guest: Angela is the Director, Inclusion & Diversity - Global Technology at Prudential. Angela is responsible for designing and managing Inclusion and Diversity strategies, programs, and initiatives for Global Technology through three areas of focus: business, talent, and culture impacts. Angela has 10 years of experience working in a variety of HR and I&D roles.
This week Leaf Group’s VP of DEI and Talent Management, Tara Turk-Haynes, stopped by Untapped to discuss the value of storytelling and its impact on DEI. Find out what Tara has to say about the value of incorporating DEI into your business, picking and choosing your battles, and restoring the humanity of DEI work.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why centering DEI work is vital
- The most impactful thing recruiters can do right now from a DEI perspective
- How to keep your eyes on the prize and replenish yourself as a DEI practitioner
- The future of DEI at the intersection of recruiting
This week on Untapped we were joined by Joahanna Garcia-Thomas who heads HR at Avalanche Studios New York & is the Head of People for Glow Up Games, both video game companies. Joahanna shared her expertise and knowledge from having worked in HR for 15 years and having the opportunity to focus on DEI in the past 5 years. Tariq and Joahanna discuss colorism, intersectionality & positionality, and how the pandemic shifted DEI work.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The impact of ‘what’s in it for me’ (WIIFM)
- How intersectionality & positionality show up
- Why DEI work has a lot of resistance
- The wheel of power/privilege
- How the pandemic shifted DEI work
- The reality of colorism
This week on Untapped, Julie Sowash, joins Tariq Meyers to discuss how organizations can improve disability inclusion in their hiring processes and beyond. Julie, Executive Director of Disability Solutions and Co-Host of Crazy and The King Podcast, discusses the barriers to employment for people with disabilities and how companies can work to remove those barriers.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How far has DEI come with regard to people with disabilities?
- What is the silver lining of the pandemic in relation to the disability community?
- How is mental illness the elephant in the room?
- In what ways do people with disabilities face barriers to employment? And how can organizations address and solve these challenges?
This week on Untapped, Dr. VIjay Pendakur, Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at Zynga stopped by to discuss the framework around diversity and inclusion. We spoke about where we are in the future of work today and how employee activism has made an impact.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How corporations are currently going through the same thing higher education went through
- The impact on employee activism and DEI
- Performativity in DEI work: the double-edged sword
- Quality control in the DEI space
This week we had the pleasure of sitting down with John Graham, VP, Employer Brand, Diversity & Culture at Shaker Recruitment Marketing. We dive into the topic of politeness and diversity, equity and inclusion, and how it impacts DEI practitioners.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What diversity theatre is and why it’s stopping us from seeing more opportunities for untapped talent
- The two definitions of politeness in DEI
- The hidden language of corporate America
- The one piece of advice John has for DEI & Talent leaders to move the needle today
- How to improve the lived experiences of marginalized employee populations through approaches that disrupt the status quo
- Where to start when you’re trying to build an inclusive employer brand
This week on Untapped, Daniel Botero, Founder of Mastering College To Career, discusses ways companies can rethink how they recruit first-generation early career candidates in order to solve the problem on both the recruitment and the candidate sides of the coin.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What recruiters and companies can be doing to hire diverse teams, especially first-gen & historically underrepresented college students.
- Specific barriers and challenges that first-generation students face during their job search that recruiters and talent leaders should be aware of.
- Ways companies can support first-generation employees or historically underrepresented college students once they are hired
- How the current way we measure success hurts first-generation, underrepresented students
- What GenZ wants and values in an organization
- How GenZ and Millennials differ from one another
This week on Untapped with Tariq Meyers, we sat down with Kellie Wagner, founder of DEI Collective — a DEI consultancy. We spoke about some untapped ideas that may make you look at D&I work a little differently.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How to move from diversity and inclusion theory to action
- The tension between theory and action
- How focusing on theory may sometimes hurt D&I practice
- Unintended consequences of identity politics that have surfaced
- With employees being multi-dimensional and D&I not being a one-size-fits-all approach, what does the future of DEI look like?
This week on Untapped, Mita Mallick, Head of Inclusion, Equity, and Impact at Carta, stopped by to discuss what organizations need to be thinking about when they hire their first Chief Diversity Officer and vice versa, what DEI leaders should be asking a company before taking a new position. Mita also shares what organizations can do for working mothers who have lost their job during the pandemic, how DEI leaders can work through diversity fatigue, and the direction of data in our current talent landscape.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why did so many companies last year wake up in regards to DEI?
- What are the questions that leaders should ask themselves before hiring a Chief DEI officer?
- Why do resources and budget matter so much to the success of a DEI strategy and leader?
- Where is the talent industry moving in a direction of data? Should companies be data brave or data blind?
- How is inclusion a driver of the business?
- What is the pandemic leave of absence?
- What is a returnship program? And what should you be thinking about when implementing this?
This week on Untapped, we have a special recording of a LinkedIn Live panel featuring Talent & DEI leaders, Caroline Escalante, Sean Cervera, and Katelyn Amidon as they discuss how to build an effective DEI strategy.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What your top DEI priorities should be when building out a plan
- How to successfully implement a DEI strategy
- What do you need to have in place for it to be set up for success?
- The biggest mistakes to avoid
- What the future of DEI looks like
- What trends will we be seeing around DEI?
This week on Untapped we sat down with the accomplished Torin Ellis and discussed his approach to tackling DEI, how this work should be focused on promise over punishment, and what the real ROI of DEI is.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The real ways DEI has changed in 2021
- How you need to shift your relationship with power
- As new letters are being added to DEI, like DEIBJ, what are the implications?
- What is the Torin Ellis approach to DEI?
- What can leaders do when they are afraid and paralyzed by saying the wrong thing?
- What does promise over punishment mean? And why does Torin think it’s so important for people to understand this concept?
- What is going to happen to companies that want to leave politics out of the workplace?
This week on Untapped, we chatted with Anna Oakes, who helps organizations, teams, and leaders enhance performance through a focus on humanity and the bottom line. We spoke about how we bring more humanity into our work and the decisions that we make, how to create an “Intraneprenual culture,” and current shifts we’re seeing in company culture.
In this episode, find out:
- What actually is company culture and how should companies be thinking about it?
- What is intrapreneurship?
- What is the current state of belonging?
- How do you design experiences for folks who may not be in seat yet?
- How do we normalize talking about mental health?
- How can we bring more humanity to our work environment?
This week HR expert, Tim Sackett, stopped by to chat about the talent landscape today, trends we are seeing with diversity recruiting, and how SMBs and mid-market organizations can compete with unicorn brands.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Where the talent landscape is today, especially in a post-pandemic world
- Current trends in talent and DEI practices
- If you’re not a unicorn brand, how you can compete in this landscape
- Tim’s suggestions for tackling DE&I for SMBs and mid-market organizations
- If the great resignation is real and what the future of work looks like
This week Caroline Escalante, who has over 17+ years of experience building and leading high-performing Global Talent and People teams and Organizations with a focus and lens on Culture and DE&I at both large (Google) and small (Headspace) companies, joined Untapped to discuss being intentional with DEI. We dove into the difference between a top-down versus a bottoms-up approach, ways you can experiment and innovate your talent practices, and much more.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How to convince leaders to utilize different talent practices and patterns
- How to incorporate experimentation and innovation into your talent & D&I practices
- That talent is no longer a buyers market
- What can be done right now even if you don't have a D&I leader in seat yet
- If the trend of wellness days off is actually helpful
- A top-down approach versus a bottoms-up approach to DEI
This week we had the pleasure of speaking with one of our Software Developers, Kassian Eaton, who shares their experience being non-binary in a heavily gendered industry. We discuss ways organizations can foster non-binary inclusion and create a place where the LGBTQIA+ community can do their best work.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What companies can do for the LGBTQIA+ community to create an inclusive and welcoming interview process
- The power of a name
- Administrative and day-to-day challenges that talent teams need to consider when creating an environment that is set up for everyone
- How to best operate if you misgender someone
- How working from home can provide some relief for the LGBTQIA+ community
- Deep inequities that exist in the office setting that doesn’t happen at home
- One thing talent leaders can do to support the trans community
This week we sat down with Drift’s Chief People Officer, Dena Upton, to discuss how to build an equitable workplace in a remote-first environment, how to build pay equity into your culture, and how to ready your organization for DE&I on day one.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The evolution of DE&I in the last two years and how it’s affected businesses
- The post-pandemic impact on employees and DE&I
- Where DE&I should sit within an organization
- Why and how to think about diversity, equity, and inclusion on day one
- How to think about pay equity, especially in a remote-first work environment
- How to navigate building a digital-first workplace
This week we had the pleasure of chatting with Emily Cardner, Senior Manager, Campus & Recruiting Programs at MongoDB about how to remove barriers to entry when recruiting untapped talent.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Why it’s not about "lowering the hiring bar"—it’s about extending the bar
- What GenZ candidates value today and want from their employers
- What are some tools and tactics that help eliminate imposter syndrome of historically overlooked talent
- What recruitment experiences have changed since the pandemic
The importance of belonging in the workplace with Travis Robinson, Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Spotify.
This week, Travis Robinson stops by to discuss how Spotify is creating an inclusive community within its product and within its organization. Travis shares how he developed and evolved his Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging strategy.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What is belonging — and what does it look like in the workplace?
- The power of storytelling and how you should be thinking about it
- The problem of emerging brands often turning to bigger organizations to replicate DE&I practices
- What organizations can be doing right now, in the near future, and long-term
This week, we get to hear from two of our board members, Mike Vernal and John Jersin, as they discuss diversity at two levels: within portfolio companies and at the board level.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The current challenges of building a diverse board of directors
- The 2021 progress with D&I and how it’s different from previous years
- When to start thinking about creating an inclusive culture at the board level
- What you can start doing on day one to help create a more diverse and inclusive work environment
- How founders are prioritizing and thinking about diversity at the portfolio level
This week, Sophia Dozier from IBM stops by Untapped to chat about her experience as a DE&I leader, how to bring social justice into the workplace, and what senior leadership can do to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What role the business community should play when it comes to social justice issues
- What you can do about diversity fatigue?
- How senior leaders can model the right behavior
- How to be an active ally
- Why having only one recruiting strategy doesn’t work
This week, our CEO, Ben Herman, and Co-Founder, Adam Gefkovicz, joins Untapped to discuss our new rebrand to Canvas, the current state of diversity recruiting, and the future Canvas will help create.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- What is Canvas? What future will Canvas create?
- How their non-traditional paths led them to build the #1 diversity recruiting platform
- The six problems with diversity recruiting today
- How giving candidates the power in hiring is key
This week, Andréa Long, Senior Manager, Diversity Recruiting Partnerships at DoorDash, joins Untapped to discuss how to recruit top talent from underrepresented communities and the role ERGs play in the context of diversity and inclusion.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- When organizations should start to think about ERGs
- What role ERGs play in the context of D&I
- What type of support systems ERG leaders need from their organizations
- Why inclusion recruiting is so impactful and where you should start
- The importance of events and how you should be thinking about them, and most importantly, how to get started
This week, Bernard Coleman, Head of Employee Engagement at Gusto joins Untapped to discuss how Gusto is creating a workforce that welcomes and reflects black and Latinx talent through their D&I program (R.I.S.E).
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Where DE&I was and where it is now
- Why unconscious bias training is not enough
- How we should be managing burnout as leaders
- How Gusto’s R.I.S.E program is closing gaps and bringing in Black and Latinx talent (and how you can follow their lead)
- What the future of work in a remote world looks like in terms of employee engagement
This week, Jolene Engo from Jumpstart joins Untapped to discuss what companies and talent professionals should be doing to create a more inclusive environment for the LGBTQIA+ community.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How you can build an environment that is welcoming and holds our trans community
- What an individual in the LGBTQIA+ community needs from a recruiter to have a dynamic candidate experience
- The current challenges of being a woman in tech and what companies can do about it
- How you can build an inclusive environment from day one, no matter the size of your company
This week, Jennifer Tardy from JTC joins Untapped to discuss how her company is building diversity and inclusion programs that benefit everyone by focusing on candidates and employees that have been historically excluded.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- It’s not about what you need to start doing, it’s about what you need to STOP doing as an organization
- Taking a data blind approach will not move the needle forward. Instead, take a data brave approach
- How to be specific and structured during the interview process and to stop finding a “cultural fit”
This week, Albrey Brown, Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Airtable joins Untapped to discuss how Airtable views building diverse and inclusive teams as an investment for the future that accelerates company success.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- How Airtable revamped its referral process—and how you should too
- What is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 2.0?
- The three things Airtable is building their DE&I foundation around
This week, Andy Gramley from Twilio joins Untapped to discuss how their company is using University Recruiting to attract top diverse early career talent.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Steps Twilio has taken to diversify its hiring process and talent pool
- How Twilio’s robust hiring engine has baked in a legit focus on DE&I at each stage
- How to be an ally and show up for other communities and individuals
We sat down with Cloudera’s Global Director of Diversity Recruiting, Saqi Mehta, to discuss how Cloudera is building a more diverse and inclusive workforce.
In this episode, you will learn:
- How Cloudera uses the power of storytelling to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in their workplace
- How global companies can define DE&I on a global level but also still think and build locally
- How to build the right DE&I team within your organization—who are the key players?
On our first episode of Untapped, we were lucky enough to sit down with Headspace’s Cornell Verdeja-Woodson, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and Simon Perry, Head of Talent, Learning & Development.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- How discomfort is a necessary part of the diversity, equity, and inclusion journey
- What the real opportunities are in adding a layer of support among women of color and non-binary individuals
- What questions to answer when beginning to tackle DE&I within your organization
- How Talent leaders can lean into DE&I work