Project I: Recent Episodes
Fanny Krivoy & Mindy Eng
Learn from entrepreneurs, designers, policy makers, researchers, technologists. Exploring the multiple dimensions of inclusion and mainstream in this interview series.
How do you measure something invisible, like inclusion? How do you pave the way for accountability and change, inside organizations, both big and small? Stela Lupushor from ReFrame.Work and Paolo Guadiano from Aleria talk to us about the next level of workforce analytics that goes beyond diversity indicators, and how the latest research shows how looking at exclusion dynamics is one of the keys to unlocking new quantifiable ways to measure inclusion.
We’re all trying to learn from each other, to adapt, and to transform our cultures inside and out of workplaces. No one better to guide us through the process than Linda Grubbs. Welcome to the design of your learning episode. Linda is an experienced Learning Consultant with exceptional instructional design experience utilizing adult learning theory and various learning strategies to perform gap analysis, create curriculum, and build blended learning solutions. Demonstrated history of working in sales, account management, health care, education, and technology fields.
Skilled in Leadership, Project Management, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Instructor-Led Training, and Organizational Learning.
An interior designer by education, Amy has always been passionate about building codes and regulations, which she quickly found to be insufficient for the accommodation of most people. Recognizing that the building code minimums were not acceptable to designing accessible spaces, she became an inclusive design consultant working on projects aiming for a more universal design approach. She combines her love of building codes with her passion for universal and inclusive design at Gensler’s Toronto office, working on projects across Canada and globally.
Key Takeaways * When designing, we need to go beyond the word "user" which is anonymous, an unknown, and easy to manipulate. We are not designing for "users", we are designing for "people". * We live longer, and a big art of our lives is completely unattended by design. * How do we design with the aging population in mind but apply it beyond that group? * Many examples of good inclusive design comes from solving problems for chronic medical conditions.
Ignacio Urbina is here with me at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where he teaches full time. Ignacio is a Venezuelan industrial designer, and he has a master in product engineering. Besides being a full-time professor here at Pratt, he's been a product designer for over 20 years. He's a curator and writes about design issues. He's a founding member of the American Design Biennale in Madrid and editor of the design portal di-conexiones.com.
Daniele is co-founder of Utopia, a culture change business that creates more purposeful, inclusive and entrepreneurial cultures for clients. Utopia’s top-to-bottom, boardroom to factory floor approach has clinched household names including Coca-Cola European Partners, Google, Schneider Electric, Spotify and Universal Music.
He also co-founded The Great British Diversity Experiment in 2015 and Token Man a year prior; the latter is an initiative that gives men a better understanding of gender inequality in the workplace and inspires them to become change-makers. He was named one of Management Today’s Top 30 Male Agents of Change, and in 2019 was on the Advisory Board for Inclusion Matters. Prior to Utopia, he held positions as head of innovation and managing partner at Cheil Worldwide, and was CEO at Profero, where he helped increase annual revenue from £.0.5m to £16m over the course of a decade.
He continues to nurture a number of communities he co-founded, including Brand Social and Culture Social, which focus on accelerating culture change and creative thinking. He has also co-authored a number of books including Creative Superpowers: Equip Yourself for the Age of Creativity and is a podcast host on Soho Radio..
In his spare time, Daniele loves travelling the world (he’s racing his friend to hit 100 countries visited) and indulging his passion for watching cinema. His favourite film is Cinema Paradiso, in case you were wondering.
Kate DeFeo has taught theater to children and adults for over 20 years in Manhattan, Long Island and Queens, starting theater and creative writing programs at Cultural Arts Playhouse in Bethpage and Hunter College in Manhattan. She is one of the founding members of TAP Arts (Theater and Puppetry Arts) and is part of the creative staff at The Garden Players all located in Forest Hills, Queens. She has been performing long-form and musical improv for over 9 years on numerous teams and can currently be seen on the long-running house teams Sequel, The Magical World of Musical Improv and Freeze Frame at The People’s Improv Theater and Magnet Theater in NYC. She started FoHi Improv in order to spread the message of positivity and inclusion in Central Queens and has already taught multiple classes, led several corporate training sessions and professional developments and is simply amazed at her students. Her most proud accomplishment has been birthing and raising two tiny humans, who make her laugh with their natural improvisation on a daily basis.
Purvi Shah founded Kids and Art Foundation to bring the healing power of #art to her son Amae and other kids with #cancer. The latest #projectinclusion interview shares Purvi's story of building a creative space for kids to rise above their illness.
In the more than 20 years Cate Riegner has done market research and strategic planning, she's seen the world of data analytics and data-driven marketing and design undergo constant evolution. Data that was once expensive and hard to collect now comes in a deluge, and the challenge comes not in collection but in focus and targeting.Strategy and design rooted in big data also gets a bad rap lately for having inevitable bias and inviting exclusion. Cate knows that market research done right can promote quite the opposite: data that captures the emotional and lived experiences of consumers, as well as their distinctive challenges, leads to strategic thinking that is both inclusive and profitable.
Janis Spivack is the latest guest in our Project Inclusion series. Janis is the founder of CrushYourBLOCK (CYB), a product and service company catalyzing positive change and transition in the proprietary methodologies, with a mix of neuroscience and actionable planning.
Sameer Raina, president of Digital Divide Data, a remarkable organization that uses technology as a disruptor of the status quo. Their focus is on using technology to create employment in communities worldwide.
Virginia Jacko is president and CEO of the Miami Lighthouse (ML). During her tenure, their number of clients has increased from fewer than 500 in 2004 to over 22.000 today. She’s also spearheading a variety of innovative programs for the visually impaired of all ages. She’s one of the leaders that are making Miami and the state of Florida a more inclusive community for everyone.
Fanny Krivoy interviews Jean Paul Laurent.
Jean Paul Laurent is the Founder & CEO of Unspoken Smiles Foundation. Since its inception in 2014, Jean Paul has grown Unspoken Smiles Foundation into a reputable and impactful nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting both long-term oral health and economic security in the world most disadvantaged regions.
Jean Paul’s philanthropic achievements have garnered recognition from a variety of prestigious organizations including the United Nations, Clinton Foundation, Ashoka, NYU Alumni, and recently received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for his extensive philanthropic contributions to his community and beyond. His passion for social entrepreneurship, oral health, and public-private partnership have led to Unspoken Smiles Foundation being recognized as the preeminent global hub in the field of Dentistry. As CEO, Jean Paul works across two key program areas— oral health education and prevention, and the Unspoken Smiles Fellowship—to help ensure better, access to quality dental services for the greatest number of people. By developing, supporting, and incubating those initiatives, Unspoken Smiles Foundation is building confidence, improving health, and transforming futures in underserved communities across the world.
After spending 25 years building software products and serving as a vice president of engineering at Adobe, Karen Catlin witnessed a sharp decline in the number of women working in tech. Frustrated but galvanized, she knew it was time to switch gears.
Today, Karen is a vocal advocate for inclusion, a leadership coach, a keynote speaker, and the author of Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces.
Erick Brimen is Managing Director at Neway, where he is involved in the creation of the best possible version of the world. Erick and his team believe that their work has the potential to make the world a better place. He presents a new approach of creating news cities by building centers of prosperity. Hear all about their unique approach on this episode of #projectinclusion.
As a Director at sparks & honey, a cultural consultancy, it’s Cory’s job to identify cultural behavior at scale, understand the preferences and biases underpinning these cultural behaviors, and then shape client strategy that can effectively appeal to chosen cohorts in culturally relevant ways.
Dorrie Rush is an accessibility evangelist, a writer, and for a long time you’ve been a very progressive proponent of universal access and inclusive design. She's the chief content officer at Ophthalmic Edge Patients (OE Patients) which is an online resource of practical information and empowering advice for a full and successful life with vision loss. Before that she was director of accessible technology at the Lighthouse Center for Vision Loss.
Hear her conversation with Fanny Krivoy as part of the Project Inclusion series.
Leslie Faerstein has over 40 years of experience in nonprofit administration. She also has a private psychotherapy practice in New York. Last but not least, she's the executive director at Amazing.community, a nonprofit organization that works towards expanding the horizon for women in work -- she joins Fanny Krivoy @ Project Inclusion, in an incredibly insightful interview.
Listen to Ashton Applewhite, the acclaimed author of This chair rocks speaking to Fanny Krivoy @ Project Inclusion. Ashton wrote a Manifesto against Ageism, and she runs the blog of the same name. She has given various Ted Talks and has at spoken at the United Nations.
After a successful career in the financial world, and a very brief retirement, Paul tells us all about going back to work as an intern at Pfizer at 72 years young.
Frances West, an internationally recognized thought leader around digital inclusion, shares the secret to driving disruptive innovation by removing barriers to technology. Having done this in her role as the first Chief Accessibility Officer at IBM and now by counseling start-ups and established businesses on aspiring of authentic inclusion.
Learn all about how the amazing, Jennifer Brown -- award-winning entrepreneur and thought leader is changing the world one person, one business at a time.
A riveting conversation with Chip Conley about his experiences – as both mentor and unexpected intern – at Airbnb, and why he believes the intergenerational exchange of wisdom is critical to the modern workplace and our society.