Disrupting Our Practice

This week we’re reaching back to an episode we recorded a few weeks ago, one where we share some of our own stories where we missed the mark when. As we know, as white-bodied folks it’s so easy to think we “get it” and not realize just how much we don’t. We wanted to share these not for praise, but to help normalize some of the challenges around this work and encourage others to begin to look at t...

We’ve been really excited to start getting questions from listeners! Thank you to those who have taken the time to listen to the podcast and share what it brings to mind. As we were talking about the questions that folks have shared with us, it made sense to tie them to the ways that our trauma stories play a role in this work. We talk a bit about individual and collective trauma (heavily influenc...

After our conversation with Adam (see Episode 5), we thought we'd pull back the curtain a bit and share a bit of our debriefing—exploring some of the questions that emerged for us, some of what we might have missed, some assumptions we made, etc. Inspired by Adam's question of what it could look like if our meetings were about being in community, we start to inquire about how this podcast could be...

We are thrilled to be joined by friend and colleague Adam Slade to talk about what gets centered in our work. All too often, as white-bodied facilitators, coaches, consultants, etc., we want to center the work we are there to do—and why wouldn't we? But what does it mean to center the voices that are erased when we aren't able to see the ways that some are disadvantaged within the conversation? Wh...

This week, we talk about the culture behind the culture. Using the updated paper produced by Tema Okun (and supported and sourced from many others), Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture as a frame, we explore some of the ways what we think of as “just the way things are” may actually be a result of us living within the context of oppressive systems. As practitioners, how might we use this in...

Disrupting Our Practice is a weekly podcast dedicated to the exploration of what white-bodied leadership and organizational development consultants, facilitators, coaches, trainers need to disrupt in their practices in order to stop unwittingly perpetuating racism, oppression and harm.  Finally! We (Greg and Shannon) are going to talk about ‘sessioning’. How is it similar to, and different fr...

Disrupting Our Practice is a weekly podcast dedicated to the exploration of what white-bodied leadership and organizational development consultants, facilitators, coaches, trainers need to disrupt in their practices in order to stop unwittingly perpetuating racism, oppression and harm.  This week, Shannon and Greg talk about positionality—what it is and why it’s important for those of us who...

Welcome to Disrupting Our Practice – a weekly podcast dedicated to the exploration of what white-bodied leadership and organizational development consultants, facilitators, coaches, trainers need to disrupt in their practices in order to stop unwittingly perpetuating racism, oppression and harm.  In this episode, Shannon and Greg introduce themselves, talk a bit about what the podcast will be...