Conversations on A More Beautiful Way

Chapter 5: Embrace Cultural Change - Psychological Safety and Belonging w/ Liz Fosslien Insight: You have to adopt new and more liberating values, and behaviors, if you want diverse groups of people to flourish as they follow you. Action: You have to practice liberation and you must embody a new way of thinking and leading. To add texture to this insight, I sat down with Liz Fosselien, an illustra...

Chapter 3: Motivation Matters - Interrogating White Racial Identity and Practicing Antiracism w/ Jenny Potter Insight: Your motivation for diversifying your team matters. Action: If your motivation is to honor people's dignity, keep going. If your motivation is to appear relevant, stop now.  Jenny Booth Potter is a woman who has dedicated her life to practicing antiracism and to supporting the wor...

Chapter Two: Impact Over Intentions Insight: The impact of your organizational culture on people of color is more important than your good intentions for diversity. Action: Prioritize hearing, believing, and following the leadership of people of color. Follow the lead of those most impacted by the problem. Terence is a speaker, an activist, an author and thought leader on systemic poverty. He’s kn...

Chapter 1: Racism is the Problem - What Equity and Justice Require of Us w/ Tamice Spencer Insight: Your team’s lack of “racial diversity” is not the root of the problem. Racism and white supremacy are the root problems. Action: Adjust your perspectives and strategies accordingly. My conversation partner for this episode is Tamice Spencer. Tamice graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University wit...

In this episode, Bethaney unpacks the basic theoretical assumptions of Critical Race Theory (CRT), why they matter, and how they help us build toward increased diversity in our workplaces and communities. If you've heard the term but have no real sense of what it means, you're not alone. This episode is for you! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bethaney-wilkinso...

In this episode, Bethaney unpacks a tool you can use to interrogate your race-related stories in every day life. She shares 6-7 questions you can use to reflect on race-related memories and experiences, and drives the point home by working through one of her own race-related narratives in real-time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bethaney-wilkinson/message Get...

The *way* we pursue change is just as important as the *why.* In this episode, Bethaney reviews and closes out the culture series. You'll get a recap of every lesson in the series, as well as some perspectives on how to slow down enough to evaluate *how* you're pursuing change. The tools we use to pursue cultural change are important! Listen in to hear why. --- Send in a voice message: https://pod...

In this episode of The Diversity Gap Academy, we unpack how making villains of others limits our ability to embody the changes we are seeking the most. In this episode, our organizational change work gets personal. Listen in and answer four powerful questions to help you put today's lesson at work in your everyday life. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bethaney-...

In this special release, in anticipation of Black History Month, Bethaney shares a reading from Howard Thurman's "Deep is the Hunger." --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bethaney-wilkinson/message Get full access to The Inner Terrain at www.amorebeautifulway.co/subscribe

We continue our culture series as we dive into villain narratives and the "problem" woman of color in the workplace. Popularized by research done by the Centre for Community Organizations in Montreal, this episode unpacks a common experience women of color navigate in majority white-led organizations. This topic is important for any of us who aspire to create more diverse organizational cultures....

Are your values "normal" or are they tied to your personal culture and preferences? In this lesson, we talk about organizational values and employee performance evaluations. Are your standards for "good performance" tied to your personal opinions about how people "should be"? Or are they tied to actual work products and outcomes? Listen in as Bethaney shares some personal stories and perspectives...

In this episode of The Diversity Gap Academy, we continue in our culture series, unpacking the tensions of organizational origin stories and what it takes to challenge them well. Listen in to learn more about the importance of understanding your organization's hero narratives and how they help or hurt your diversity efforts. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beth...

In this episode of The Diversity Gap Academy, we take a break from our series on organizational culture to discuss racial color blindness. When the world is anxious and as racial tensions rise, racial color blindness can seem like the way to go. In this episode, we explore: what is racial color blindness? How is it showing up these days? How do we resist it? And why? --- Send in a voice message: h...

In this episode of The Diversity Gap Academy, we unpack the five inputs of organizational culture. By the end of this episode, you'll have the tools to sit down and identify the named and unnamed aspects of your organizational culture. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bethaney-wilkinson/message Get full access to The Inner Terrain at www.amorebeautifulway.co/sub...

In this episode of The Diversity Gap Academy, we kick-off a series on organizational culture, with a focus on the importance of the right conditions for cultural change. We also talk about The Culture Cycle, a simple and inspiring framework on how to leverage the power of ideas to change an institution. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bethaney-wilkinson/message...

Welcome to The Diversity Gap Academy, where good intentions meet true cultural change. In this inaugural episode, Founder of The Diversity Gap Project and Podcast, Bethaney Wilkinson, shares the mission and vision of The Diversity Gap Academy and invites you to get involved! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bethaney-wilkinson/message Get full access to The Inner...