005: Orlena Nwokah Blanchard - Race, Gender and Corporate Change

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wearing multiple hats, from mother, to wife, to entrepreneur, Orlena Nwokah Blanchard has made an impact in business and beyond, as a Powerhouse.</span></p> <p><strong>EPISODE SUMMARY:<br /></strong><strong>2:10</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- Honoring her father<br /></span><strong>5:50</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- The many hats a powerhouse wears<br /></span><strong>7:34</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- The Joy Collective and being an entrepreneur<br /></span><strong>10:41</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Owning the mantle of “cultural experts”<br /></span><strong>15:20</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Being a black woman in a white male-dominated field<br /></span><strong>17:00</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Getting comfortable in being who you are<br /></span><strong>18:12</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Her mother as a role model<br /></span><strong>23:27</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- On meeting her husband<br /></span><strong>29.28</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- The change that happens when you have children<br /></span><strong>32:35</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- How she came to the entrepreneurial path<br /></span><strong>34:50</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Health situation and how it impacted work<br /></span><strong>42:29</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- 5 year vision<br /></span><strong>45:20</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Support resources (or Pod)<br /></span><strong>48:17</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- Who her mentors are</span></p> <p><strong>QUOTABLES:<br /></strong><strong>5:45</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">- “I think it’s important for us to think about how others see us versus how we see ourselves.”<br /></span><strong>13:04</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- “Black people live an incredibly racialized experience in this country - and if you are a brand or a company tr