Confessions On Diversity In The Workplace With Damion Taylor

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What can happen when we take the time to actually talk about the challenges that we're experiencing at work, the way that we're feeling, the things that we're experiencing, and ways that we can do it differently? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We need to bring forward the experiences that we’re told, implicitly or explicitly, that we shouldn’t discuss if we want to make progress.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Damion Taylor joins Erica and India to discuss how we talk about challenges at work.</span></p> <p><strong>In this discussion:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why discussions of DEI need to go beyond the theoretical</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How zero-sum games keep marginalized people from pursuing collective action</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why we need to be okay with asking for help</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why we have to play to the gray areas in order to improve workplace culture</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Connect with Damion Taylor:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Professional Confession Podcast on</span> <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/22Htbe8zQDEZBPD69FbJzh?si=d378542f99314b89&nd=1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Spotify</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1596361689?mt=2&app=podcast&ls=1"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Apple Podcasts</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://prometheusdigitalstudio.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Prometheus Digital Studio</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/damiontaylor"><span style= "font-weight: 400;"