The First, The Few, The Only: Deepa Purushothaman

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deepa Purushothaman is an author, speaker, and co-founder of nFormation.com - a company for women of color by women of color. It provides brave, safe, new space for professional women of color. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deepa is also a Women and Public Policy Program Leader in Practice at the Harvard Kennedy School. She also has a book</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The First, The Few, The Only. How Women of Color Redefine Power in Corporate America</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which Harper Business published March 2022.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She spent more than twenty years at Deloitte and was the first Indian American woman and one of the youngest people to make partner in the company’s history. Deepa was a National Managing Partner of Inclusion at Deloitte and the US Managing Partner of WIN (Women’s Initiative), Deloitte’s renowned program to recruit, retain, and advance women.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deepa experienced being an outcast at an early age as she was only one of three colored girls in a class of 500 students. And even after she got into the right schools and the right jobs, she never felt like she fit in. This is what prompted her to write her book. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In our conversation, Deepa talks about her journey to success, how she overworked until work is not working for her anymore, and how nFormation helps other people of color. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, you will learn:</span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Deepa’s unique, albeit unhealthy, superpowers</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How her illness changed her life</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How Corporate America was no