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Emma Olivier - Trail Blazer and Disability Advocate: Highlighting the Twenty Percent Fiftyfaces Focus - Intersections
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Emma Olivier is the founder and CEO of Twenty Percent, a disability Advisory working with Corporate Australia. She was born with a limb difference - without a left hand – and understands from her own lived experience the challenges and opportunities of having a disability in the corporate world. She spent over 30 years in consulting, most recently at Accenture in Melbourne. She is a member of the Risk and Audit Committee of Scope, among other roles. Our podcast charts Emma's personal and professional journey, and discusses the nature of her limb difference and how she learned to talk about it, inviting curiosity instead of judgment and some of the biases she and other people with disabilities encountered in the professional world.We speak then about what drove her to start Twenty Percent, and the opportunity that employing people with a disability presents. She shares the importance of not idealizing the inspiration that people with a disability should be expected to present - but instead of normalizing disability within the workplace and life in general. Twenty Percent is a dynamic, growing advisory that specialises in providing high-quality services to help organisations unleash the power of the 20% of Australians who have a disability. Working collaboratively with our clients, we co-create and develop action plans, strategies, policies and processes that promote access and inclusion. You can find out more about Twenty Percent here: https://www.twentypercent.auAnd Emma's profile on LinkedIn is here www.linkedin.com/in/emma-olivierYou can find the link to the Ted Talk referenced in the podcast here: Stella Young: I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much | TED TalkThis podcast, part of an occasional series on disability is kindly supported by Punter Southall Aspire and Pothos Partners. Punter Southall Apsire is a financial planning and retirement savings business, constantly finding new ways to transform people’s financial future. Uniting employee benefits consultancy, workplace savings and individual financial advice, they work with employers, trustees and private clients through regional UK offices to design and manage solutions that meet their unique needs.At Pothos Partners, inspired by the golden pothos plant's resilience and its remarkable ability to purify air by removing CO2, we believe in thriving against all odds. Founded by Dr. Matt Sherwood, who has triumphed over his visual impairment, our mission is to provide investors with unparalleled access to the green energy and regulated carbon markets. We're proud to support this podcast, which aligns with our values of financial empowerment and inclusivity for all.
Emma Olivier is the founder and CEO of Twenty Percent, a disability Advisory working with Corporate Australia. She was born with a limb difference - without a left hand – and understands from her own lived experience the challenges and opportunities of having a disability in the corporate world. She spent over 30 years in consulting, most recently at Accenture in Melbourne. She is a member of the Risk and Audit Committee of Scope, among other roles. Our podcast charts Emma's personal and professional journey, and discusses the nature of her limb difference and how she learned to talk about it, inviting curiosity instead of judgment and some of the biases she and other people with disabilities encountered in the professional world.We speak then about what drove her to start Twenty Percent, and the opportunity that employing people with a disability presents. She shares the importance of not idealizing the inspiration that people with a disability should be expected to present - but instead of normalizing disability within the workplace and life in general. Twenty Percent is a dynamic, growing advisory that specialises in providing high-quality services to help organisations unleash the power of the 20% of Australians who have a disability. Working collaboratively with our clients, we co-create and develop action plans, strategies, policies and processes that promote access and inclusion. You can find out more about Twenty Percent here: https://www.twentypercent.auAnd Emma's profile on LinkedIn is here www.linkedin.com/in/emma-olivierYou can find the link to the Ted Talk referenced in the podcast here: Stella Young: I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much | TED TalkThis podcast, part of an occasional series on disability is kindly supported by Punter Southall Aspire and Pothos Partners. Punter Southall Apsire is a financial planning and retirement savings business, constantly finding new ways to transform people’s financial future. Uniting employee benefits consultancy, workplace savings and individual financial advice, they work with employers, trustees and private clients through regional UK offices to design and manage solutions that meet their unique needs.At Pothos Partners, inspired by the golden pothos plant's resilience and its remarkable ability to purify air by removing CO2, we believe in thriving against all odds. Founded by Dr. Matt Sherwood, who has triumphed over his visual impairment, our mission is to provide investors with unparalleled access to the green energy and regulated carbon markets. We're proud to support this podcast, which aligns with our values of financial empowerment and inclusivity for all.
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